Friday, February 17, 2017

NJAC 10:162-5.1 Affiliation and renewal-of-affiliation agreements

NJAC 10:162-5.1 Affiliation and renewal-of-affiliation agreements

   (a) In order to treat Intoxicated Driver Resource Center/Intoxicated Driving Program clients, a treatment agency or provider shall sign a standard affiliation or renewal-of-affiliation agreement (see Appendices A and B). All affiliation and renewal-of-affiliation agreements are subject to approval by the Intoxicated Driving Program for compliance with the requirements of  N.J.A.C. 10:162-5.3 and 5.6 as applicable (see Alternatives Counseling Center, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, N.J. Super. Ct., App. Div. No. A-45-98T5, Oct. 8, 1999). All such affiliation and renewal-of-affiliation agreements shall expire at the end of the last day of June of the relevant calendar year.
(b) The chief of the Intoxicated Driving Program or an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center Director may approve an individual treatment plan at a non-affiliated agency or provider in or out of the State. Such approval shall not exceed four months and shall be approved in the best interest of a client.
(c) All approved treatment programs shall report to the Division of Addiction Services through the Division's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Data System or any successor treatment management information system implemented by the Division.