Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:6-40

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
18A:6-40. For the purposes of this article, the term “qualifying academic certificate” shall be deemed to be any certificate issued by the commissioner certifying that the person to whom the same is issued has had the preliminary academic education required by the rules of the supreme court or by any law of this State at the time the certificate is issued for admission to an examination for license to practice law, medicine, dentistry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, or for license as a certified public accountant, and for any other profession or vocation for which a certificate of academic education, issued by the commissioner, is now or may hereafter be required by law or by the rules of the supreme court or certifying that the person to whom the same is issued has had the education required for high school graduation in this state, as the case may be.

L.1967, c.271; amended 2005, c.259, s.29.