Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-25.4

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
  • 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
16. The commissioner or his designated agent shall, immediately upon determination of the person‘s developmental disability, as provided herein, report his findings to the applicant, and in the event that the person who makes such application or on whose behalf the application has been made is found eligible, the commissioner or his designated agent shall issue to the applicant a statement of eligibility for the functional services of the Division of Developmental Disabilities. The statement of eligibility shall advise the applicant of the particular functional service deemed most appropriate for the training, habilitation, care and protection of the person as of the time of determination and shall further advise the applicant concerning the immediate availability of such services, or alternate services.

The statement of eligibility shall also advise the applicant of the requirements of section 5 of P.L.1995, c.155 (C. 30:4-25.9), R.S.30:4-66 and R.S.30:4-74.

L.1965, c.59, s.16; amended 1995, c.155, s.7; 2010, c.50, s.35.