30:9A-19 - License required for conducting, maintaining, operating mental health program; fees - New Jersey Statutes

30:9A-19  License required for conducting, maintaining, operating mental health program; fees.

2. a. A person shall not conduct, maintain or operate a mental health program unless:  (1) the commissioner or the Commissioner of Children and Families, as applicable, has issued a license to that person, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner or the Commissioner of Children and Families, as applicable, which prescribe standards for the provision of services by a mental health program; and (2) that person has a purchase of service contract or an affiliation agreement with the Division of Mental Health Services in the Department of Human Services or the Department of Children and Families, including, but not limited to, the Division of Child Behavioral Health Services, as applicable.

b.Application for a license to conduct, maintain or operate a mental health program shall be made upon forms prescribed by the commissioner or the Commissioner of Children and Families, as applicable.  The commissioner or the Commissioner of Children and Families, as applicable, shall charge such nonrefundable fees for the filing of an application for a license, and for any renewal thereof, as the commissioner or the Commissioner of Children and Families, as applicable, shall from time to time fix by regulation.

L.1995, c.321, s.2; amended 2003, c.117, s.37; 2006, c.47, s.172.