Authority, credentials, and scope
Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.
LBA and LABA licenses
Published research · ConfirmedChapter 42B establishes the LBA and LABA licenses and the Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners.
- Applies to
- Use for LBA, LABA research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Application and practice status
Application, education, examination, background check, fees, temporary authority, endorsement, and supervised versus independent practice.
Jurisprudence requirement
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board’s application instructions require completion of the New Jersey jurisprudence examination before an LBA or LABA license is issued.
- Applies to
- Use for LBA, LABA research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Supervision and workforce evidence
Supervisor qualifications, written agreements, settings, hours, reporting, license verification, and hiring or credentialing evidence.
Scope exclusions
Published research · ConfirmedThe behavior-analysis licenses do not independently authorize diagnosis, psychotherapy, counseling, prescribing, or another profession’s protected practice.
- Applies to
- Use for LBA, LABA research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Cross-border and practice structure
Telehealth location rules, registration, compact privileges, ownership, entity naming, fee sharing, and multidisciplinary practice.
DDD transition
Open implementation issue · ConfirmedThe reviewed rules contain a time-limited exemption for specified Division of Developmental Disabilities contract-provider work through May 6, 2027.
- Applies to
- Use for LBA, LABA research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- 2027-05-06
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Client-facing operations and records
Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.
Early Intervention transition
Open implementation issue · ConfirmedThe reviewed rules contain a time-limited exemption for specified New Jersey Early Intervention System work through May 6, 2029.
- Applies to
- Use for LBA, LABA research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- 2029-05-06
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring
Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.
LBA and LABA licenses
Published research · ConfirmedChapter 42B establishes the LBA and LABA licenses and the Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners.
- Applies to
- Use for LBA, LABA research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11