N.J. Stat. § 52:27D-131.3
As used in P.L.2024, c.58 (C.52:27D-131.2 et seq.):
"Architect" means an individual who, through education, training, and experience, is skilled in the art and science of building design and has been licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Architects to practice architecture in the State of New Jersey.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
"Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.
"Design professional" means an architect or professional engineer.
"Enforcing agency" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-121). "Enforcing agency" shall also mean the commissioner, in municipalities for which the commissioner has assumed the task of administering and enforcing the State Uniform Construction Code pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-128).
"Professional engineer" means a person who is licensed by the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to practice engineering in the State of New Jersey.
"Project" means the work identified in a construction permit application and accompanying plans.
"Qualified design professional" means a design professional who satisfies the requirements established pursuant to subsection e. of section 3 of P.L.2024, c.58 (C.52:27D-131.4), and has not been excluded, suspended, or otherwise sanctioned by the department pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2024, c.58 (C.52:27D-131.6).
"Qualified design professional of record" means the qualified design professional who prepared or supervised the preparation of an application for a construction permit and the plans and specifications submitted therewith filed with the enforcing agency pursuant to the self-certification program established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2024, c.58 (C.52:27D-131.4).
"Self-certification" or "self-certified" means a qualified design professional's submission to an enforcing agency of an application for a construction permit and the associated plans and specifications submitted together with a design professional of record self-certification form, as specified in section 4 of P.L.2024, c.58 (C.52:27D-131.5).
"Self-certification program" or "program" means the program established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2024, c.58 (C.52:27D-131.4), requiring an enforcing agency to accept an application for a construction permit and the associated plans and specifications that have been self-certified by a qualified design professional.
"Supervisory check" means the enforcing agency's acknowledgement of receipt of all materials required to support issuance of a construction permit pursuant to the State Uniform Construction Code.
N.J.S. § 52:27D-131.3