10:6-1.1 Purpose and scope
(a) Formal administrative hearings are conducted after transmittal to the Office of Administrative Law by an administrative law judge in accord with the Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.; 52:14F-1 et seq., and the Uniform Administrative Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1.
(b) Subject to any superseding Federal or State law, this chapter sets minimum requirements for division-specific informal conferences and provides procedures for department level informal conferences. The Department level informal conferences will address non-employee and non-contract-related appeals from agency action or inaction in programs administered directly by the Department and not within the jurisdiction of a specific division or not readily assignable to a particular division or particular program.