The ACA-NJ Board working with the recommendations
of the ACA-NJ Legislative Committee and feedback
from a Membership Survey of the ACA-NJ member
camps developed a top hit list of issues
for our advocacy efforts in Trenton below.
Please click on the links below for important
updates.
Carnival and Amusement
Ride Regulations
The NJ Department of Community Affairs
currently views youth camps as "amusement
areas"
and your camp may not be in compliance
with state regulations for use of inflatables,
rock walls, pool slides and playground
equipment – to name a few. Please
click on this link to connect with important
information regarding these camp activities. |
| Rock
Wall Exemption Letter:
Attention Camp Directors - print this letter and keep on hand at your camp
for DCA inspectors. More Information (PDF) |
| www.state.nj.us/dca/codes/ridesafetyunit/ridesafetyunit.shtml |
New Jersey Youth Camp
Safety Act
The Department of Health and Senior Services is charged with the licensing and
regulation of youth camps in New Jersey. Please click here for links to
the Department’s regulations under the NJYCSA. |
ACA-NJ Public
Comments to the NJ Youth Camp and Safety
Act Revisions (PDF)  |
| www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/phss/youthcamp.pdf |
| www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/phss/recbathing.pdf |
ACA Exemption from
State and Local Department of Health
Inspections under the NJYCSA
ACA-NJ has been working closely with the Department on the revisions of the NJ
Youth Camp Safety Act regulations. The new state regulations exempt ACA accredited
camps from state inspections and local pre-operational and operational inspections
for the 2008 season and beyond. Follow the link below for the NJ Department of
Health and Senior Services letter informing local and county health officers
of the ACA exemption as it relates to the enforcement of the NJ Youth Camp Safety
Act.
NJ Register -YCSA regulations proposal text 9/2008 (PDF)
Read Letters |
| Loel
Muetter memo to Local Health Officers (PDF) |
| James A. Brownlee, memo to Local Health Officers and Chart of Inspection Responsibilities outlining State and local agency inspection responsibilities (PDF) |
Wage, Hours, Break
Times and Overtime Regulations
With several ACA accredited camps recently
experiencing audits from the NJ Department
of Labor on wage, hours and overtime
compliance, ACA-NJ is currently reviewing
this issue to determine any changes necessary
to help camps better comply with these
regulations. Follow this link for
key information for employment of minors
and employees over 18 years of age. |
| http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wagehour/wagehour_index.html |
| http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wagehour/content/child_labor.html |
| Summary
of the New Jersey Paid
Family Leave Act (PDF) |
| Handouts
from labor attorney John Horowitz,
Esq. Labor Law presentation at State
of the Garden State program, April 17, 2008. www.acacampsnj.org/wage_hour_handouts.pdf |
Camp Medicine
ACA’s member camps have expressed concerns finding physicians and nurses
for the camp season. We have compiled some helpful information to assist
camps access these health care professionals. |
Place an on-line listing and/or blast
your camp nurse positions to thousands
of nursing professionals. Prices range
from $275 - $395
http://NJSNA.AssociationCareerNetwork.com |
Criminal Background
Checks
While criminal background checks are
not required for ACA Accreditation or
state law, there are requirements for
thorough background checks, including
review of the Sex Offender Registry or
Megan’s Law to property vet your
perspective employees. Please follow
these links for some useful sites: |
| Dru Sjodin National
Sex Offender Public Registry: www.nsopr.gov |
| National Sex Offender
Registry: www.familywatchdog.us |
| New Jersey Sex
Offender Internet Registry: www.njsp.org/info/reg_sexoffend.html |
Transportation,
Busing and Motor Vehicle Commission
A link is provided below to the
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
for all the information you need for
your drivers and buses. |
www.nj.gov/mvc/ |
