[Adopted 7-31-2007 by Ord. No. 6-2007]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
As defined in N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(6), services in excess of
the "Pay-to-Play" threshold rendered or performed by a person authorized
by law to practice a recognized profession, whose practice is regulated
by law, and the performance of which services requires knowledge of
an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal
course of specialized instruction and study as distinguished from
general academic instruction or apprenticeship and training. Professional
services shall include, by way of example but not by way of limitation,
accounting services, financial services, legal services, or insurance
services. It shall not include professional artistic services as defined
in N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(6), medical services procured for the County's
self-insured workers' compensation program, since such services are
procured at negotiated rates with the various medical providers within
each medical discipline required to treat the County's injured workers,
contracts awarded pursuant to alternate method procedures (etc.),
or as emergency or exempt services under the Local Public Contracts
Law.