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NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-12.32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-12.32 - Information to be submitted by hospitals

30:9-12.32. Information to be submitted by hospitals  From time to time, as determined by the commissioner, but not less than quarterly, each hospital seeking assistance under this act shall submit to the commissioner the following information: a. The total number of patient-days of in-patient service provided by the hospital to all patients; b. The number of patient-days of in-patient service provided by the hospital to nonthird party patients; c. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that health care and services provided by the hospital to nonthird party patients are reasonable and necessary; d. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that the hospital is making its best efforts to collect accounts receivable from nonthird party patients, who are not medically indigent as defined by the commissioner; e. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that charges imposed upon nonthird party patients by the hospital do not exceed the reasonable cost of health care services provided; and f. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that charges imposed upon nonthird party patients are proportional to such patients' ability to pay. g. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine whether the current liabilities of the hospital exceed its cash balance in such manner or proportion as to render the hospital financially distressed. L.1977, c. 289, s. 4, eff. Dec. 1, 1977. Amended by L.1981, c. 26, s. 1, eff. Feb. 9, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-12.34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-12.34 - Board of managers of institution receiving funds; additional members; appointment; reconstitution of financially distressed hospital

30:9-12.34. Board of managers of institution receiving funds; additional members; appointment; reconstitution of financially distressed hospital  a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1947, c. 34, s. 2 (C. 30:9-12.2) and R.S. 30:9-14, the Governor shall appoint two individuals to serve as representatives of this State on the board of managers of any institution receiving funds pursuant to the provisions of this act, and the appointing authority pursuant to the provisions of said P.L.1947, c. 34, s. 2 (C. 30:9-12.2) and of R.S. 30:9-14 shall appoint two members to serve as representatives of the municipality or the county on the board of managers of such an institution. Such four additional members shall be in addition to and shall have the same powers and duties as the seven members appointed pursuant to P.L.1947, c. 34, s. 2 and the 12 members appointed pursuant to R.S. 30:9-14, and shall serve during each State fiscal year in which funds are appropriated pursuant to this act and during the fiscal year next following such appropriation. b. When the commissioner makes a determination pursuant to subsection a.(6) of section 5 of this act, the Governor may, acting on behalf of the public and in order to carry out the express public purposes of the institution, reconstitute the existing board of managers and appoint all members and fix their compensation. The State shall not be responsible for any debts of such hospital, notwithstanding the reconstitution of the board of managers. L.1977, c. 289, s. 6, eff. Dec. 1, 1977. Amended by L.1981, c. 26, s. 3, eff. Feb. 9, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-12.35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-12.35 - Duties and powers of commissioner

30:9-12.35. Duties and powers of commissioner  The commissioner is directed to enter into contracts and to make payments subject to available appropriations and is empowered to issue all necessary rules, regulations, and administrative orders, and to do or cause to be done all things necessary to implement and administer this act. L.1977, c. 289, s. 7, eff. Dec. 1, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-13 - Power to establish municipal hospitals; executive officer

30:9-13. Power to establish municipal hospitals; executive officer  Every municipality may from time to time acquire, operate and maintain one or more hospitals for sick and injured persons, and for that purpose may acquire lands and buildings by condemnation or otherwise, construct and reconstruct buildings, make additions thereto and equip the same. Such municipality shall have power to employ an executive to operate and manage such hospital for a term not to exceed five years at a salary to be fixed in the resolution of appointment which resolution shall outline the duties and powers of such executive officer.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-15 - Powers granted deemed additional

30:9-15. Powers granted deemed additional  The powers granted by sections 30:9-13 and 30:9-14 of this title are in addition to the powers granted by other laws and said sections shall not limit or be limited by other laws granting similar powers.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-16 - Hospitals for indigent sick and disabled; establishment by cities

30:9-16. Hospitals for indigent sick and disabled; establishment by cities  The governing body of any city whenever, in its judgment, the public needs require it, may establish and maintain therein a hospital which shall be devoted exclusively to the treatment and relief of the indigent sick and disabled of such city. All property acquired for such purpose shall belong to and be vested in such city. Such municipality, by its corporate name, shall and may sue and be sued in all courts and elsewhere, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints and demands whatsoever growing out of the creation and maintenance of such hospital. The annual tax levy of such city shall include the amount necessary for maintenance of the hospital.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-17 - Management of hospitals for indigent sick and disabled; rules and regulations; physicians, superintendents and other employees; no discrimination in admission or treatment of patient

30:9-17. Management of hospitals for indigent sick and disabled; rules and regulations; physicians, superintendents and other employees; no discrimination in admission or treatment of patient  The management and control of all hospitals established under authority of section 30:9-16 of this Title shall be vested in the board of health of the city or cities wherein any such hospital has been or may be established, which board shall have power, from time to time, to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper for the efficient management of such hospitals and the conduct of the affairs thereof; but no rule or regulation so made shall allow any preference to be shown in the admission of patients to such hospitals or in granting relief to the sick or distressed on account of difference in race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry of applicants for admission to or treatment in such hospitals. Such board of health shall have power to appoint such physicians and surgeons, superintendents and matrons, assistants and servants as the demands of such hospitals may require. Amended by L.1945, c. 173, p. 602, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-18 - Improvement, reconstruction and repair of city hospitals

30:9-18. Improvement, reconstruction and repair of city hospitals  Whenever the municipal board or body in charge of a hospital established under section 30:9-16 of this title shall pursuant to resolution duly passed, certify by its secretary or clerk to the governing body of the city that in its judgment the hospital buildings or property are insanitary, improper or inadequate, the governing body may repair, reconstruct or otherwise improve the same and make alterations and additions required to provide proper hospital accommodations for hospital purposes in such cities. Such improvement shall not be mandatory unless in the judgment of the governing body the work is necessary and the finances of the city will permit it to be done.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-19 - Loans to meet expenditures; bonds; expenditures for furnishings and equipment

30:9-19. Loans to meet expenditures; bonds; expenditures for furnishings and equipment  A city through its governing body may from time to time or at once, as may be deemed most advantageous, borrow the money necessary to reconstruct, repair and improve a hospital as authorized by section 30:9-18 of this Title and may for that purpose issue bonds in a sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars. Out of the proceeds the city may expend a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars for furnishing, refurnishing and equipping the buildings, property, apartments and appurtenances of the enlarged or reconstructed hospital. Amended by L.1938, c. 275, p. 596, s. 2, eff. May 25, 1938.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-20 - Additional city hospital accommodations; bonds; control and management

30:9-20. Additional city hospital accommodations; bonds; control and management  Whenever the municipal board, body or authority having control of the finances of any city shall determine that new or additional hospital accommodations are required in such city, such board, body or authority may issue bonds, either registered or coupon, not exceeding an amount to be computed at the rate of three mills upon each dollar of valuation of real and personal property as last assessed in such city prior to the issue of such bonds, and sell such bonds, at private or public sale, to raise money to pay for the erection and construction and furnishing of new or additional hospital buildings and to purchase the land necessary for the same. All moneys received from the sale of such bonds shall be applied and used for the purposes herein enumerated, and for no other purpose. The lands to be purchased and the buildings to be erected pursuant to this section shall be purchased, erected and furnished by the board, body or authority having charge and control of the finances of such city; but when such new or additional buildings are completed and furnished, the same shall be under the control and management of the board or body having the control and management of the public hospitals in such city.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-21 - Bonds for new city hospitals in cities of the first class; issue and sale

30:9-21. Bonds for new city hospitals in cities of the first class; issue and sale  Whenever, in the judgment of the municipal board or body having charge of the finances in any city of the first class, the buildings and property devoted to the use of a city hospital shall be deemed to be insanitary, improper or inadequate, such board or body may issue bonds, either registered or coupon, to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, and to sell the same, at public or private sale, to raise money to pay for the erection and construction and furnishing of a new hospital building or buildings in place of the hospital building or buildings determined as aforesaid to be insanitary, improper and inadequate, and to purchase lands necessary for the same. All moneys received from the sale of such bonds shall be applied and used for the purposes herein enumerated, and for no other purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-22 - Trustees of city hospitals in cities of first class; appointment; terms; bonds; powers and duties

30:9-22. Trustees of city hospitals in cities of first class; appointment; terms; bonds; powers and duties  Whenever the bonds authorized by section 30:9-21 of this title shall have been directed to be issued by the municipal board having charge of the finances in any such city, the mayor of such city may appoint a board of trustees of such city hospital, which board shall consist of five persons residents of such city, at least two of which shall be physicians in good standing. The mayor of such city shall be ex officio a member of such board of trustees. The trustees first appointed shall serve for the term of one, two, three, four and five years respectively, and upon the expiration of their respective terms of office the mayor of such city shall appoint their successors for the full term of five years. Each of such trustees shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their duties. The board of trustees appointed as aforesaid shall be vested with and shall perform all the powers and duties in relation to the management and control of city hospitals in such city as were or are vested in or performed by the municipal board or body having charge and control of any such hospital in such city at the time of the appointment of such board of trustees as aforesaid, and such board of trustees so appointed shall have general charge and control of all city hospitals in any such city from the time of their appointment, and of the new city hospital authorized by section 30:9-21 of this title, when erected, and such board of trustees shall have power to appoint and hire clerks, servants and other necessary employees and fix their salaries, and to make proper rules and regulations for the government of such city hospitals, and generally to do all things necessary for the maintenance of such city hospitals in such city.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-23 - Purchase of lands and erection of buildings for new city hospitals in cities of first class; contracts

30:9-23. Purchase of lands and erection of buildings for new city hospitals in cities of first class; contracts  The lands to be purchased and the building or buildings to be erected pursuant to section 30:9-21 shall be purchased, erected and furnished by the board of trustees appointed pursuant to section 30:9-22 of this title, and the money arising from the sale of the bonds hereinbefore authorized shall be placed to the credit of such board of trustees, to be expended for the purposes aforesaid. All work and labor done and materials furnished in the erection and furnishing of such buildings shall be done and furnished by contract, which contract shall be awarded upon at least two weeks' advertisement in two newspapers circulating within the county in which such hospital buildings shall be erected, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders for the same; and such contract shall be awarded by such board of trustees, with the concurrence of the mayor of such city and of the municipal board or body in such city having charge and control of the finances of such city.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-23.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-23.1 - Medical director, supervisor of nurses and purchasing agent for all county and municipal hospitals or institutions in certain counties; salaries; qualifications of director

30:9-23.1. Medical director, supervisor of nurses and purchasing agent for all county and municipal hospitals or institutions in certain counties; salaries; qualifications of director  Whenever a city of the first class has established or establishes a city hospital or medical center with a capacity of more than one thousand beds and the said city of the first class is located in a county of the first class which has established or establishes hospitals and institutions rendering medical care, the governing bodies of the county and municipality, in the management of their respective hospitals may jointly agree to appoint a medical director who shall have supervision over all the county and municipal hospitals, centers, or institutions which render medical treatment or care to patients, a supervisor of nurses, a purchasing agent and any other persons as said governing bodies may deem necessary in order to render joint service to the county and municipal hospitals, centers or institutions, and may make and enter into any joint contracts for the maintenance or proper repair of the buildings, facilities and equipment thereof and for the furnishing of material and labor. The said governing bodies shall fix or regulate the salaries to be paid, determine the proportion to be paid by the county and the municipality and shall have the power to make any and all other necessary agreements and contracts to carry out the purposes of this act. The person so appointed as medical director shall have the following qualifications: he must be a graduate of a recognized medical college, holding a diploma therefrom; must be admitted to practice as a physician, and must have been practicing medicine or associated with medical institutions, or both, for a period of at least fifteen years. L.1941, c. 52, p. 134, s. 1. Amended by L.1943, c. 56, p. 252, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-23.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-23.2 - Powers and duties of medical director

30:9-23.2. Powers and duties of medical director  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the statutes or any provisions thereof, should a city and a county of the first class jointly appoint a medical director under the provisions hereof, the said medical director shall have supervision of all the medical boards, boards of managers, hospital committees, advisory boards or any other boards now or hereafter in charge of the medical institutions, in the city and county, and he is herewith cloaked with the authority of supervising all of the said medical institutions of which he shall be appointed as medical director with the right and power to approve and reject any acts of said boards or officials now acting or hereafter appointed to such medical boards, boards of managers, hospital committees, advisory boards, or any other boards. L.1941, c. 52, p. 134, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-23.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-23.3 - Assistant; qualifications; compensation payable by whom

30:9-23.3. Assistant; qualifications; compensation payable by whom  The said medical director when appointed jointly by the county and municipality under the provisions of this act shall have power to appoint one assistant who shall possess qualifications as those herein described as applicable for the appointment of a medical director. If the medical director appoints as his assistant a person who is now connected with the medical institutions of the county or the municipality, the compensation agreed to be paid to the said assistant shall be assumed and paid by the governing body under whom he is employed at the time of his appointment. If the assistant so appointed is not at the time of his appointment connected with either the medical institutions of the city or county, entering into the joint agreement, the county and the city shall each pay one-half of the compensation agreed to be paid to said assistant. L.1941, c. 52, p. 135, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-23.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-23.4 - Clerical assistants; agreed compensation; suspension or dismissal

30:9-23.4. Clerical assistants; agreed compensation; suspension or dismissal  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the statutes or any provisions thereof, a medical director appointed hereunder may appoint clerical assistants, such as a secretary, stenographers and clerks, as he may deem necessary in order to carry out his duties properly as medical director, at a compensation to be jointly agreed upon between the county and the municipality and the salaries shall be equally borne and assumed by said county and municipality. The medical director shall also have the power to suspend, try, dismiss or remove any subordinate or employee who comes under his supervision after charges have been filed by him or his assistants, in writing. All such subordinates or employees may be removed only after public hearing and provided the action is taken in accordance with the civil service and tenure of office acts and such action shall be subject to review in the Superior Court by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. L.1941, c. 52, p. 135, s. 4. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 539, s. 60.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-23.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-23.5 - Pension funds; persons paid partly by county and partly by municipality; transfer of credits

30:9-23.5. Pension funds; persons paid partly by county and partly by municipality; transfer of credits  Any person heretofore or hereafter appointed pursuant to the act of which this act is a supplement whose compensation is paid partly by the county and partly by the municipality, shall, by reason of such appointment, immediately become entitled to participate in all benefits of the respective retirement systems and pension funds of such county and municipality based upon the financial contributions by such person made to such retirement systems or funds. If such person, at the time of such appointment, is already a member of either a county or municipal retirement system or fund, and as such is entitled to benefits under such retirement system or fund, and shall desire to transfer any portion of such benefits either from a county retirement system or fund to a municipal retirement system or fund, or from a municipal retirement system or fund to a county retirement system or fund, such person under the direction of the administrative heads of such two systems or funds may cause any financial credits to which he may be entitled in either one of said retirement systems or funds, to be transferred to the other retirement system or fund and thereafter shall enjoy the benefits arising out of such credits thus transferred, in the retirement system or fund to which they have thus been transferred, in the same manner as if they had originally accrued therein; credits thus transferred to be deducted in the system or fund in which they originated and the benefits of such person in such original system or fund to be reduced accordingly. L.1943, c. 58, p. 255, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:9-23.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:9-23.6 - Affiliation of hospitals with medical and dental colleges

30:9-23.6. Affiliation of hospitals with medical and dental colleges  The board of chosen freeholders of any county or the governing body of any municipality, wherein a public hospital is located under the control of the said board or governing body, pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, or any other law, is authorized to contract for the affiliation of such hospital with any corporation licensed in this State to conduct a college of medicine or a college of medicine and dentistry. L.1955, c. 22, p. 73, s. 1.