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NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-41 - Contents of reports secret; exceptions

26:4-41. Contents of reports secret; exceptions  No person shall disclose the name or address or the identity of any person known or suspected to have a venereal disease except to the person's physician or to a health authority, or, in the event of a prosecution under this article or under the criminal law of this State, to a prosecuting officer or to the court; provided, however, that the person's physician or a health authority may disclose the name, address or identity of such person when and only when the physician or health authority shall deem such disclosure necessary in order to protect the health or welfare of the person or of his family or of the public; and provided further, that nothing herein shall be construed as in any way restricting such disclosures to the State Department of Health. Documents, records or reports which contain or would reveal the name, address or identity of a person known or suspected to have a venereal disease or treated for such a disease shall not be open to inspection except by an authorized representative of the State Department of Health or, in the event of a prosecution under this article or under the criminal laws of this State, by a prosecuting officer or the court; provided, however, that the custodian of any such documents, records or reports may permit inspection of them by a licensed physician or a health official whenever said custodian shall deem such inspection necessary in order to protect the health or welfare of the person or of his family or of the public and the custodian of any hospital record shall permit examination of such record in connection with any claim for compensation or damages for personal injury or death resulting therefrom by any person authorized by any other law to make such examination. Amended by L.1945, c. 103, p. 446, s. 1; L.1952, c. 78, p. 409, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-46 - Free treatment by local board

26:4-46. Free treatment by local board  Any person suffering from a venereal disease in the infectious stage and who is unable to pay for treatment may apply for care and treatment to the local board having jurisdiction of the place in which he resides. If the board after investigation finds that the person is in fact unable to pay for treatment, it shall be provided without cost.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-47 - Free diagnosis and treatment by state department of health

26:4-47. Free diagnosis and treatment by state department of health  The State Department of Health may: a. Provide appropriate laboratory services for the diagnosis of sexually-transmitted diseases; b. Provide antibiotics and other appropriate drugs and biologicals for the treatment and prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases. c. (Deleted by amendment.) d. (Deleted by amendment.) The Commissioner of Health may promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to payment for services and materials provided by the department hereunder, including a schedule of fees for such services and materials, consistent with the promotion of public health and the prevention of disease within the State. Amended by L.1973, c. 74, s. 1, eff. April 11, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-48 - Rules and regulations; authority of State Director of Health as to quarantine or examination

26:4-48. Rules and regulations; authority of State Director of Health as to quarantine or examination  The State Department shall make and enforce any rule or regulation for the quarantining and treatment of a venereal disease which it may deem necessary for the protection of the public health. The State Department of Health shall by rule and regulation define the stages of venereal diseases to be regarded as infectious within the meaning of this article. The State Director of Health or any person or official authorized by him in writing for that purpose shall have the same power and authority as that conferred by any section or sections of this article upon any local board of health or health officer for the purposes of isolation or quarantine or to require or request examinations or submissions of specimens or treatment, observation or care for venereal diseases. Amended by L.1945, c. 104, p. 452, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-48.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-48.1 - Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds

26:4-48.1. Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds  In any quarantine for venereal disease or any commitment or court order imposed by authority of this act upon any person who, since immediately prior to the onset of the person's infection with a venereal disease, has been continuously a member of a well-recognized church, the principles of which are opposed to medical treatment for disease, any requirement to follow a course of medical treatment shall be optional, but in such case the termination of the period of quarantine, commitment or applicability of the court order shall be determined by the duration of the infectious stage of the disease, as defined by the State Department of Health; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as exempting any such person from any other provision of this act, including the requirements to submit to medical examination and to supply specimens or permit such specimens to be taken, where such person has or there are reasonable grounds to believe such person may have a venereal disease in an infectious stage. L.1945, c. 104, p. 452, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-48.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-48.2 - Expedited partner therapy.

26:4-48.2 Expedited partner therapy.  1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a health care professional who diagnoses a patient as having a sexually transmitted disease may provide expedited partner therapy to a sexual partner of the patient pursuant to this act.  b. Expedited partner therapy shall consist of the health care professional: (1) prescribing or dispensing medication for the treatment of the sexually transmitted disease. The medication shall be prescribed or dispensed in the sexual partner's name or, if not known, in the name of "Expedited Partner Therapy," and provided to the patient to give to the sexual partner; (2) providing the patient with printed informational materials, which have been distributed by the department pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of this act, for the patient to give to the sexual partner; and (3) requesting that the patient advise the sexual partner of the importance of seeking clinical treatment for the sexually transmitted disease from a health care professional. The health care professional shall not be required to perform a clinical examination of the sexual partner as a condition of providing expedited partner therapy.  c. A health care professional may provide expedited partner therapy to any sexual partner of the patient, provided that: (1) the patient indicates with reasonable certainty that the patient has had sexual contact with the sexual partner within the past 60 days under circumstances in which there was a risk of transmission of a sexually transmitted disease; (2) the patient indicates with reasonable certainty that the sexual partner is unable or unwilling to seek clinical services in a timely manner; and (3) the patient indicates with reasonable certainty that the patient will be able to contact the sexual partner for the purposes of providing expedited partner therapy. d. As used in this act:  "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Health care professional" means a physician, advanced practice nurse, certified nurse midwife, or physician assistant who is authorized to issue prescriptions for the medications used in expedited partner therapy and for whom the treatment of sexually transmitted disease is within the physician's, advanced practice nurse's, certified nurse midwife's, or physician assistant's scope of training and practice. L.2019, c.336, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-48.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-48.4 - Immunity from liability.

26:4-48.4 Immunity from liability.  3. a. Except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct, a health care professional who provides expedited partner therapy pursuant to this act, and a licensed pharmacist who dispenses a prescription for medication issued for expedited partner therapy pursuant to this act, shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action in connection with any act or omission taken in good faith consistent with the provisions of this act. A health care professional shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for choosing not to provide expedited partner therapy. b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a patient's health benefits plan or prescription benefits plan to pay for or provide reimbursement for anyone other than the patient who is provided expedited partner therapy pursuant to this act unless the person to whom expedited partner therapy is being provided is listed as a beneficiary under the patient's health benefits plan or prescription benefits plan. L.2019, c.336, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49 - Additional penalty for second offense

26:4-49. Additional penalty for second offense  In case a defendant shall have been twice convicted, within the space of six months, of the violation of the same provision of this article and due proof of such fact is made, the court may, in addition to the imposition of the penalty prescribed by section 26:4-129 of this Title, cause the defendant to be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for any number of days not exceeding one for each dollar of the penalty. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 474, s. 37.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.1 - Blood sample, syphilis testing for pregnant women.

26:4-49.1 Blood sample, syphilis testing for pregnant women.  1. Every physician attending pregnant women in the State for conditions relating to their pregnancy during the period of gestation and/or at delivery shall, in the case of every woman so attended, take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such woman at the time of first examination and take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of the woman or from the umbilical cord of the infant at the time of delivery of a live infant, and shall submit such sample to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis. Every other person permitted by law to attend pregnant women in the State, but not permitted by law to take blood samples, shall cause a sample of blood of such pregnant women or postpartum woman or infant, as the case may be, to be taken by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine and surgery and have such sample submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis. L.1938,c.41,s.1; amended 1997,c.230,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.2 - Standard serological test; duty of State Department of Health

26:4-49.2. Standard serological test; duty of State Department of Health  For the purpose of this act a standard serological test shall be a test for syphilis approved by the State Department of Health, and shall be made at a laboratory licensed in syphilis serology by the department, or by a laboratory in this State approved to make such tests by said department, or at a laboratory outside this State approved by said department, or the health department of the state or territory of the United States or District of Columbia wherein it is located, or at a laboratory of the Armed Forces of the United States or the United States Public Health Services. Such laboratory tests as are required by this act may, at the option of the department, be performed in the laboratories of the State Department of Health without charge. L.1938, c. 41, p. 116, s. 2. Amended by L.1971, c. 84, s. 1, eff. April 8, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.3 - Statement of blood test in birth or stillbirth report.

26:4-49.3 Statement of blood test in birth or stillbirth report.  3. In reporting every birth and stillbirth, physicians and others required to make such reports shall state on the certificate whether a blood test for syphilis has been made upon a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the child or from the umbilical cord of the infant for which a birth or stillbirth certificate is filed and the date when the specimen was taken. L.1938,c.41,s.3; amended 1997,c.230,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.4 - Effective date

26:4-49.4. Effective date  This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine. L.1938, c. 41, p. 117, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.5 - Migrant laborers; definition

26:4-49.5. Migrant laborers; definition  For the purposes of this act "migrant laborer" shall mean any seasonal, temporary or migrant worker entering New Jersey and living in a tent, vehicle, building or structure used as living quarters directly or indirectly in connection with any work or place where work is being performed, whether or not rent is paid or reserved in connection with the use or occupancy of such premises. L.1945, c. 102, p. 445, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.6 - Examination of migrant laborers; notice to State Department of Health

26:4-49.6. Examination of migrant laborers; notice to State Department of Health  Any migrant laborer who cannot show satisfactory evidence of examination for syphilis, gonorrhea and other venereal diseases having been performed by a health department or licensed physician within ninety days prior to entry into New Jersey shall submit to such examination as prescribed by the State Department of Health within thirty days after such entry. Said examination shall be performed by a duly licensed physician chosen by the migrant laborer or provided by the State Department of Health. Any person who shall employ one or more migrant laborers shall notify the State Department of Health within five days of the commencement of such employment whether such person or persons have been examined as required by this section. L.1945, c. 102, p. 446, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.7 - Examination and treatment by order of court

26:4-49.7. Examination and treatment by order of court  1. When it appears to the Superior Court or to any municipal court, from the evidence or otherwise, that any person coming before such court on any charge, may have a venereal disease in an infectious stage, it shall be the duty of such court to order the person to submit to a medical examination for venereal diseases, in a jail or at a hospital or clinic or by such physician as may be selected or appointed for the purpose, and if found to have a venereal disease in an infectious stage to submit to treatment in such jail, hospital or clinic or by such officer or to other treatment permitted under the medical practice act.  L.1945,c.101,s.1; amended 1953,c.26,s.38; 1991,c.91,s.292.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-49.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-49.8 - Examination and treatment for venereal disease of inmates of institutions

26:4-49.8. Examination and treatment for venereal disease of inmates of institutions  The warden or other person in charge of any jail, house of correction, or other penal or correctional institution shall require and cause a medical examination for venereal diseases to be made of any person therein confined for a period of seven days or longer and such warden or other person in charge may require such examination to be made of any person therein confined for a shorter period of time. The superintendent or other person in charge of any detention or contagious disease hospital, or any State, county or city charitable institution shall require and cause a medical examination for venereal diseases to be made of all persons admitted as soon as practicable after admission. Any board or agency operating such jail or institution shall provide a physician licensed to practice medicine and suitable facilities, equipment and supplies to examine inmates for venereal disease and to treat any inmate who is known or found to have a venereal disease and who is in need of treatment. The warden, superintendent or other person in charge of such jail or institution may isolate any inmate who refuses to submit to such examination or who refuses to permit the taking of specimens or any inmate with an infectious venereal disease. If a person has a venereal disease or if any person has refused to submit to examination or to allow specimens to be taken, the warden, superintendent or other person in charge shall notify the State department and may also notify the local health officer of the expected date of release of such person and the facts of the case. Such notification shall be made, if possible, at least five days prior to the actual date of release, and shall be made not later than the day following the date of release in any case. L.1945, c. 101, p. 444, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-57.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-57.1 - Application for financial aid

26:4-57.1. Application for financial aid  Any person declared by the department of health to be a carrier of the causative agent of typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever or other disease the infective agent of which is transmissible through food to other persons may apply to the director of health for financial aid for medical or surgical treatment for such carrier condition and for hospital care and maintenance. In the case of a minor the parent or guardian of such person may make such application on his behalf.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-57.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-57.2 - Inquiry by director of health

26:4-57.2. Inquiry by director of health  Upon receipt of any such application the director shall inquire into the circumstances for the purpose of determining whether such person should properly receive medical or surgical treatment and hospital care as a result of the carrier condition and is unable to pay for such treatment and care, and whether such person is in need of aid for maintenance as a result of inability to earn a livelihood for himself or dependents because of restrictions placed upon such a carrier by the laws of this state or by regulations enacted by the state department of health to protect the public health.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-57.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-57.3 - Determination of kind and amount of aid; maximum annual amount

26:4-57.3. Determination of kind and amount of aid; maximum annual amount  If, after such inquiry, the director is satisfied that financial aid for any or all the purposes set forth above should be granted such person, he shall so report to the department of health setting forth facts found in said inquiry. If the department shall decide that financial aid for any or all the purposes set forth above should be granted such person, the department shall determine the kind and amount of such aid which shall be given and such aid shall then be given from state funds in such amounts, for such purpose or purposes and at such intervals as the director in conformity with the decision of the department shall certify; provided, that the total amount of such aid granted in any one fiscal year to any such carrier shall not exceed the sum of six hundred dollars.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-60 - Register of reported cases and examinations; inspection

26:4-60. Register of reported cases and examinations; inspection  The local board shall cause all reports of cases of tuberculosis, and the results of any examination showing the presence of the bacilli of tuberculosis to be recorded in a register of which it shall be the custodian. Such register shall not be open to inspection by any person other than the State department and the local board. The local board shall not permit any such report or record to be divulged so as to disclose the identity of the person to whom it relates, except as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article. Amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 6, eff. April 15, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-69 - Expenditure of appropriations

26:4-69. Expenditure of appropriations  The State department shall expend such sums as shall be annually appropriated for the study, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. Amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 7, eff. April 15, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-70 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-70 - Rules and regulations by state department; distribution of copies; enforcement

26:4-70. Rules and regulations by state department; distribution of copies; enforcement  The State department shall make rules and regulations for the care of persons suffering with tuberculosis, and for preventing the spread of the disease. The State department shall enforce the rules and regulations and see that they are enforced, for which purpose it may issue orders to local boards and practicing physicians. Every local board shall also enforce said rules and regulations. Amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 8, eff. April 15, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-71 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-71 - Investigation of reported cases

26:4-71. Investigation of reported cases  When cases of tuberculosis are reported to the state department as required by law, the state department and the local boards shall investigate such cases for the purpose of ascertaining whether the rules and regulations of the state department are being complied with.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-71.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-71.3 - Person with communicable tuberculosis leaving hospital against medical advice; report.

26:4-71.3 Person with communicable tuberculosis leaving hospital against medical advice; report.  3. If any person who has tuberculosis in a communicable form shall leave any hospital against medical advice, the administrator shall report such person to the local board of health of the municipality in which such patient was residing when admitted to the hospital and to the Commissioner of Health within 12 hours. Such report shall be in writing and shall state whether the person has tuberculosis in a communicable form. L.1949, c.196, s.3; amended 1977, c.63, s.9; 2017, c.131, s.103.