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NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-8 - Definitions.

26:2B-8 Definitions.  2. The following words as used in P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings: "Administrator" means the person in charge of the operation of a facility, or his designee. "Admitted" means accepted for treatment at a facility. "Alcoholic" means a person with an alcohol use disorder, as defined in this section.  "Authorized persons" means persons who serve as volunteer first aid or ambulance squad members, para-professional medical personnel, and rehabilitated persons with alcohol use disorder. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Alcoholism. "Division" means the Division of Alcoholism. "Facility" means any public, private place, or portion thereof providing services especially designed for the treatment of intoxicated persons or persons with alcohol use disorder; including, but not limited to intoxication treatment centers, inpatient treatment facilities, outpatient facilities, and residential aftercare facilities. "Incapacitated" means the condition of a person who is: a. as a result of the use of alcohol, unconscious or has judgment so impaired that the person is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to the person's need for treatment, b. in need of substantial medical attention, or c. likely to suffer substantial physical harm. "Independent physician" means a physician other than one holding an office or appointment in any department, board or agency of the State or in any public facility. "Intoxicated person" means a person whose mental or physical functioning is substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcoholic beverages. "Patient" means any person admitted to a facility. "Person with an alcohol use disorder" means any person who chronically, habitually, or periodically consumes alcoholic beverages to the extent that: a. such use substantially injures the person's health or substantially interferes with the person's social or economic functioning in the community on a continuing basis, or b. the person has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of such beverages. "Private facility" means a facility other than one operated by the federal government, the State of New Jersey, or any political subdivision thereof. "Public facility" means a facility operated by the State of New Jersey or any political subdivision thereof. "Treatment" means services and programs for the care or rehabilitation of intoxicated persons and persons with alcohol use disorder, including, but not limited to, medical, psychiatric, psychological, vocational, educational, recreational, and social services and programs. L.1975, c.305, s.2; amended 2017, c.131, s.70.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-9 - Division of alcoholism.

26:2B-9 Division of alcoholism.  3. There is hereby established in the Department of Health a Division of Alcoholism under the direction of a division director. The director shall be an individual with training and experience in such areas as public administration or public health or rehabilitation and training in the social sciences or a qualified professional with training or experience in the treatment of behavioral disorders or medical-social problems, or in the organization or administration of treatment services for persons with behavioral disorders or medical-social problems. There shall be an assistant to the director, who shall have experience in the field of alcohol use disorder. The director and the director's assistant shall be appointed by the commissioner, with the consent of the public health council. The commissioner shall appoint and may remove such officers and employees of the division as the commissioner may deem necessary. There shall be an administrator of each facility operated by the department pursuant to this act. Each such administrator shall be a person qualified by training and experience to operate a facility for the treatment of persons with alcohol use disorder or intoxicated persons. The commissioner may establish such other positions in the division and employ such consultants as the commissioner may deem appropriate. Except as otherwise provided by law, all offices and positions in the division shall be subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service; provided, however, that the provisions of said title shall not apply to the director, physicians, and psychiatrists who have full medical-psychiatric, as opposed to administrative, responsibility; and provided, further, and notwithstanding the preceding proviso or any other provision of law, that all offices and positions, which as a condition of receiving federal grants for programs and activities to which federal standards for a merit system of personnel administration relate and make necessary the application of provisions of the Civil Service law, shall be subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, if such federal standards are uniform in all states. L.1975, c.305, s.3; amended 2017, c.131, s.71.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-9.1 - Transfer of bureau of alcohol countermeasures in division of motor vehicles in department of law and public safety to division of alcoholism

26:2B-9.1. Transfer of bureau of alcohol countermeasures in division of motor vehicles in department of law and public safety to division of alcoholism  The Bureau of Alcohol Countermeasures in the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety is transferred to the Division of Alcoholism in the Department of Health, pursuant to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L. 1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1984, c. 243, s. 2, eff. Jan. 2, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-9.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-9.2 - "Alcohol Treatment Programs Fund."

26:2B-9.2 "Alcohol Treatment Programs Fund."  2. a. There is created within the Department of Health and Senior Services a special nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the "Alcohol Treatment Programs Fund." The fund shall consist of such monies as are deposited pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.12), any other monies as may be appropriated to the fund by the Legislature or otherwise provided to the fund, and interest or other income derived from the investment of monies in the fund. b. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, monies in the fund shall be used exclusively for making grants, approved by the Director of the Division of Addiction Services in the Department of Health and Senior Services, to programs that provide treatment for alcoholism, alcohol abuse and other conditions related to the excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages among persons convicted of violating the State's drunk driving laws and others. c. An amount not to exceed $150,000 in Fiscal Year 2002 and five percent of the total annual revenue allocated to the fund in each fiscal year thereafter may be expended from the fund to defray actual expenses incurred by the department in the administration of the fund subject to approval by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. L.2001,c.48,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-9.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-9.3 - Regulations.

26:2B-9.3 Regulations.  3. The Director of the Division of Addiction Services in the Department of Health and Senior Services shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Criteria for grantee eligibility; b. The form and manner in which application for grants from the fund shall be made; and c. The treatment services and treatment recipients for which grant funds may be expended. L.2001,c.48,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-11 - Comprehensive State plan for treatment.

26:2B-11 Comprehensive State plan for treatment.  5. The department shall prepare and submit to the Governor, and from time to time shall amend, a comprehensive State plan for the treatment of intoxicated persons and persons with an alcohol use disorder, including juveniles and young adults. The department, in developing such plan, shall consult and cooperate with the advisory council, officials of appropriate departments or agencies of the federal government and the State and its political subdivisions, and private organizations and individuals with a view toward providing for coordinated and integrated services on the community level. The plan may provide for services in federal, public and private facilities. The plan shall include a detailed projection of immediate and long-term need for facilities and personnel and a detailed estimate of the cost thereof, as well as an estimate of the extent to which funds, property, or services may be available from the State or any of its political subdivisions, the federal government or any private source and is to be coordinated with the State Comprehensive Health Planning Agency. L.1975, c.305, s.5; amended 2017, c.131, s.72.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-12 - Program for treatment; facilities; services; annual list; publication.

26:2B-12 Program for treatment; facilities; services; annual list; publication.  6. The department shall take cognizance of all matters affecting alcohol use disorder in the State and shall establish and conduct a program for the treatment of intoxicated persons and persons with an alcohol use disorder. The program may encourage regionalization of services and, if not otherwise available, provide for the following facilities, which need not be separately located: a. Intoxication treatment centers, which centers shall render emergency medical care, including detoxification, shall be open 24 hours every day, and shall be located conveniently near population centers. Services shall be provided for the immediate physical and social needs, including the needs for medication and shelter, of intoxicated persons, and shall also provide for initial examination, diagnosis and referral. To the extent possible, such treatment centers shall be affiliated with a general or other hospital. b. Inpatient facilities, for treatment of persons with an alcohol use disorder, which shall, to the extent possible, be affiliated with the medical service of a general hospital, mental hospital, community mental health center, or other hospital. c. Outpatient facilities. d. Residential aftercare facilities, such as halfway houses. The department shall maintain, supervise and control all facilities operated by it pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) and all such facilities shall be staffed with an adequate number of qualified and trained personnel. The administrator of each such facility shall make an annual report of its activities to the director in such manner and form as the director may deem appropriate. All appropriate resources, particularly community mental health centers, shall whenever possible be utilized in and coordinated with the program. Services delivered by the department pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) may be administered on the premises of institutions operated in whole or in part by the department of institutions and agencies. Such services shall be administered as such services are administered in the other facilities of the department and shall in all respects be therapeutic in nature rather than penal or correctional. The department shall prepare and publish annually a list of all services operating in accordance with P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) and shall make the list available upon request to members of the public. The department shall notify all law enforcement agencies and judges in the State of the location and capacity of intoxication treatment centers and other services operating in accordance with this act situated in or near their jurisdictions. L.1975, c.305, s.6; amended 2017, c.131, s.73.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-16 - Person intoxicated in public place; assistance to facility; determination of intoxication

26:2B-16. Person intoxicated in public place; assistance to facility; determination of intoxication  Any person who is intoxicated in a public place may be assisted to his residence or to an intoxication treatment center or other facility by a police officer or other authorized person. To determine whether or not such person is intoxicated, the police officer may request the person to submit to any reasonable test, including, but not limited to, tests of his coordination, coherency of speech, and breath. Any person who is intoxicated in a public place and who a police officer has reason to believe is incapacitated shall be assisted by the police officer to an intoxication treatment center or other facility. A police officer acting in accordance with the provisions of this section may use such force, other than that which is likely to inflict physical injury, as is reasonably necessary to carry out his authorized responsibilities. If the police officer reasonably believes that his safety or the safety of other persons present so requires, he may search such person and his immediate surroundings, but only to the extent necessary to discover and seize any dangerous weapon which may on that occasion be used against the officer or other person present. All persons acting under the provisions of this section shall be considered as acting in the conduct of their official duties and shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for such acts. Any person assisted by a police officer to a facility pursuant to the provisions of this section shall receive treatment in accordance with section 9. In any event, if such person is determined upon examination to be intoxicated, the examining physician or other medically competent individual shall so certify and a duplicate copy of the certification shall be made available to the police officer. A person assisted to a facility pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall not be considered to have been arrested and no entry or other record shall be made to indicate that he has been arrested. L.1975, c. 305, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-18 - Person under treatment at facility; subjection to supervisory powers of administrator

26:2B-18. Person under treatment at facility; subjection to supervisory powers of administrator  Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations of the department. L.1975, c. 305, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-19 - Rights of juveniles

26:2B-19. Rights of juveniles  All rights afforded any person under this act shall apply to juveniles as may be consistent with present statutory law applying to minors. L.1975, c. 305, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-20 - Records; confidentiality; rights of patients

26:2B-20. Records; confidentiality; rights of patients  a. The administrator of each facility shall keep a record of the treatment afforded each patient, which shall be confidential and shall be made available only upon proper judicial order, whether in connection with pending judicial proceedings or otherwise. b. Any patient shall have the right to have a physician retained by him examine him, consult privately with his attorney, receive visitors, and send and receive communications by mail, telephone and telegraph. Such communications shall not be censored or read without the consent of such patient. The foregoing shall not limit the right of the administrator, subject to reasonable rules and regulations of the department, to prescribe reasonable rules governing visiting hours and the use of telephone and telegraph facilities. c. No patient may be detained at any facility pursuant to the provisions of this act, without his consent except in accordance with the provision of section 9. d. Insofar as is practicable a written, comprehensive, individualized treatment plan shall be kept by the administrator for each patient. e. Each patient shall be entitled to receive adequate and appropriate treatment. No patient shall be denied the right to vote while he is afforded treatment at a facility. L.1975, c. 305, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-21 - Rights of person who received treatment at facility; person with an alcohol use disorder.

26:2B-21 Rights of person who received treatment at facility; person with an alcohol use disorder.  15. No person who has received treatment at a facility in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) or person who is a person with an alcohol use disorder shall be denied any right or privilege under the Constitution of the United States or of the State for the reason that the person has received treatment at a facility or that the person is a person with an alcohol use disorder. L.1975, c.305, s.15; amended 2017, c.131, s.77.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-22 - Service forces to assist police

26:2B-22. Service forces to assist police  The State, the several counties and municipalities may establish services forces to assist the police in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of this act. Such service forces may be a part of police department, or may be a separate unit. Members of the force shall be trained to carry out certain responsibilities of the police, as these are set out in section 10, particularly with respect to the administration of first aid to intoxicated persons in need of medical assistance. L.1975, c. 305, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-23 - Program of education; services of division.

26:2B-23 Program of education; services of division.  17. The division shall establish and maintain, in cooperation with the office of the Attorney General, the State, municipal and local police, the courts, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, and other public and private agencies, a program for the education of police officers, prosecuting attorneys, court personnel, judges of the Superior Court, probation and parole officers, correctional personnel, other law enforcement personnel, and State welfare and vocational rehabilitation personnel, with respect to the causes, effects, and treatment of intoxication and alcohol use disorder.  The division shall serve in a consulting capacity to such public and private agencies and shall foster and coordinate a full range of services which will be available for diagnosis, counseling and treatment for alcohol use disorder.  L.1975, c.305, s.17; amended 1991, c.91, s.287; 2017, c.131, s.78.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-24 - Tests for alcohol; written manual; collection of data.

26:2B-24 Tests for alcohol; written manual; collection of data.  18. The division shall, in cooperation with the State, municipal and local police, and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, conduct tests for alcohol in the bodies of automobile drivers and pedestrians who die as a result of and within four hours of a traffic accident, and in automobile drivers who survive traffic accidents fatal to others. The division shall promulgate a written manual to govern the conducting of tests made pursuant to this section, which shall specify the qualifications of personnel to conduct such tests, the methods and related details of specimen selection, collection, preservation and analysis, and the methods of tabulation and reporting of this test data. If a test conducted pursuant to this section discloses alcohol, the division shall insofar as is practicable make a determination whether or not alcohol use disorder was a probable factor in the drinking of the tested individual. Test data collected and determinations made pursuant to this section shall be tabulated, compiled, and published by the division at least semiannually. The division in cooperation with the office of the Attorney General and other interested State departments and agencies shall undertake a detailed and comprehensive review of State and local laws and regulations governing driving under the influence of alcohol. This review shall include, but need not be limited to, consideration of the relation of these laws and regulations to the legislative policies and purposes of this act, and what programs and punishments are appropriate for individuals convicted of drunk driving. Within one year from the date of enactment of P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.), the division shall transmit to the Legislature a report on this review. This report shall include specific recommendations for any changes in the present laws and regulations the division deems appropriate. L.1975, c.305, s.18; amended 2017, c.131, s.79.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-25 - Review of laws and regulations on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages; report

26:2B-25. Review of laws and regulations on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages; report  The division, in cooperation with the office of the Attorney General and other interested State departments and agencies, shall undertake a broad review of State and local, criminal and civil, laws and regulations governing the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. This review shall include, but need not be limited to, consideration of the relation of these laws and regulations both to the legislative policies and purposes of this act and to the public policy objective of permitting the temperate use of alcoholic beverages and preventing the abuse of such beverages. Within 2 years from the date of enactment of this act the division shall transmit to the Legislature a report on this review, which shall include specific recommendations for any changes in the present laws and regulations that the division deems appropriate. L.1975, c. 305, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2B-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2B-26 - Laws, ordinances or regulations of local government on public intoxication or inconsistent with act; prohibition; exemptions

26:2B-26. Laws, ordinances or regulations of local government on public intoxication or inconsistent with act; prohibition; exemptions  No county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State shall adopt any law, ordinance, bylaw, resolution or regulation having the force of law a. rendering public intoxication or being found in any place in an intoxicated condition an offense, a violation or the subject of criminal or civil penalties or sanctions of any kind; b. inconsistent with the provisions and policies of this act. Nothing herein contained shall affect any laws, ordinances, bylaws, resolutions or regulations against driving after drinking alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol, or other similar offenses that involve the operation of motor vehicles, machinery or other hazardous equipment. L.1975, c. 305, s. 20.