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NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-3.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-3.24 - Reporting system for physical assaults, unexpected deaths at State psychiatric hospitals.

30:4-3.24 Reporting system for physical assaults, unexpected deaths at State psychiatric hospitals.  2. a. The department shall establish a reporting system for compiling information about physical assaults and unexpected deaths that occur at State psychiatric hospitals, and shall summarize the information in a report which, at a minimum, shall separately identify for each State psychiatric hospital: (1) the number of major and moderate injuries among patients;  (2) the number of major and moderate injuries between patients and staff members; and (3) the number of unexpected deaths. b. The report prepared pursuant to this section shall not contain any identifying information about a patient or staff member. c. The report shall be considered a public or government record under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), and shall be posted on the official website of the department and updated quarterly. L.2009, c.161, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-3.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-3.25 - Notification relative to certain deaths.

30:4-3.25 Notification relative to certain deaths.  3. The department shall notify the Division of Mental Health Advocacy in the Office of the Public Defender within 24 hours after an unexpected death occurs at a State psychiatric hospital and shall promptly notify the Division of Mental Health Advocacy of any death of which the department has knowledge that occurs within seven days after a patient was discharged from a State psychiatric hospital. L.2009, c.161, s.3; amended 2010, c.34, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-3.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-3.26 - Rules, regulations.

30:4-3.26 Rules, regulations.  4. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2009, c.161, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-4 - Management and authority vested in chief executive officers

30:4-4. Management and authority vested in chief executive officers  Subject to the supervision of the commissioner, the management of the several institutions and noninstitutional agencies shall be vested in the chief executive officer thereof who shall be responsible to the commissioner for their efficient, economical and scientific operation. Amended by L.1971, c. 384, s. 19, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-4a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-4a - Reference to board of managers as reference to chief executive officer

30:4-4a. Reference to board of managers as reference to chief executive officer  Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the board of managers of any institution, the same shall mean and refer to the chief executive officer of the institution. L.1971, c. 384, s. 25, eff. Jan. 5, 1972. Amended by L.1972, c. 57, s. 3, eff. June 6, 1972; L.1979, c. 441, s. 26, eff. Feb. 21, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-4.1 - Requirements for internship in public hospital

30:4-4.1. Requirements for internship in public hospital  No hospital licensed by this State or operated by the State, a county or a municipality and which receives funds pursuant to the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act," P.L.1968, c. 413 (C. 30:4D-1 et seq.) shall require an individual as a condition to serving an internship in such hospital to take an examination other than an examination which may be required by rules and regulations of the State Board of Medical Examiners. L.1971, c. 112, s. 1, eff. April 22, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-5 - Responsibility of executive officer

30:4-5. Responsibility of executive officer  The chief executive officer of each institution or agency shall be its executive and administrative officer and subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the board of managers shall be responsible to the board for the proper conduct and management of the institution or agency, the physical condition of the property, the proper use of the plant and equipment, the conduct of all employees appointed by him and the care and treatment of the inmates.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-6 - Duties of chief executive officer.

30:4-6 Duties of chief executive officer.  30:4-6. The principal keeper of the State prison and the chief executive officer of each of the other correctional institutions shall receive from the hands of the sheriff or other proper officer every person sentenced to imprisonment in his institution and safely keep him therein according to law and the rules and regulations of the institution until lawfully discharged therefrom. The chief executive officer of each institution for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, and of each correctional institution shall have the custody and control of every person admitted to his institution until properly discharged. amended 1965, c.59, s.6; 2010, c.50, s.29.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-6.1 - Prosecutor notified by institution or parole board of inmate release; process.

30:4-6.1. Prosecutor notified by institution or parole board of inmate release; process.  3. a. The chief executive officer of the institution in which an inmate is confined shall notify the prosecutor of the release of an inmate, unless the inmate is released on parole, in which case the State Parole Board shall notify the prosecutor of the release. The notification shall occur as follows: (1) Written notification shall be provided 90 days before the inmate's anticipated release whenever possible, but in no event fewer than 30 days before release if such release is due to the expiration of the inmate's maximum term or is authorized by the State Parole Board or order of the Governor upon commutation of a sentence of incarceration; (2) Immediate telephone notification shall be provided whenever possible, followed by written notification within 48 hours, of pre-trial release, escape from custody or return to custody following an escape of a defendant detained or incarcerated in a county or State penal institution, including the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center; and (3) Advance written notification shall be provided whenever possible of any other release of an inmate from custody, including placement in an Intensive Supervision Program or other alternative disposition. If advance notification is not provided, notification shall be provided within 48 hours following release. All notice provided pursuant to this section shall include the inmate's name, identifying information, and anticipated residence. L.1994,c.131,s.3; amended 2001, c.79, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7 - Hospitalization of inmates

30:4-7 Hospitalization of inmates  30:4-7. Hospitalization of inmates. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall have power to place any inmate in any hospital in the State for such medical or surgical treatment as may be necessary, which cannot properly and adequately be rendered within the institution. Amended 1995,c.254,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.1 - Provision for health, safety, and welfare of patients who are incapacitated, residents.

30:4-7.1 Provision for health, safety, and welfare of patients who are incapacitated, residents.  1. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this State to make maximum provision for the health, safety, and welfare of patients who are incapacitated and residents in State and county institutions for persons with mental illness and persons with developmental disabilities, for persons with developmental disabilities who are residents in community-based alternate living arrangements in the State or in private facilities both in and outside the State, and for inmates under age 18 in State and county penal and correctional institutions, by permitting the chief executive officer of the institution or the regional administrator of a Division of Developmental Disabilities community services region to consent to the utilization of appropriate medical, psychiatric, surgical, and dental treatment for the patients, inmates, and residents where prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist as provided for herein. L.1969, c.181, s.1; amended 1997, c.208, s.1; 2013, c.103, s.77.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.2 - Consent for treatment for certain patients, inmates, residents or juveniles.

30:4-7.2 Consent for treatment for certain patients, inmates, residents or juveniles.  2. The chief executive officer of a State or county psychiatric hospital or developmental center, a State or county penal or correctional institution, or a juvenile facility or detention center, or the regional administrator of a Division of Developmental Disabilities community services region is hereby authorized to give consent for medical, psychiatric, surgical, or dental treatment to patients who lack mental capacity, inmates, or juveniles under age 18, or residents, hospitalized, confined, or placed by the Division of Developmental Disabilities in community-based alternate living arrangements in the State or in private facilities both in and outside the State, under circumstances where it appears that: a. The patients, inmates, juveniles, or residents, because of mental incapacity or nonage, are legally prevented from giving consent to the treatment; and b. Either: (1) there is no parent or guardian known to the officer or administrator, after reasonable inquiry, who has the mental capacity to give consent for the treatment of patients, inmates under the age of 18, or residents; or (2) where a parent or guardian, after reasonable notice of the proposed treatment and a request for consent, and prior to the date fixed in the notice for the rendering of the treatment, refuses or neglects to execute and submit to the officer or administrator a writing expressing either the grant or denial of the consent; and c. Where a licensed physician, psychiatrist, surgeon, or dentist certifies that the treatment to be performed is essential and beneficial to the general health and welfare of the patient, inmate, or resident, or will improve the opportunity for recovery or prolong or save the person's life. L.1969, c.181, s.2; amended 1995, c.280, s.31; 1997, c.208, s.2; 2013, c.103, s.78.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.3 - Authority to consent to emergency treatment.

30:4-7.3 Authority to consent to emergency treatment.  3. In a case certified by a licensed physician, surgeon, psychiatrist or dentist to be one of grave emergency and to require immediate surgical intervention or other treatment in order to prevent the death of, or serious consequences to such patient, inmate or resident, the chief executive officer or regional administrator is hereby authorized to consent to such medical, psychiatric, surgical or dental treatment to such patient, inmate or resident as recommended and prescribed by such certification. L.1969,c.181,s.3; amended 1997, c.208, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.4 - Notice of required treatment to parent, guardian.

30:4-7.4 Notice of required treatment to parent, guardian.  4. Notice of required treatment shall be given to a parent or guardian of such patient, inmate, juvenile or resident by certified mail to the last known address with a request for consent, and such notice shall contain sufficient information to indicate the precise nature of the illness and the proposed treatment and the date same will be performed, and shall be sent at least 10 days in advance of the date recommended for such treatment unless the case is one certified to be emergent, as provided hereinabove, in which case the parent or guardian shall be given the maximum advance notice possible under the circumstances. For the purposes of this act, such notice shall be deemed reasonable notice. L.1969,c.181,s.4; amended 1995, c.280, s.32; 1997, c.208, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.5 - Exemption from personal liability for chief executive officer, regional administrator.

30:4-7.5 Exemption from personal liability for chief executive officer, regional administrator.  5. Under all of the foregoing circumstances, the chief executive officer or regional administrator, granting such consent in the exercise of his discretion, upon the recommendation contained in the medical, psychiatric, surgical or dental certification, shall be exempt from personal liability in the performance of such public duty. L.1969,c.181,s.5; amended 1997, c.208, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.6 - Construction of act relative to healing by prayer.

30:4-7.6 Construction of act relative to healing by prayer.  6. Nothing herein shall be so construed as to give authority to the chief executive officer of any institution or the regional administrator of a Division of Developmental Disabilities community services region to supervise, regulate or control the remedial care or treatment of individual patients, inmates or residents who are adherents of any well recognized church or religious denomination which subscribes to the art of healing by prayer and the principles of which are opposed to medical treatment. L.1969,c.181,s.6; amended 1997, c.208, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.7 - Definitions relative to testing of blood of patients at State psychiatric facilities.

30:4-7.7 Definitions relative to testing of blood of patients at State psychiatric facilities.  1. As used in this act: a. "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service. b. "HIV infection" means infection with the human immunodeficiency virus or any other related virus identified as a probable causative agent of AIDS. L.1997,c.361,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.8 - Blood testing required upon admission; information; guidelines for treatment.

30:4-7.8 Blood testing required upon admission; information; guidelines for treatment.  2. a. An adult patient who is admitted for treatment at a State psychiatric hospital shall be required, upon admission, to submit to blood testing for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted diseases, as determined by the Commissioner of Human Services. The guardian, or the patient at a time appropriate to the patient's psychiatric condition, shall be provided with information and counseling regarding the benefits of being tested for HIV infection. The guardian, or patient, shall then be presented with the option of HIV testing.  b. The Commissioner of Human Services shall develop guidelines for the treatment and confinement of a patient who tests positive to any disease specified in subsection a. of this section, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, and in accordance with recommended protocols established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Services.  c. All employees at a State psychiatric hospital shall be trained to use universal precautions to avoid infection with any sexually transmitted disease, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. L.1997,c.361,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.9 - Rules, regulations.

30:4-7.9 Rules, regulations.  3. Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997,c.361,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-7.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-7.10 - Actions to ensure compliance.

30:4-7.10 Actions to ensure compliance.  13. The Commissioner of Human Services may take such actions to ensure compliance with the provisions of sections 1 through 11 of P.L.2011, c.145 (C.26:2H-129 et seq.) by any State or county psychiatric facility or State developmental center as the commissioner deems necessary and within his statutory authority to effectuate the purposes of that act. L.2011, c.145, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8 - Isolation or quarantine of inmates having communicable disease

30:4-8. Isolation or quarantine of inmates having communicable disease  Each board of managers shall have power, in case of the existence of any contagious or infectious disease, to establish such quarantine regulations as they may deem necessary and may provide for the isolation of inmates suffering from such disease, either within or without the institution in an isolation camp, or in a hospital for the care and treatment of such diseases, with power either to pay the expenses of establishing and maintaining the quarantine and isolation camp, or to pay for the board and treatment of the inmates in a regularly established hospital. The custody of all inmates in any hospital or quarantine camp shall remain in the chief executive officer of the institution of which such persons are inmates. No inmate shall be placed in any hospital outside the limits of the institution without the approval of the commissioner first had and obtained.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8.1 - Attendance of prisoners at bedside or funeral of dying or deceased relative

30:4-8.1. Attendance of prisoners at bedside or funeral of dying or deceased relative  The principal keeper of the State Prison and the chief executive officer of any penal or correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies may in his discretion, and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the State Board, authorize and permit the attendance of a prisoner or inmate at the bedside or funeral of a dying or deceased relative. A relative shall be deemed to mean and include the father, mother, husband, wife, child, brother or sister of the prisoner or inmate. Any such prisoner or inmate shall at all times be in actual custody of one or more officers or employees of the institution wherein he is confined and shall not be permitted to go without the territorial limits of the State. L.1948, c. 414, p. 1633, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8.2 - Rules and regulations concerning attendance at bedside or funeral

30:4-8.2. Rules and regulations concerning attendance at bedside or funeral  The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies is empowered to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the attendance of any such prisoner or inmate at the bedside or funeral of a dying or deceased relative which shall insure the safekeeping and detention of the prisoner or inmate, and protect the welfare of society and make provision as to such other matters as the State Board may deem necessary and proper for individual circumstances of any case. This act shall be administered so as to give full force and effect to its provisions and to limit its application to deserving cases. L.1948, c. 414, p. 1634, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8.3 - Correspondence of inmates of state and county penal and correctional institutions; language

30:4-8.3. Correspondence of inmates of state and county penal and correctional institutions; language  Subject to rules and regulations to be issued by the Division of Correction and Parole every State and county penal and correctional institution shall permit incoming and outgoing correspondence of the inmates thereof to be in a language other than English. L.1973, c. 88, s. 1, eff. April 24, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8.4 - Rules and regulations for each penal and correctional institution; promulgation and publication

30:4-8.4. Rules and regulations for each penal and correctional institution; promulgation and publication  Subject to guidelines set down by the Director of the Division of Correction and Parole, every State penal and correctional institution shall formally promulgate and publish rules and regulations governing the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of the inmate population confined therein. Among other things, such publications shall set forth the authorized sanctions for various classes of violations of the aforesaid rules and regulations, and detail the procedures for imposing summary and administrative punishment as well as for appealing therefrom. No punishment may be meted out other than of the type and in the manner prescribed by such rules and regulations. L.1975, c. 95, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8.5 - Furnishing to new arrivals; explanation to non-English speaking prisoners

30:4-8.5. Furnishing to new arrivals; explanation to non-English speaking prisoners  Upon the arrival of a prisoner in any correctional institution in the State, he shall be furnished with a copy of the institution's rules and regulations and shall have the meaning of the same explained to him. Spanish language copies of the institutional rules and regulations shall be provided to Spanish-speaking prisoners not conversant with the English language. To the extent possible, foreign language speaking prisoners not sufficiently conversant with the English language shall also be provided with verbal explanations in their language of greatest facility of all institutional rules and regulations. L.1975, c. 95, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8.6 - Assignment of inmates in proximity to family.

30:4-8.6 Assignment of inmates in proximity to family.  5. During initial classification, the commissioner shall make every effort to assign an inmate to a State correctional facility in close proximity to the residence of the inmate's family.  L.2009, c.328, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-8.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-8.7 - Incarceration of female inmates.

30:4-8.7 Incarceration of female inmates.  6. The commissioner shall not confine a female inmate in the same correctional facility as a male inmate if that confinement subjects the female inmate to conditions more oppressive or restrictive than conditions to which male inmates are subjected.  L.2009, c.328, s.6.