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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-48.1 - Program for housing in institution or facility operated by nonprofit organization; ordinance or resolution; inmates; eligibility; transfers

30:8-48.1. Program for housing in institution or facility operated by nonprofit organization; ordinance or resolution; inmates; eligibility; transfers
a. The governing body of any county which has adopted the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish a program for the housing in an institution or facility operated by a nonprofit organization providing for the care, custody, subsistence, education, training, and welfare of inmates, of any person at outside labor or permitted to attend a vocational training course.
b. Upon the adoption of the ordinance or resolution any eligible inmate may be transferred to such nonprofit institution or facility by order of the sentencing judge at the time of sentencing, or by the sentencing judge or the assignment judge of the county at any time during the term of the sentence. The court or the assignment judge ordering the transfer of an inmate shall do so on the basis of whether or not the transfer of the inmate to the facility or institution is appropriate to the needs and welfare of the inmate and other inmates, and to the security of the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary. The sentencing judge or the assignment judge shall designate the institution or facility to which the person is to be transferred and may, at any time, require that an inmate residing in the facility or institution be sent to the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary to serve the remainder of the sentence.
L.1981, c. 265, s. 1, eff. Aug. 16, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-48.2 - Contracts; standards

30:8-48.2. Contracts; standards
The governing body of a county which has adopted an ordinance or resolution pursuant to this act shall enter into contracts for the housing of inmates with any organization operating a facility or institution designated by the sentencing judge or assignment judge.
It shall be the responsibility of the county governing body or its designated representative to insure that each facility or institution is a secure and appropriately supervised place of confinement and that all units are inspected annually. The county governing body may promulgate standards to insure that facilities and institutions were inmates are residing are appropriate for the housing of such persons.
L.1981, c. 265, s. 2, eff. Aug. 16, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-49 - Work release earnings

30:8-49. Work release earnings
The earnings of such person shall be collected by the work release administrator and the employer shall be notified by registered mail, which notice shall include a copy of the order placing the person at outside labor. From such earnings, payment shall be made for the following purposes and in the order listed:
(1) Board and personal expenses of such person inside and outside of jail or workhouse.
(2) Court costs, court-ordered penalty assessments, restitution and fines.
(3) After written notice to the appropriate welfare board the legally ascertained support of such person's dependents.
(4) Payment of debts and legal obligations of such person acknowledged by him in writing and filed with the work administrator in such form as he shall specify. Any balance of such earnings that shall remain after the payment of the above shall be retained until the person's discharge and after proper accounting, shall be paid to him.
L. 1968, c. 372, s. 6, eff. Dec. 27, 1968. Amended by L. 1985, c. 251, s. 7, eff. July 31, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-50 - Diminution of term

30:8-50. Diminution of term
Under regulations of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, he may be granted a diminution of not more than 1/4 of his term if his conduct, diligence and general attitude merit such diminution.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 7, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-51 - Violation of conditions

30:8-51. Violation of conditions
In case of the violation of the conditions laid down for his conduct, custody and employment, any person placed at outside labor or for study, may then be required to serve the balance of the sentence in ordinary confinement and may thereupon cancel any earned diminution of his term.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 8, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-52 - Segregation from other prisoners

30:8-52. Segregation from other prisoners
Insofar as possible, persons admitted to outside labor or to a vocational training program under this act shall be segregated from other prisoners serving terms in ordinary confinement.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 9, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-53 - Escape or attempt to escape

30:8-53. Escape or attempt to escape
Any person admitted to outside labor or a vocational training program under this act who shall escape or attempt to escape while in such status outside the county institution shall be deemed to have escaped and treated in accordance with the law.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 10, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-54 - Annual appropriation of funds by counties

30:8-54. Annual appropriation of funds by counties
The board of chosen freeholders of any county may appropriate annually funds to provide for the rehabilitation and re-establishment as law-abiding citizens, of indigent persons discharged from the county jail, county penitentiary or other county institution for the confinement of persons charged with, or convicted of, crime, in order to better control the menace of the repeated commission of crime by such persons and for the protection of the public from recidivism.
L.1973, c. 24, s. 1, eff. Feb. 8, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-55 - Use of funds; cash allowances to discharged jail prisoners; contracts with organizations for rehabilitation of indigent discharged jail prisoners

30:8-55. Use of funds; cash allowances to discharged jail prisoners; contracts with organizations for rehabilitation of indigent discharged jail prisoners
Said funds shall be expended in such manner as shall be fixed, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as shall be adopted, by resolution of the board, by such officers as the board shall by resolution determine; provided any cash allowance to a prisoner shall be made only after individual study of the needs and merits of each case, and, provided, further, that no cash allowance to a discharged jail prisoner shall exceed $25.00, to be paid on the day of discharge. The board may contract with an incorporated welfare or charitable group organized for the rehabilitation of indigent discharged jail prisoners.
L.1973, c. 24, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-56 - Advisory committee on county aid to released prisoners

30:8-56. Advisory committee on county aid to released prisoners
There is hereby established in the Department of Institutions and Agencies an Advisory Committee on County Aid to Released Prisoners which shall act in an advisory capacity to the several boards of chosen freeholders in the formulation of rules and regulations for the administration of this act in the interest of efficiency and uniformity which shall consist of the Director of the Division of Correction and Parole in that department, ex officio, and of four additional members, two of whom shall be members of the board of chosen freeholders of different counties, one of whom shall be the sheriff of a county or the county officer in charge of the county jail and one of whom shall be a county probation officer, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies to serve without compensation for terms of 1 year.
L.1973, c. 24, s. 3, eff. Feb. 8, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-57 - County jail, workhouse or penitentiary in wilful and continuous disregard of minimum standards; phased restriction of admission of new inmates; order

30:8-57. County jail, workhouse or penitentiary in wilful and continuous disregard of minimum standards; phased restriction of admission of new inmates; order
If the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall determine that a county jail, workhouse or penitentiary is in willful and continuous disregard of the minimum standards for such facilities promulgated by the department pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1976, c. 98 (C. 30:1B-10), he shall order a phased restriction of admission of new inmates to such facility. Upon such determination, the commissioner shall notify the county governing body of his decision to impose such a restriction, which notification shall include a written statement specifying the reasons therefor. If the commissioner shall determine that no appropriate action has been initiated within 60 days following such notification to correct the violations specified in the notice, he shall order the following:
a. That such county jail, workhouse or penitentiary shall immediately cease to admit persons sentenced to State penal facilities and awaiting transfer or admittance to such facilities;
b. That such county jail, workhouse or penitentiary shall, upon the expiration of 30 days after such order, immediately cease to admit persons sentenced to terms in said county penal facility; and,
c. That such county jail, workhouse or penitentiary shall, upon the expiration of 90 days after such order, immediately cease to admit all persons sent to said facility.
Any county jail, workhouse or penitentiary so restricted shall continue under such order until such time as the commissioner determines that the violations specified in the notice have been corrected or that the facility has initiated actions which will ensure the correction of said violations.
L.1979, c. 472, s. 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-58 - Location of inmates within other penal facilities

30:8-58. Location of inmates within other penal facilities
Upon the issuance of an order pursuant to section 1 of this act, the commissioner shall locate inmates assigned to any facility so restricted by such order within other State or county penal facilities. The commissioner shall determine which other State or county penal facilities have adequate room for such inmates and shall assign them on the basis of available space; provided, however, that such assignments shall conform to all statutory requirements providing for the classification of inmates. Any State or county penal facilities ordered to accept such inmates shall do so within 5 days following the issuance of an order pursuant to section 1 of this act. Any county jail, workhouse or penitentiary restricted by an order issued pursuant to section 1 of this act shall assume responsibility for all transportation of any person sent to another penal facility so long as such order shall remain in effect.
L.1979, c. 472, s. 2, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-59 - Payment by county to department of corrections for reassigned inmates

30:8-59. Payment by county to department of corrections for reassigned inmates
The governing body of a county whose jail, workhouse or penitentiary has been prohibited from accepting new inmates, and whose inmates have been assigned to other penal facilities pursuant to section 2 of this act, shall appropriate an amount to repay the Department of Corrections for the custody, care, maintenance, and for all other services normally provided by the county to inmates of such facilities. For the first full calendar year, or portion thereof, following the effective date of this act said payment shall be $60.00 a day for each inmate, and said sum shall increase 5% per annum each year thereafter. Any facility receiving inmates pursuant to section 2 of this act shall receive from the Department of Corrections $60.00 per day for each inmate sent to the institution for the first full calendar year, or portion thereof, following the effective date of this act. Such sum shall increase by 5% per annum each year thereafter.
L.1979, c. 472, s. 3, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-60 - Rules and regulations

30:8-60. Rules and regulations
The Department of Corrections shall after notice and hearing promulgate, pursuant to law, such rules and regulations it may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.1979, c. 472, s. 4, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-62 - Findings, declarations relative to county rehabilitative programs for juvenile offenders.

30:8-62 Findings, declarations relative to county rehabilitative programs for juvenile offenders.
2. The Legislature finds that specialized rehabilitation programs which utilize proven military techniques of regimentation and structured discipline have been shown to develop positive attitudes and behavior traits in juvenile offenders; such programs foster self-control, self-respect, and dramatically improve a juvenile offender's potential for rehabilitation and re-integration into the community; and, by complementing that regimen and structure with education, vocational training, counseling, and aftercare services, such a program can significantly reduce recidivism among juvenile offenders.
The Legislature, therefore, declares that the counties of this State should be authorized to establish and maintain specialized rehabilitation programs for juvenile offenders; these specialized programs should be designed as short-term incarcerations during which the juvenile offender is exposed to a highly structured routine of discipline, intensive regimentation, exercise and work therapy, together with substance use disorder treatment, self-improvement counseling, and educational and vocational training; and following the term of incarceration, the program should provide a period of intensive aftercare supervision or mentoring for the juvenile offender.
L.1997, c.81, s.2; amended 2023, c.177, s.107.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-63 - Definitions relative to juvenile offender rehabilitation programs

30:8-63 Definitions relative to juvenile offender rehabilitation programs
3. As used in this act:
"Commission" means the Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170).
"Juvenile offender" means a person under the age of 18 who has been adjudicated delinquent for an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a crime of the third or fourth degree, excluding an adjudication for any act which would constitute a crime under chapter 14 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.
L.1997,c.81, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-64 - Establishment, maintenance of juvenile offender rehabilitation program by counties

30:8-64 Establishment, maintenance of juvenile offender rehabilitation program by counties
4. a. The governing body of any county, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, may establish and maintain a juvenile offender rehabilitation program.
b. The governing bodies of two or more counties, in accordance with the provisions of the "Interlocal Services Act," P.L.1973, c.208 (C.40:8A-1 et seq.), may establish and maintain a joint juvenile offender rehabilitation program.
L.1997,c.81, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-65 - Components of juvenile offender rehabilitation program.

30:8-65 Components of juvenile offender rehabilitation program.
5. A juvenile offender rehabilitation program established and maintained pursuant to this act shall consist of the following components:
a. A comprehensive, residential program for a minimum period of four weeks consisting of:
(1) Highly structured routines of discipline;
(2) Physical exercise;
(3) Work;
(4) Substance use disorder counseling;
(5) Educational and vocational counseling; and
(6) Self-improvement and personal growth counseling stressing moral values and cognitive reasoning.
b. A six to nine month aftercare or mentoring program. The program, which may include a residential period, shall consist of counseling services and assistance, including, but not limited to: educational and vocational counseling and assistance; psychological counseling; substance use disorder counseling and assistance; personal development and self-improvement counseling; and counseling and assistance relating to the juvenile's re-integration into his family and the community.
L.1997,c.81, s.5; amended 2023, c.177, s.108.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-66 - Admission to juvenile offender program

30:8-66 Admission to juvenile offender program
6. Any juvenile offender who is serving a term of incarceration at a facility operated by the commission may:
a. request admission to the juvenile offender program maintained by the county wherein the juvenile offender resides; or
b. be offered admission to the juvenile offender program by the commission, if, following its assessment of the juvenile offender's record, the commission determines that the offender is an appropriate candidate for the program.
L.1997,c.81, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-67 - Noncompliance by juvenile offender

30:8-67 Noncompliance by juvenile offender
7. If an offender fails to comply with the requirements of the juvenile offender program, the offender shall be placed in the custody of the commission to serve the remainder of the sentence originally imposed and shall be eligible for parole pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.45 et seq.). The offender shall not subsequently be eligible for re-admission at any time to any program established and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.1997,c.81, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-68 - Determination of parole after program completion

30:8-68 Determination of parole after program completion
8. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary concerning primary parole eligibility dates and parole release dates of juvenile inmates, whenever a person successfully completes a juvenile offender rehabilitation program established and maintained pursuant to this act, the sentencing judge shall determine whether that person shall be required to serve parole.
L.1997,c.81, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-69 - Juvenile not relieved from other penalties

30:8-69 Juvenile not relieved from other penalties
9. Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any person who is admitted to a juvenile offender program established and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this act from the payment of any fine, penalty, restitution or other financial obligation imposed by law or the court as a result of any adjudication.
L.1997,c.81, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-1 - Appointment of superintendents, physicians for county hospitals.

30:9-1 Appointment of superintendents, physicians for county hospitals.
30:9-1. The counties of the first class shall appoint a superintendent for each county hospital and the physicians for the several county hospitals. The term of office of the physicians shall be two years. The term of office of the superintendents of the county hospitals shall be as provided by R.S.30:9-12.
amended 2013, c.103, s.93.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-3 - Bylaws, rules, regulations of county psychiatric facility

30:9-3. Bylaws, rules, regulations of county psychiatric facility
The governing body of the county may adopt bylaws, rules and regulations for the management and government of a county psychiatric facility; the admission, support and discharge of patients; the appointment of a superintendent and other employees and officers. But, the rules and regulations governing the admission and discharge of patients shall be in compliance with the provisions of P.L.1987, c. 116 and shall be subject to the written approval of both the commissioner and the governing body of the county.
The governing body shall also fix the compensation of officers and employees and may at any time by vote of two-thirds of its members remove an officer or employee. The expense of erecting, establishing, furnishing, maintaining and operating the psychiatric facility shall be paid by the county treasurer from funds raised by taxation as other county expenses are paid.
The governing body may also select an appropriate name by which the psychiatric facility shall thereafter be known.
Amended by L. 1987, c. 116, s. 27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-3.1 - Commissary or store; establishment; cost; profits.

30:9-3.1 Commissary or store; establishment; cost; profits.
1. Counties are empowered to maintain a commissary or store for the sale of commodities to patients, patients' visitors, and employees of any county psychiatric hospital under rules to be adopted by the county. The cost of establishing the commissary or store may be defrayed out of funds appropriated for current maintenance. Any profit may be used for recreational entertainment of the patients or another like purpose.
L.1941, c.37, s.1; amended 2013, c.103, s.94.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-4 - Enlargement of or additions to psychiatric hospital.

30:9-4 Enlargement of or additions to psychiatric hospital.
30:9-4. If a psychiatric hospital is owned and maintained by the county, and it becomes necessary either to enlarge the hospital by the building of additions or extensions, or to erect additional buildings for the accommodation of the patients, the board of chosen freeholders or governing body of the county may, upon a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, to be adopted by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of the full authorized membership of the board, build additions, extensions, additional building or buildings, and properly fit, furnish, and equip them.
amended 1940, c.7, s.1; 2013, c.103, s.95.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-5 - Issuance of bonds by county.

30:9-5 Issuance of bonds by county.
30:9-5. The county may issue bonds in the corporate name of the county to meet the expense of erecting new buildings, additions, or accommodations at a county psychiatric hospital, and making repairs to or otherwise properly fitting, furnishing, and equipping the buildings.
amended 1940, c.7, s.2; 2013, c.103, s.96.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-6 - Consolidation of county psychiatric hospitals.

30:9-6 Consolidation of county psychiatric hospitals.
30:9-6. The board of chosen freeholders or governing body of a county, by a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the full authorized membership of the board may consolidate its county psychiatric hospitals in one place on suitable lands owned by the county and erect, furnish, and maintain suitable hospital buildings thereon. County bonds for this purpose may be issued to an amount not exceeding six-tenths of one per cent of the ratables of the county.
amended 2013, c.103, s.97.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-7 - Sale of lands, buildings by county.

30:9-7 Sale of lands, buildings by county.
30:9-7. If county psychiatric hospitals are consolidated as provided by R.S.30:9-6, the county may sell its lands and buildings used for a psychiatric hospital that are unnecessary for hospital purposes, and the sale and conveyance of the lands shall vest in the purchaser title in fee to the premises so sold. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the sinking funds of the county or to the redemption of county bonds, and not otherwise.
amended 2013, c.103, s.98.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-8 - Change of location of county psychiatric hospital.

30:9-8 Change of location of county psychiatric hospital.
30:9-8. If the board of chosen freeholders or the governing body of the county amended 2013, c.103, s.99.determines, by a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, adopted by the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the full authorized membership of the board, that a county psychiatric hospital under its management and control is unsuitably located, and that it is expedient and desirable that the location thereof should be changed to some other place in its county, the county may make the change.
amended 2013, c.103, s.99.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-9 - Agreement for relocation between counties.

30:9-9 Agreement for relocation between counties.
30:9-9. If the county desiring to change the location of a county psychiatric hospital under authority of R.S.30:9-8 determines there is no suitable location at which the hospital might be relocated, and desires to locate the hospital in another county of this State, it may do so by entering into an agreement with the other county, either to build and maintain the hospital jointly, or to build and maintain the hospital by one county with the right in the other county to commit its patients therein, at a sum per week per patient to be agreed upon.
If both counties agree to build and maintain the hospital jointly, they shall concur upon the site, appoint an architect, and approve plans and specifications, and do and perform everything necessary for completion of the work authorized and the maintenance thereafter, including employment of physicians and other necessary employees.
If by their agreement one county builds and maintains the hospital, that county shall select the site, appoint the architect, and approve the plans and specifications, and do and perform everything necessary for completion of the work authorized, and the maintenance thereafter, including employment of physicians and other necessary employees.
If a county decides to change the location of its hospital, one or more counties depending upon their agreement shall have full power and authority to acquire lands within or without the county by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, to erect suitable buildings, and to fit, furnish, and equip the buildings, lay out the grounds, make provision for utilities and mass transit connections, and do and perform whatever is necessary or appropriate to establish a modern psychiatric hospital.
The funds to acquire the lands, erect the buildings, and perform the work, including the purchase of materials and fittings, furnishings, and equipment authorized, except for maintenance only, shall be raised by one or more counties doing the work, each to the extent of its share, by the issue and sale of bonds paid by the county treasurer or treasurers, in accordance with the counties' agreement.
amended 2013, c.103, s.100.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-10 - Disagreement as to cost of maintenance of hospital; action in Superior Court

30:9-10. Disagreement as to cost of maintenance of hospital; action in Superior Court
In the event of a single board erecting such hospital and the two boards cannot agree as to the sum to be paid for the maintenance of such patients, as aforesaid, by the board which does not join in the work of building, either board may bring a civil action in the Superior Court against the other board. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise and may fix and determine the sum to be paid per week per patient by such board, as aforesaid.
Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 538, s. 57.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-11 - Contracts for county psychiatric hospitals.

30:9-11 Contracts for county psychiatric hospitals.
30:9-11. If the cost of work performed and materials furnished in the construction, fitting, furnishing, and equipping of county psychiatric hospitals, or laying out the grounds, as provided by R.S.30:9-9, exceeds $1,000, the work shall be performed and materials furnished on a contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder who shall furnish satisfactory security to the county or counties undertaking the work, on bids duly advertised in the county or counties. If buildings are to be constructed, the advertisement shall be published for at least two weeks, once in each week; and if joint counties undertake the work, they shall appoint a committee to advertise and receive the bids and to report the bids to their governing bodies at their next meetings.
amended 2013, c.103, s.101.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12 - Superintendents.

30:9-12 Superintendents.
30:9-12. Counties of the first class, in appointing superintendents for the county psychiatric hospitals, may designate and prescribe the terms of office of the superintendents, which shall not exceed five years.
amended 2013, c.103, s.102.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.1 - Counties over 400,000; county hospitals; lands and buildings

30:9-12.1. Counties over 400,000; county hospitals; lands and buildings
The board of chosen freeholders of any county having a population in excess of 400,000 may establish, erect and maintain a county hospital or hospitals for sick, disabled, or aged persons, for the mentally ill, and for persons suffering from communicable diseases, and for that purpose shall have power to:
Purchase and lease real property therefor or acquire such real property by condemnation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes (Eminent Domain s. 20:1-1 et seq.);
Erect all necessary buildings and make all necessary improvements, plans and alterations, the plans first to be approved by the State Department of Health;
Appropriate money for the purchase of a site and for the construction or reconstruction of all necessary buildings, including the original furnishings and equipment therefor, and borrow funds therefor on the credit of the county and issue county obligations therefor in like manner as for other county purposes;
Accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of land or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property or any donation and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 88, s. 1. Amended by L.1950, c. 238, p. 808, s. 2; L.1977, c. 63, s. 14, eff. April 15, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.2 - Board of managers

30:9-12.2. Board of managers
The board of freeholders of any such county establishing and maintaining a county hospital or hospitals under authority of this act shall have power to appoint a board of seven managers from the citizens of the county, irrespective of religious or political belief, of whom at least three shall be practicing physicians. Three members shall be appointed for one year, two for two years and two for three years and their successors shall be appointed for the full term of three years except that an appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for the remainder of the term. No physician member of the board of managers shall treat patients in said institution.
Failure of a member to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the board shall cause a vacancy in his office unless his absence be excused by formal action of the board. Members of the board of managers shall receive no compensation for services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses to be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses of the hospital, by the board of chosen freeholders. A member of the board of managers may be removed by the board of chosen freeholders for cause after opportunity to be heard.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 89, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.3 - President and vice-presidents of board; superintendent

30:9-12.3. President and vice-presidents of board; superintendent
The board of managers shall elect from its membership a president and one or more vice-presidents. It shall appoint a superintendent who shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. The superintendent shall not be a member of the board. The board of managers shall determine the amount of time the superintendent shall be required to spend at the hospital in the discharge of his duties.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 90, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.4 - Secretary and custodian of funds

30:9-12.4. Secretary and custodian of funds
The board of managers shall appoint a secretary and a custodian of funds. It shall also fix and determine the compensation, term of office, duties and powers of such appointees and remove them at pleasure.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 90, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.5 - Powers and duties of board of managers

30:9-12.5. Powers and duties of board of managers
The board of managers shall fix the salaries of the superintendent and other officers and employees subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders within the limitations of the appropriation made therefor, and such salaries shall be full compensation for all services rendered.
The board of managers shall have the general superintendence, management and control of the hospital, its personnel and the patients and all matters relating to its government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns; shall make necessary rules and regulations; shall adopt by-laws; shall furnish such reports, estimates of appropriations and other information as may be required by the board of chosen freeholders; shall perform such other duties and enforce such other regulations as from time to time may be prescribed by the board of chosen freeholders.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 90, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.6 - Powers and duties of superintendent

30:9-12.6. Powers and duties of superintendent
The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the hospital and subject to the rules, regulations and powers of the board of managers shall:
Have general supervision and control of the records, accounts and buildings of the hospital and its internal affairs, and maintain discipline and enforce all rules and regulations and make such further rules and regulations as he may deem necessary consistent with law and the rules, regulations and directions of the board of managers;
With the consent of the board of managers appoint such resident officers and such employees as he may think proper and necessary for the efficient performance of the business of the hospital, and prescribe their duties, and for cause stated in writing after opportunity to be heard, discharge or suspend any officer or employee, subject to formal investigation by the board of managers;
Discharge any patient who shall willfully or habitually violate the rules or regulations of the institution, or who is for any reason no longer a suitable patient.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 90, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.7 - Admissions for other than mental illness

30:9-12.7. Admissions for other than mental illness
The admission of any person to a county hospital for other than mental illness established under this act shall be subject to the regulations established by the board of managers and on application in writing signed by the patient or a person interested in the admission of the patient by reason of relationship or marriage, or by a person having the charge or care of such patient, or by the sheriff, or by the municipal director of welfare or person charged with the care and relief of the poor, or by any chief of police or police captain in any municipality in the county where such person may be, or by the chief executive officer of any public or private charitable institution or hospital in which the patient may be. All application forms shall be approved by the board of managers for such hospital.
L. 1947, c. 34, s.7; amended by L. 1987, c. 116, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.8 - Persons who may be treated

30:9-12.8. Persons who may be treated
A county hospital or hospitals established under this act shall be devoted to the care and treatment of:
(a) Persons suffering from communicable diseases;
(b) Mentally ill persons;
(c) Sick, disabled, or aged persons of the low-wage group, who are hereby defined to be those persons who are unable to pay prevailing semi-private hospital charges.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 91, s. 8. Amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 15, eff. April 15, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.9 - Investigation of patient

30:9-12.9. Investigation of patient
9. The board of managers shall designate an officer or employee of the institution who shall be charged with the duty, upon the admission of a patient, of investigating the patient's circumstances and his ability to pay. If upon such investigation it appears that the patient or legally responsible relatives are able to pay for his care and maintenance, an order shall be made by such officer or employee that payment shall be made to the custodian of funds, of a specified charge in proportion to the financial ability of the patient or such relative. Such designated officer or employee shall have the same power to collect the charge specified from the estate of the patient or his relatives as is possessed by an overseer of the poor or director of welfare in like circumstances, including, but not limited to the right to create a lien against the real estate of such patient or his relatives. If the investigation shall disclose that the patient or his relatives are unable to pay, the cost shall become a charge upon the county. Should there be a dispute as to ability to pay or doubt in the mind of such officer or employee, the Superior Court may hear the matter and make such order as is deemed to be proper.
L.1947,c.34,s.9; amended 1953,c.29,s.58; 1991,c.91,s.330.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.10 - Fidelity bonds

30:9-12.10. Fidelity bonds
The board of managers may in its discretion require any official or employee to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties and fix the amount of such bond. Where a surety company bond shall be given, the amount of the premium required thereon shall be paid as an expense of the hospital.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 92, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.11 - Special policemen

30:9-12.11. Special policemen
The board of managers may appoint and commission as many special policemen for such county hospital as it may deem necessary. Within such territory as shall be prescribed and for such time as shall be limited, any such policeman shall have the same powers as a constable of the county or police officer of the municipality or municipalities wherein such hospital shall be located. Such special policemen shall be charged with the duty of preserving order in and about the hospital and shall have power to arrest and hold any offender against the public peace within the limits of said territory.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 92, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.12 - Liability of officers, employees and board members

30:9-12.12. Liability of officers, employees and board members
No action at law shall lie or be maintained against any officer or employee or member of the board of managers for refusing to admit any person as a patient or for admitting, receiving, keeping, detaining, transferring or discharging any patient as provided by this act or as directed by any order made in accordance with this act, whether such person made his own application or the application was made by a friend or relative, or an order was made by a judge or court of the county or State, or any municipality thereof in any of which cases any such application or other, or certified copy thereof, shall be sufficient warrant and authority for the admission, keeping, detention, transfer, discharge and for the reasonable care, treatment, management and control of any patient received or committed under the terms of this act.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 93, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.13 - Abolishment of office or employment; consolidation; transfers

30:9-12.13. Abolishment of office or employment; consolidation; transfers
The board of managers shall have power to abolish any office or employment which it shall find to be unnecessary, to combine and consolidate the functions of any office or employment as it may determine, to transfer officers and employees and to promote and reduce the same, subject to the provisions of the civil service law.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 93, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.14 - Consolidation of county hospitals with other agencies and facilities

30:9-12.14. Consolidation of county hospitals with other agencies and facilities
The board of chosen freeholders in any such county establishing a hospital pursuant to this act by resolution, may consolidate its county hospitals, homes for the aged, almshouses, psychiatric wards and other similar county agencies and facilities on suitable lands owned by the county and erect, enlarge, furnish and maintain suitable buildings thereon for such purpose. Upon the adoption of any such resolution such county hospitals, homes for the aged, almshouses, psychiatric wards and other similar county agencies and facilities shall be regulated by the provisions of this act and the terms of all members of boards of managers, superintendents, and other officers, not being civil service employees, shall cease. The rights of all persons having civil service status shall not be impaired by this act.
L.1947, c. 34, p. 93, s. 14. Amended by L.1950, c. 238, p. 809, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.15 - Second class counties; admission of patients able to pay; charges

30:9-12.15. Second class counties; admission of patients able to pay; charges
Wherever a general hospital is or shall be operated by the board of chosen freeholders of a county of the second class, the said board of chosen freeholders shall have the right to admit patients to the said hospital who are able to pay for their hospitalization, and shall have the right to impose such per diem charges as the said board of chosen freeholders shall determine will be sufficient to pay the per capita costs of such patients.
L.1952, c. 58, p. 378, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.15a - Counties of first class having 700,000 to 900,000 population; admission of patients

30:9-12.15a. Counties of first class having 700,000 to 900,000 population; admission of patients
In any county of the first class having a population of more than 700,000 but less than 900,000 inhabitants, a person may be admitted to the county hospital on the application of his treating physician or on the application of any of the persons enumerated in section 7 of the act to which this act is a supplement, and, notwithstanding the provisions of said section 7, no such application shall be required to be in writing.
L.1964, c. 200, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.15b - Counties of first class having 700,000 to 900,000 population; admission of patients notwithstanding failure to meet qualifications of section 30:9-12.8

30:9-12.15b. Counties of first class having 700,000 to 900,000 population; admission of patients notwithstanding failure to meet qualifications of section 30:9-12.8
In any county of the first class having a population of more than 700,000 but less than 900,000 inhabitants, persons, requiring hospital care and treatment, may be admitted to the county hospital in any case where admission to a non-profit hospital located in the county cannot be obtained within a reasonable time after such care and treatment becomes necessary, notwithstanding that such persons do not meet the qualifications for admission to the county hospital specified in section 8 of the act to which this act is a supplement.
L.1964, c. 200, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.16 - Institution for treatment of persons with substance use disorder; resolution for establishment.

30:9-12.16. Institution for treatment of persons with substance use disorder; resolution for establishment.
1. The board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, may provide for the establishment of an institution for the medical treatment of persons with substance use disorder and for the prevention of substance use disorder as a separate institution or as an institution connected with a county hospital.
L.1956, c. 213, p. 767, s.1; amended 2023, c.177, s.109.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.17 - Contents of resolution; board of managers

30:9-12.17. Contents of resolution; board of managers
Any such resolution may provide for the appointment of a board of managers for such institution or may provide for the management, control and operation of such institution by the board of managers of the county hospital. Where a separate and distinct board of managers for any such institution is provided for, the resolution shall specify the number of managers and their terms of office and may include, as ex-officio members, the magistrates or some of them, of the municipal courts situated in the county.
L.1956, c. 213, p. 767, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.18 - Powers and duties of board of managers.

30:9-12.18. Powers and duties of board of managers.
3. Where any such institution is provided for, the board of managers, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, may:
(a) arrange for, establish and maintain, a clinic or clinics for consultation concerning diagnosis, guidance, and treatment of persons with substance use disorder to the end that they may be rehabilitated as useful members of society;
(b) arrange and provide for the temporary hospitalization of alcoholics;
(c) provide for the necessary facilities for the rendering of such hospitalization of persons with substance use disorder and for the said clinics by the purchase or construction of such facilities or by the leasing thereof; and
(d) to provide such facilities by contract or arrangement with other hospitals, institutions, or organizations and by co-operation with the medical profession and interested groups and individuals.
L.1956, c. 213, p. 768, s. 3; amended 2023, c.177, s.110.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:9-12.19 - Admission of patients; rules and regulations

30:9-12.19. Admission of patients; rules and regulations
The said board of managers shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the admission of persons to the institution in their charge and for the use of the said facilities so provided pursuant to this act.
L.1956, c. 213, p. 768, s. 4.