Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

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 il…

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 …

30:9-12.11. Special policemen. 11. 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 s…

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, transferrin…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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, person…

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 u…

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. Wher…

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 di…

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…

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 pol…

30:9-12.20. Admission or commitment by order of court in criminal cases. 5. Admission to said institution or the use of the said facilities shall also be provided by the board of managers when ordered by a Superior Court judge or by a judge of a municipal court situated in the co…

30:9-12.21. Commitment upon application after notice and hearing. 6. Commitments to the said institution may also be made by any such judge or magistrate upon a determination, after notice and hearing that a person is suffering from acute substance use disorder. Application for s…

30:9-12.22. Counties with 265,000 to 330,000 population; establishment of institution for disabled or aged persons; powers The board of chosen freeholders of any county having a population not less than 265,000 and not more than 330,000 inhabitants, may establish, erect and maint…

30:9-12.23. Board of managers; appointment; term; vacancies; compensation; expenses The board of freeholders of any such county establishing and maintaining a county institution under authority of this act may appoint a board of managers consisting of 9 residents of the county, i…

30:9-12.24. Chairman and vice-chairman; secretary; treasurer The board of managers shall annually choose from among its members a chairman and vice-chairman. The secretary of the board of managers shall be the administrator of the county institution who shall serve without additi…

30:9-12.25. Powers and duties of chairman, board of managers and board of chosen freeholders The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board of managers. In the absence or incapacity of the chairman, the vice-chairman shall have all the powers and perform all the duties o…

30:9-12.26. Administrator; appointment; term; salary; secretary to board The board of chosen freeholders shall appoint a competent and qualified administrator who shall serve for a term of 3 years. The salary of the administrator shall be fixed by the board of chosen freeholders.…

30:9-12.27. Powers and duties of administrator The administrator shall be the chief executive officer of the institution and subject to the rules, regulations and powers of the board of managers shall: Have general direction and control of the records, accounts and buildings of t…

30:9-12.28. Investigation of patients' financial circumstances by county welfare board The board of managers may designate the county welfare board to investigate the patients' financial circumstances or of those legally responsible for said patients' maintenance. L.1966, c. 178,…

30:9-12.29. Short title This act shall be known as the "Public General Hospital Assistance Act." L.1977, c. 289, s. 1, eff. Dec. 1, 1977.

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 …

30:9-12.30. Legislative findings The Legislature hereby finds that: a. Certain public general hospitals in this State provide essential health care and special services not provided by any other health care facility available to the whole population. b. Provision of such necessar…

30:9-12.31. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Nonthird party patient" means a hospital in-patient receiving acute care whose hospital expenses are not paid primarily by a third-party payor, and who is a resident of this State. b. "Third-party payor" means an insurance company,…

30:9-12.32. Information to be submitted by hospitals From time to time, as determined by the commissioner, but not less than quarterly, each hospital seeking assistance under this act shall submit to the commissioner the following information: a. The total number of patient-days …

30:9-12.33. Determination of fulfillment of conditions; contracts with public general hospital and local government; schedule; provisions a. The commissioner shall determine whether: (1) The calculation by the hospital of total patient-days and nonthird party patient-days is accu…

30:9-12.34. Board of managers of institution receiving funds; additional members; appointment; reconstitution of financially distressed hospital a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1947, c. 34, s. 2 (C. 30:9-12.2) and R.S. 30:9-14, the Governor shall appoint two individuals …

30:9-12.35. Duties and powers of commissioner The commissioner is directed to enter into contracts and to make payments subject to available appropriations and is empowered to issue all necessary rules, regulations, and administrative orders, and to do or cause to be done all thi…

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.

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 sal…

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 t…

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 patie…

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, wh…

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 investigat…

30:9-13. Power to establish municipal hospitals; executive officer Every municipality may from time to time acquire, operate and maintain one or more hospitals for sick and injured persons, and for that purpose may acquire lands and buildings by condemnation or otherwise, constru…

30:9-14. Board of managers a. The governing body of any municipality establishing and maintaining a hospital or hospitals under authority of section 30:9-13 of this Title shall have power to appoint a board to manage and operate its hospitals established pursuant to section 30:9-…

30:9-15. Powers granted deemed additional The powers granted by sections 30:9-13 and 30:9-14 of this title are in addition to the powers granted by other laws and said sections shall not limit or be limited by other laws granting similar powers.

30:9-16. Hospitals for indigent sick and disabled; establishment by cities The governing body of any city whenever, in its judgment, the public needs require it, may establish and maintain therein a hospital which shall be devoted exclusively to the treatment and relief of the in…

30:9-17. Management of hospitals for indigent sick and disabled; rules and regulations; physicians, superintendents and other employees; no discrimination in admission or treatment of patient The management and control of all hospitals established under authority of section 30:9-…

30:9-18. Improvement, reconstruction and repair of city hospitals Whenever the municipal board or body in charge of a hospital established under section 30:9-16 of this title shall pursuant to resolution duly passed, certify by its secretary or clerk to the governing body of the …

30:9-19. Loans to meet expenditures; bonds; expenditures for furnishings and equipment A city through its governing body may from time to time or at once, as may be deemed most advantageous, borrow the money necessary to reconstruct, repair and improve a hospital as authorized by…

30:9-20. Additional city hospital accommodations; bonds; control and management Whenever the municipal board, body or authority having control of the finances of any city shall determine that new or additional hospital accommodations are required in such city, such board, body or…

30:9-21. Bonds for new city hospitals in cities of the first class; issue and sale Whenever, in the judgment of the municipal board or body having charge of the finances in any city of the first class, the buildings and property devoted to the use of a city hospital shall be deem…