Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

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…

30:9-22. Trustees of city hospitals in cities of first class; appointment; terms; bonds; powers and duties Whenever the bonds authorized by section 30:9-21 of this title shall have been directed to be issued by the municipal board having charge of the finances in any such city, t…

30:9-23. Purchase of lands and erection of buildings for new city hospitals in cities of first class; contracts The lands to be purchased and the building or buildings to be erected pursuant to section 30:9-21 shall be purchased, erected and furnished by the board of trustees app…

30:9-23.1. Medical director, supervisor of nurses and purchasing agent for all county and municipal hospitals or institutions in certain counties; salaries; qualifications of director Whenever a city of the first class has established or establishes a city hospital or medical cen…

30:9-23.10. Duration of contracts and leases Any contract, agreement or lease authorized by this act may be entered into for a term not to exceed 50 years. L.1955, c. 22, p. 75, s. 5.

30:9-23.11. Additional authority--Advertising, bids, security The authority conferred by this act in the case of any municipality shall be in addition to the authority of the municipality to contract for the rendering of services pursuant to section 40:48-5 of the Revised Statute…

30:9-23.12. Rights of employees No contract, agreement or lease authorized by this act shall deprive any employee of the county or municipality of any civil service status or rights, tenure or pension rights. L.1955, c. 22, p. 75, s. 7.

30:9-23.13. Board of managers--Power and authority Where the board of chosen freeholders of any county, or the governing body of any municipality, has appointed a board of managers of any hospital pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, the board of managers, w…

30:9-23.14. Powers granted by other laws The powers granted under this act are in addition to any powers granted by other laws and the sections of this act shall not limit or be limited by other laws granting similar powers. L.1955, c. 22, p. 76, s. 9.

30:9-23.15 Short title. 1. Sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.), and section 7 of P.L.2016, c.55 (C.30:9-23.24) shall be known and may be cited as the " Local Hospital Authority Law." L.2006, c.46, s.1; amended 2016, c.55, s.1.

30:9-23.16 Charitable transfer to authority. 2. The transfer of a hospital to an authority by a charitable nonprofit entity pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be in furtherance of such entity's charitable purposes. L.2006,c.46,s.2.

30:9-23.17 Definitions relative to local hospital authorities. 3. For the purposes of this act: "Acquisition" means the receiving, by purchase, gift, or otherwise, of all or any part of the assets and liabilities of a hospital located within a city through a contract or other agr…

30:9-23.18 Creation of hospital authority. 4. a. (1) The governing body of a city may create, by ordinance, a body corporate and politic to be known as the " . . . . Municipal Hospital Authority," inserting the name of such city. The authority shall constitute an agency and instr…

30:9-23.19 Governing board of authority. 5. a. A local hospital authority shall be governed by an 11-member board. The members shall be divided among four classes. (1) The Class I member of a municipal hospital authority shall be the mayor of the city, or his designee, ex officio…

30:9-23.2. Powers and duties of medical director Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the statutes or any provisions thereof, should a city and a county of the first class jointly appoint a medical director under the provisions hereof, the said medical director shal…

30:9-23.20 Powers, duties of authority. 6. a. (1) A municipal authority shall exercise its powers and duties to manage and operate a hospital owned by it through a contract or contracts with a manager, which may be entered into without public advertising for bid as otherwise requ…

30:9-23.21 Issuance of bonds, notes; contracts between local government and authority. 7. a. Bonds or notes issued under P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.) shall be issued and sold in the same manner, and subject to the same restrictions, as applicable to bonds of an authority …

30:9-23.22 Construction of act. 8. Nothing in P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.) shall be construed to apply to a hospital operated by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of R.S.30:9-13. L.2006,c.46,s.8.

30:9-23.23 Transfer exempt, certain. 9. The transfer of a hospital to an authority pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.) shall be exempt from the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2000, c.143 (C.26:2H-7.11). L.2006,c.46,s.9.

30:9-23.24 Authority may enter into contract with private entity. 7. a. (1) A county hospital authority may enter into a contract with a private entity, subject to subsection f. of this section, to be referred to as a public-private partnership agreement, that permits the private…

30:9-23.3. Assistant; qualifications; compensation payable by whom The said medical director when appointed jointly by the county and municipality under the provisions of this act shall have power to appoint one assistant who shall possess qualifications as those herein described…

30:9-23.4. Clerical assistants; agreed compensation; suspension or dismissal Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the statutes or any provisions thereof, a medical director appointed hereunder may appoint clerical assistants, such as a secretary, stenographers and c…

30:9-23.5. Pension funds; persons paid partly by county and partly by municipality; transfer of credits Any person heretofore or hereafter appointed pursuant to the act of which this act is a supplement whose compensation is paid partly by the county and partly by the municipalit…

30:9-23.6. Affiliation of hospitals with medical and dental colleges The board of chosen freeholders of any county or the governing body of any municipality, wherein a public hospital is located under the control of the said board or governing body, pursuant to chapter 9 of Title…

30:9-23.7. Contract provisions Any such contract may provide: (a) for the designation of the hospital or parts thereof as a teaching hospital and for access thereto by the faculty and qualified students of the college and for the use of the facilities of the hospital for teaching…

30:9-23.8. Lease of equipment or space The board of chosen freeholders of any county or the governing body of any municipality, wherein such public hospital is located, is authorized to contract with any such corporation for the sale, lease or permission to use any equipment, fac…

30:9-23.9. Sharing of facilities and costs Any contract authorized by this act may provide for the sharing of hospital facilities and services and of the cost or expense of such facilities and services as may be reasonably required in the performance of said contract or agreement…

30:9-24. Maternity hospitals in counties of the first class; bond issue The board of chosen freeholders of a county of the first class, whenever in its judgment the public need requires, may acquire land by purchase, condemnation, gift or otherwise anywhere within the county and …

30:9-25. Board of managers of maternity hospital; duties and powers When a county maternity hospital shall have been built and is ready for occupancy, the director of the board of chosen freeholders shall with the consent and approval of the board, appoint a board of managers con…

30:9-25.1. Allocation of positions and employments to classified service All positions and employments in county maternity hospitals, in counties of the first class, created pursuant to the provisions of section 30:9-24 of the Revised Statutes which can be allocated to the classi…

30:9-25.2. Certification of names of employees to Civil Service Commission Upon receipt from the Civil Service Commission of a list of the positions and employments so allocated to the classified service and their appropriate titles, the board of chosen freeholders of any county …

30:9-26. Use of hospital; gynecologic service; charges A maternity hospital established under section 30:9-24 of this Title shall be used exclusively for the care and treatment of persons in the county requiring the care and attention for which such hospital was intended whether …

30:9-27. Contracts for mutual services between county and municipality Whenever a county establishes a hospital under section 30:9-24 of this title adjacent to or near a municipal hospital, the county and municipality in the management of the respective hospitals may render one f…

30:9-27.1. Sale to municipality Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1971, c. 199 (C. 40A:12-13) or of any other law to the contrary, any county of the first class maintaining a maternity hospital established under R.S. 30:9-24, may, by resolution of the board of c…

30:9-27.2. Consolidation as separate department of municipal hospital; services for residents of county and municipality Any municipality accepting the transfer and conveyance of the county maternity hospital, may consolidate the hospital as a separate department of its municipal…

30:9-27.3. Assumption and payment of deficits by county Any contract or agreement between a county and a municipality providing for the transfer and conveyance of a county maternity hospital as authorized by this act, may require the county to assume and pay annually, any deficit…