Title 3 — Human Resources
47 chapters · 719 sections in this title.
3 CMC § 2514 Release
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2514. Release. (a) The evaluation or treatment facility shall release any person or refer him for further care and treatment on a voluntary basis upon the expiration of the court order of commitment entered under this article. (b) A m…
3 CMC § 2515 Renewal and Extension of Commitment; Procedures; Standard
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2515. Renewal and Extension of Commitment; Procedures; Standard. (a) The Attorney General’s office may file a petition to renew or extend commitment of a person involuntarily committed under this article. The petition shall be in writ…
3 CMC § 2516 Purpose of Commitment; Scope of Authority of Treating Facility
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2516. Purpose of Commitment; Scope of Authority of Treating Facility. (a) In all commitments or detentions of persons under this article, a primary purpose is to provide prompt and adequate treatment, consistent with a patient’s right…
3 CMC § 2517 Specificity of Orders
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2517. Specificity of Orders. A commitment order should indicate the legal grounds upon which the commitment is based, the general types of services and treatment to be provided, the place where those services are to be provided, the l…
3 CMC § 2518 Promptness of Hearings; Witnesses Needed; Required Treatment Plan; Duty to Seek Release
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2518. Promptness of Hearings; Witnesses Needed; Required Treatment Plan; Duty to Seek Release. (a) Whenever a hearing before the court is required by this article, it shall be set promptly in order to allow for an appropriate hearing …
3 CMC § 2519 Right To Counsel; Private Right of Action
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2519. Right To Counsel; Private Right of Action. (a) Any person detained involuntarily for evaluation and treatment may have an attorney or advocate contacted, including an interpreter, at the earliest possible time, to provide advoca…
3 CMC § 2520 Hearing Rights
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2520. Hearing Rights. Whenever a hearing pursuant to this article is required, the person sought to be committed shall have a full panoply of due process rights including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: (a) The right t…
3 CMC § 2521 Liability for Hospital Charges
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2521. Liability for Hospital Charges. Involuntary patients shall be not charged for any service or treatment received from the department as a result of 72-hour emergency detention for evaluation and treatment under this article. Pers…
3 CMC § 2522 Relation to Pending Criminal Actions
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2522. Relation to Pending Criminal Actions. (a) Involuntary hospitalization by the court of an individual incompetent to stand trial or be sentenced on criminal charges is not within the scope of this article. (b) A person found not g…
3 CMC § 2523 Seizure of Firearms
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2523. Seizure of Firearms (a) A law enforcement officer who takes a person into custody pursuant to the Involuntary Civil Commitment Act may immediately seize any firearm or ammunition found in possession of the person. After seizing …
3 CMC § 2551 Short Title
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2551. Short Title. This article shall be known as the Patient’s Rights Act. The rights set forth in this article shall be afforded every person receiving assessment, evaluation, care or treatment at an evaluation or treatment facility…
3 CMC § 2552 Humane Environment
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2552. Humane Environment. A person has the right to a humane treatment environment that affords appropriate privacy and reasonable protection from harm. Source: PL 8-38, § 2.
3 CMC § 2553 Visits
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2553. Visits. (a) A person has the right to private conversations and to visitation during regular visiting hours. (b) A person has the right of access to, including private communications with, any available rights protection service…
3 CMC § 2554 Preservation and Safeguarding of Personal Property of Person Involuntarily Admitted to Evaluation or Treatment Facility
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2554. Preservation and Safeguarding of Personal Property of Person Involuntarily Admitted to Evaluation or Treatment Facility. (a) At the time a patient is admitted for evaluation or treatment pursuant to this article or within a reas…
3 CMC § 2555 Treatment Plan
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2555. Treatment Plan. Whenever a person is admitted for inpatient treatment or accepted for outpatient treatment, the treatment facility shall promptly prepare within five days an individualized treatment plan which shall be made a pa…
3 CMC § 2556 Personal Rights of Persons Being Assessed or Evaluated or Receiving Care or Treatment at an Evaluation or Treatment Facility
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2556. Personal Rights of Persons Being Assessed or Evaluated or Receiving Care or Treatment at an Evaluation or Treatment Facility. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person has the following r…
3 CMC § 2557 Medical Rights of Persons Receiving Evaluation and Treatment
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2557. Medical Rights of Persons Receiving Evaluation and Treatment. (a) Right to Treatment. Every patient, whether inpatient or outpatient, voluntary or involuntary, is entitled to such medical, social, and rehabilitative services as …
3 CMC § 2558 Restraints and Isolation
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2558. Restraints and Isolation. (a) Persons have a right to be free from chemical and physical restraint and isolation, except for emergency situations in which a mental health professional or attending physician contemporaneously doc…
3 CMC § 2559 Surgery and Shock Therapy; Hazardous Treatment
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2559. Surgery and Shock Therapy; Hazardous Treatment. (a) Persons have a right to refuse surgery for emergency or non-emergency purposes unless the patient has been found to lack capacity to consent to treatment by a court of law. If …
3 CMC § 2560 Notice of Medical and Personal Rights Required
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2560. Notice of Medical and Personal Rights Required. Persons, upon admission, must receive a copy of all the rights they are entitled to during their stay in the evaluation or treatment facility. These rights must be provided in a la…
3 CMC § 2561 Access to Records and Confidentiality
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2561. Access to Records and Confidentiality. (a) A person shall be given the right of access, upon request, to his mental health care records, except such person may be refused access to: (1) Information in such records provided by a …
3 CMC § 2562 Action for Wrongful Release of Confidential Information or Record; Penalty or Treble Damages; Injunction
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2562. Action for Wrongful Release of Confidential Information or Record; Penalty or Treble Damages; Injunction. (a) Any person may bring an action against an individual or agency who has willfully and knowingly released confidential i…
3 CMC § 2563 Grievances, Private Right of Action
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2563. Grievances, Private Right of Action. (a) A person shall have the right to assert grievances arising out of the infringement of the rights enumerated in this article and the right to have a fair, timely and impartial grievance pr…
3 CMC § 2564 Rules and Regulations
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2564. Rules and Regulations. The Director of Public Health and Environmental Services shall adopt rules and regulations to ensure compliance with this article in a prompt and efficient manner. Source: PL 8-38, § 14. Commission Comment…
3 CMC § 3501 Employee Contributions
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 3: SOCIAL SECURITY ACT § 3501. Employee Contributions. Except as provided in 3 CMC § 3505, there is hereby imposed on the income of every employee a tax equal to the following percentages of wages received by him with respect to employment subjec…
3 CMC § 3502 Employer Contributions
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 3: SOCIAL SECURITY ACT § 3502. Employer Contributions. Except as provided in 3 CMC § 3505, there is hereby imposed on every employer an excise tax, with respect to having an individual in his employ, equal to the following percentages of wages, p…
3 CMC § 3503 Refunds of Excess Taxes
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 3: SOCIAL SECURITY ACT § 3503. Refunds of Excess Taxes. (a) If by reason of an employee receiving wages from more than one employer during a calendar year the wages received by such employee from all employers during such year are in excess of (a…
3 CMC § 3504 Administration, Collection and Assessment, and Enforcement
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 3: SOCIAL SECURITY ACT § 3504. Administration, Collection and Assessment, and Enforcement. Effective April 1, 1977, all provisions of the laws of the United States applicable to the administration, collection and assessment, and enforcement of th…
3 CMC § 3505 Contributions Payable by Self-Employed Persons
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 3: SOCIAL SECURITY ACT § 3505. Contributions Payable by Self-Employed Persons. (a) Prior to the first taxable year beginning after December 31, 1980, there is hereby imposed on the wages of every self-employed person a tax, in lieu of the taxes i…
3 CMC § 5501 Purpose
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 5: PUBLIC SAFETY § 5501. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the inhabitants of the Commonwealth as well as visitors in the use of ocean areas and swimming pools adjacent to commercial recreational areas. Source: MIDC § 9.28.010.
3 CMC § 5502 Definitions
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 5: PUBLIC SAFETY § 5502. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) “Commercial recreational purposes” means engaging in an activity for profit or gain and where guests and others are charged for services. (b) “Hotel” means a public house offering…
3 CMC § 5503 Use for Commercial Recreational Purposes: Lifeguard Required
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 5: PUBLIC SAFETY § 5503. Use for Commercial Recreational Purposes: Lifeguard Required. All hotels and property owners in the Commonwealth using swimming pools for commercial recreational purposes shall employ a qualified lifeguard who shall be on…
3 CMC § 5504 Penalty for Violation
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 5: PUBLIC SAFETY § 5504. Penalty for Violation. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $100 for each violation. Source: MIDC § 9.28.040.
3 CMC § 1601 Post Secondary Teacher Education Program Scholarships
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§ 1601 TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1601. Post Secondary Teacher Education Program Scholarship. (a) There is hereby established a Post Secondary Teacher Education Program for the purpose of awarding undergraduate college scholarships to not more than ten stude…
3 CMC § 1602 Medical School Professional Scholarship
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES § 1602 DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1602. Medical School Professional Scholarship. (a) There is hereby established a Medical School Professional Scholarship for the purpose of awarding scholarships to not more than five students a year who are pursuing a degre…
3 CMC § 1603 Conditions of Scholarship Award
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1603. Conditions of Scholarship Award. (a) The recipients of the scholarships under this chapter agree to reimburse the CNMI of all scholarship funds received if the student fails to return to the CNMI after graduation and work at …
3 CMC § 1604 Program Administration
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1604. Program Administration. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office shall administer the Post Secondary Teacher Education Program and the Medical School Professional scholarships. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial A…
3 CMC § 1605 Reporting
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§ 1605 TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1605. Reporting. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office shall submit an annual report to the presiding officers of the Legislature, the Governor, the Commissioner of Education, and the Secretary of Public Healt…
3 CMC § 1606 Sunset
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1606. Sunset. The provisions of this chapter shall expire five years after the effective date of this chapter. Source: PL 15-109, § 2, modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed “Act” to “chapter” and deleted figures that…
3 CMC § 1611 Nursing School Scholarship
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§ 1611 TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1611. Nursing School Scholarship. (a) There is hereby established an Associate of Science in Nursing School Scholarship for the purpose of awarding undergraduate college scholarships to 20 students a year who are pursuing an…
3 CMC § 1612 Conditions of Scholarship Award
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1612. Conditions of Scholarship Award. (a) The recipients of the Associate of Science in Nursing School Scholarship under this article agree to reimburse the CNMI of all scholarship funds received if the student fails to work at th…
3 CMC § 1613 Nursing School Scholarship Funding
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1613. Nursing School Scholarship Funding. Nursing School Scholarship awards will be funded from CNMI scholarship educational/assistance funds as set forth in the annual appropriations of the CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistanc…
3 CMC § 1614 Program Administration
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§ 1614 TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1614. Program Administration. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office shall administer the Associate of Science in Nursing School Scholarship. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office may promulgate …
3 CMC § 1615 Reporting
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1615. Reporting. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office shall submit an annual report to the presiding officers of the Legislature, the Governor, and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation reporting, among other thin…
3 CMC § 1616 Sunset
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION § 1616. Sunset. The provisions of this article shall expire six years after the effective date of this article. Source: PL 20-73 § 3 (Oct. 12, 2018).
3 CMC § 2611 Purpose. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.]
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH CHAPTER 6. Public Cemeteries. [Repealed by PL 11-117] § 2611. § 2612. § 2613. § 2614. § 2615. § 2616. § 2617. § 2618. Purpose. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Definitions. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Establishment of Public Cemeteries…
3 CMC § 2612 Definitions. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.]
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH CHAPTER 6. Public Cemeteries. [Repealed by PL 11-117] § 2611. § 2612. § 2613. § 2614. § 2615. § 2616. § 2617. § 2618. Purpose. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Definitions. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Establishment of Public Cemeteries…
3 CMC § 2613 Establishment of Public Cemeteries. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.]
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH CHAPTER 6. Public Cemeteries. [Repealed by PL 11-117] § 2611. § 2612. § 2613. § 2614. § 2615. § 2616. § 2617. § 2618. Purpose. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Definitions. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Establishment of Public Cemeteries…
3 CMC § 2614 Administration. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.]
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH CHAPTER 6. Public Cemeteries. [Repealed by PL 11-117] § 2611. § 2612. § 2613. § 2614. § 2615. § 2616. § 2617. § 2618. Purpose. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Definitions. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Establishment of Public Cemeteries…
3 CMC § 2615 Regulations. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.]
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TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH CHAPTER 6. Public Cemeteries. [Repealed by PL 11-117] § 2611. § 2612. § 2613. § 2614. § 2615. § 2616. § 2617. § 2618. Purpose. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Definitions. [Repealed by PL 11-117, § 10.] Establishment of Public Cemeteries…