New Jersey Statutes

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• Chapter 1

• 1
  Terms defined
  
  
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• Chapter 1A

• 2
  State Department of Health established
  
  
• 3
  State Commissioner of Health; Deputy Commissioner for Public Health Services
  
  
• 4
  Public Health Council.
  
  
• 5
  Divisions; directors
  
  
• 6
  Meetings of Public Health Council
  
  
• 7
  State Sanitary Code
  
  
• 8
  Regulations to state date; copies; certified copies of Sanitary Code; evidence
  
  
• 9
  Force and effect of Code; enforcement; local regulations
  
  
• 9.1
  Exemption for pupils from mandatory immunization; interference with religious rights; suspension
  
  
• 10
  Violation of State Sanitary Code, penalty
  
  
• 11
  Additional powers of Public Health Council
  
  
• 12
  Local by-laws or ordinances to be filed with commissioner; modification or annulment
  
  
• 13
  Prescribing organization; personnel, duties regarding; Civil Service
  
  
• 14
  Abolishment of offices or positions
  
  
• 15
  Additional powers of commissioner
  
  
• 15.1
  Advisory board on health information electronic data interchange technology, Statewide electronic health records policy.
  
  
• 15.2
  Annual report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 15.3
  Regulations adopted by Commissioner of Health and Senior Services relative to children's health care coverage.
  
  
• 16
  Access to premises for examination
  
  
• 17
  Inspection, right of
  
  
• 18
  General supervision over sanitation and hygiene matters
  
  
• 19
  Sanitary inspections
  
  
• 20
  Local health officials, duties of
  
  
• 21
  Annual conference of local health officials
  
  
• 22
  Delegates to annual conference; expenses
  
  
• 23
  Failure of local boards to enforce laws or regulations; order of commissioner
  
  
• 24
  Contract of commissioner where local board fails to perform
  
  
• 25
  Recovery by State of moneys expended where local board fails to perform
  
  
• 26
  Nuisances; notice to local board
  
  
• 27
  Action to enjoin nuisance
  
  
• 28
  Nuisances originating outside territorial jurisdiction
  
  
• 30
  Abatement of nuisance; costs
  
  
• 31
  Costs against commissioner
  
  
• 32
  Approval of Department of Health; examination of plan or proposed undertaking
  
  
• 33
  Analyses and examinations of materials
  
  
• 34
  Gifts or bequests, acceptance of
  
  
• 35
  Services of local or Federal officials, acceptance of
  
  
• 36
  Federal grants
  
  
• 36.1
  Short title
  
  
• 36.2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 36.3
  Special fund established
  
  
• 36.3a
  WIC supplemental food program administrators, duties
  
  
• 36.4
  Allocation procedure
  
  
• 36.5
  Regulations
  
  
• 36.6
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 36.7
  Early intervention services established.
  
  
• 36.7a
  Activities of Early Intervention Program relative to autism spectrum disorders.
  
  
• 36.8
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 36.9
  Findings, declarations, "off-label" drugs
  
  
• 36.10
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 36.11
  Short title
  
  
• 36.12
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 36.13
  Health Wellness Promotion Advisory Board
  
  
• 36.14
  Regulations
  
  
• 37
  Policies, formulation of; additional powers and duties of department
  
  
• 37.1
  Charges for reports of statistical data
  
  
• 37.2
  Information and data confidential; disclosure; exceptions
  
  
• 37.3
  Liability for furnishing information or data
  
  
• 37.4
  Unlawful disclosure; violation
  
  
• 37.5
  Definitions relative to New Jersey Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
  
  
• 37.6
  New Jersey Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
  
  
• 37.7
  Council, members, terms, compensation, administration
  
  
• 37.8
  Powers, duties of council
  
  
• 37.9
  Acceptance of grants, gifts
  
  
• 37.10
  Annual report to Governor, Legislature
  
  
• 38
  Qualifications for licensing of health officers, registered environmental health specialists.
  
  
• 39
  Examinations for applicants for licensure.
  
  
• 40
  Examinations; subjects
  
  
• 41
  Issuance of licenses for health officer, registered environmental health specialist.
  
  
• 42
  Issuance of initial license.
  
  
• 42.1
  Preparation, adoption of fee schedule.
  
  
• 43
  Suspension, revocation of license.
  
  
• 45
  Hearing before whom; rules
  
  
• 46
  Administering oaths; examining witnesses; perjury
  
  
• 47
  Subpoenas
  
  
• 48
  Failure to obey subpoena; penalty
  
  
• 49
  Action for penalty under section 26:1A-48
  
  
• 50
  Establishment of districts; district State health officers; civil service; duties
  
  
• 51
  Perth Amboy Port health offices abolished
  
  
• 52
  Transfer of powers, duties, records and property
  
  
• 53
  Expiration of terms of existing State Board of Health members
  
  
• 54
  Expiration of term of State Director of Health
  
  
• 55
  Transfer of powers and duties of State Board of Health and Director of Health to State Department of Health
  
  
• 56
  Existing State Sanitary Code regulations to continue until superseded
  
  
• 57
  Appropriations transferred
  
  
• 58
  Employees transferred
  
  
• 59
  Rights under Civil Service and pension or retirement laws preserved
  
  
• 60
  Quarters for department
  
  
• 61
  State Department of Health, references as meaning; powers of Commissioner of Health
  
  
• 62
  State Commissioner of Health, references as meaning
  
  
• 63
  Pending proceedings
  
  
• 64
  Repeal
  
  
• 65
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 66
  Construction in regard to specific matters; no denial of certain rights
  
  
• 67
  Powers and duties vested in State Department of Labor or State Commissioner of Labor not affected
  
  
• 68
  Effective date
  
  
• 69
  Bureau of Examination and Licensing established
  
  
• 70
  State Board of Barber Examiners, department of beauty culture and board of beauty culture control transferred
  
  
• 71
  Powers of boards and agencies within Bureau of Examination and Licensing
  
  
• 72
  Boards transferred to continue as provided by existing law
  
  
• 73
  Removal of members of boards; vacancies
  
  
• 74
  Personnel; appointment, employment or removal; compensation; inspectors; enforcement agents
  
  
• 75
  Additional powers and duties of State Commissioner of Health
  
  
• 76
  Transfer of personnel to Bureau of Examination and Licensing; inspectors and enforcement agents
  
  
• 77
  Transfer of funds and investments
  
  
• 78
  Fees, fines, penalties and other moneys; disposition
  
  
• 79
  Budget request for appropriations
  
  
• 80
  Surplus; disposition
  
  
• 81
  Limitations on appropriations
  
  
• 82
  Transfer of employees of Crippled Children's Commission
  
  
• 83
  Crippled Children's Commission appropriations transferred
  
  
• 84
  Barber and beauty culture appropriations transferred
  
  
• 85
  Civil Service, pension and retirement rights not affected
  
  
• 86
  Orders, rules and regulations not affected
  
  
• 87
  Pending actions or proceedings
  
  
• 88
  Professional or occupational licenses not affected
  
  
• 89
  Repeal
  
  
• 90
  Short title
  
  
• 91
  Effective date
  
  
• 92
  Prevention of Chronic Illness Act
  
  
• 93
  Declaration of public policy
  
  
• 94
  Division of Chronic Illness Control established in Department of Health
  
  
• 95
  Supervision; director
  
  
• 96
  Duties of division
  
  
• 97
  State Department of Health; duties
  
  
• 102
  Health funds expenditure
  
  
• 103
  Annual report by State Department of Health; recommendations
  
  
• 104
  Department of Education to assist in disseminating information
  
  
• 105
  Federal moneys
  
  
• 106
  Department of Institutions and Agencies as agency for rendering welfare assistance
  
  
• 107
  Division on aging; establishment; composition
  
  
• 108
  New Jersey State Commission on Aging created
  
  
• 109
  Members, terms, vacancies, meetings, bylaws
  
  
• 110
  Compensation of members; expenses
  
  
• 111
  Director; compensation; term
  
  
• 112
  Assistants and employees; appointment; compensation; staff of division and commission; meetings of commission; notice
  
  
• 113
  Powers and duties of division
  
  
• 113.1
  Powers and duties of commission
  
  
• 114
  Staff of division; qualifications; advisory services; professionally trained personnel
  
  
• 115
  Salaries and expenses of division; appropriations
  
  
• 115.1
  Authorization to enter into agreements with federal government; reimbursement for costs
  
  
• 121
  Appointments and preliminary action prior to operative date of act
  
  
• 122
  Effective date; operative date
  
  
• 123
  Findings, declarations relative to women's health.
  
  
• 124
  Office on Women's Health.
  
  
• 125
  Appointment of director
  
  
• 126
  Duties of office
  
  
• 127
  Women's Health Advisory Commission.
  
  
• 128
  Duties of commission.
  
  
• 129
  Annual report to Legislature, Governor.
  
  
• 130
  Assistance, services available to the office.
  
  
• 131
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 132
  Short title.
  
  
• 133
  Findings, declarations relative to health information technology.
  
  
• 134
  Definitions relative to health information technology.
  
  
• 135
  Statewide health care information infrastructure.
  
  
• 136
  New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission.
  
  
• 137
  Membership of commission; terms; authority.
  
  
• 138
  Certification of amount allocable to expenses of the commission.
  
  
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• Chapter 2

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  Department may establish
  
  
• 57
  Amount of fund; application for and payment
  
  
• 58
  Monthly statement to comptroller; reimbursement of fund
  
  
• 59
  Comptroller to decide questions
  
  
• 60
  Authority of Department to accept federal grants; payment of compensation to administrative officers from federal grants
  
  
• 61
  Application for allotments; use of funds received
  
  
• 62
  "Public place" defined
  
  
• 63
  Toilets and washrooms to be kept clean
  
  
• 64
  Toilets; keeping flies away, protection of waters of state; sewage plants excepted
  
  
• 65
  Water for drinking or other uses to meet standards fixed
  
  
• 66
  Food to be protected from flies, dust and dirt
  
  
• 67
  Common towels and drinking utensils
  
  
• 68
  Cleansing of utensils, receptacles, counters, etc.
  
  
• 69
  Garbage
  
  
• 70
  Dishwater, drainage and waste liquids; disposition of
  
  
• 71
  Vermin
  
  
• 72
  Authority of local boards of health not affected
  
  
• 73
  Violations; penalty
  
  
• 74
  Disposition of penalties recovered
  
  
• 75
  Jurisdiction; process
  
  
• 77
  Commitment on failure to pay judgment and costs
  
  
• 81
  Marihuana weed, determination of existence of
  
  
• 82
  Destruction of marihuana weed by prosecutor of pleas after determination of existence by Department
  
  
• 82.1
  Wild, cultivated or hidden growth of stramonium; certification; destruction
  
  
• 83
  Authority to operate hospitals; acquisition of use of property, buildings, etc.
  
  
• 86
  Destruction or removal of certain domestic pigeons
  
  
• 87
  Establishment of program
  
  
• 88
  Renal disease advisory committee; members; terms; meetings; compensation
  
  
• 89
  Powers and duties of committee
  
  
• 90
  Hemophilia defined
  
  
• 91
  Establishment; purpose
  
  
• 92
  Powers and duties of department
  
  
• 93
  Short title
  
  
• 94
  Public policy
  
  
• 95
  Program of care and treatment; establishment
  
  
• 96
  Definitions
  
  
• 97
  Terminal illness advisory committee; members; term of office; meetings; compensation
  
  
• 98
  Powers and duties of department
  
  
• 99
  Right to refuse medical examination, diagnosis or treatment on religious grounds
  
  
• 100
  Severability
  
  
• 103.1
  Findings, declarations relative to universal newborn hearing screening.
  
  
• 103.2
  Definitions relative to universal newborn hearing screening.
  
  
• 103.3
  Screening for hearing loss in all newborn children.
  
  
• 103.4
  Hospital, birthing center to provide for newborn screening for hearing loss.
  
  
• 103.5
  Physician, midwife to advise parent of availability of newborn hearing screening.
  
  
• 103.6
  Central registry of newborns at risk of hearing loss.
  
  
• 103.7
  Screening, monitoring covered service.
  
  
• 103.8
  Hearing Evaluation Council.
  
  
• 103.9
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 104
  Legislative findings and declaration
  
  
• 105
  Establishment, maintenance of State cancer registry.
  
  
• 106
  Reports; rules, regulations; enforcement.
  
  
• 107
  Confidentiality of reports.
  
  
• 108
  Immunity from liability for individuals, organizations providing information.
  
  
• 109
  Inapplicability of act to compel individual to submit to medical or health department examination or supervision
  
  
• 110
  Policy declaration
  
  
• 111
  Testing of infants for biochemical disorders
  
  
• 111.1
  Option of additional screening for disorders in infants required; cost.
  
  
• 111.2
  HIV testing required for certain newborns.
  
  
• 112
  Agreements with federal government and public health agencies of other states
  
  
• 113
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 114
  Definitions
  
  
• 115
  Duties of commissioner; programs of education; secondary screening programs
  
  
• 116
  Registry
  
  
• 117
  Annual report
  
  
• 119
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 120
  Definitions
  
  
• 121
  Poison control and drug information program; establishment; hours of service
  
  
• 122
  Services performed
  
  
• 123
  Personnel utilization
  
  
• 124
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 125
  Definitions
  
  
• 126
  Expansion of hypertension control program
  
  
• 127
  Components of community program
  
  
• 128
  Authority of commissioner
  
  
• 129
  Regulations
  
  
• 130
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 131
  Definitions
  
  
• 132
  Lead poisoning control program
  
  
• 134
  Comprehensive plan
  
  
• 135
  Annual report
  
  
• 136
  Loans to local boards
  
  
• 137
  Regulations
  
  
• 137.1
  Specifications for lead screening of children, immunizations
  
  
• 137.2
  Findings, declarations relative to lead exposure of children
  
  
• 137.3
  Definitions relative to lead exposure
  
  
• 137.4
  Lead screening performed; requirements
  
  
• 137.5
  Blood samples; collection, testing
  
  
• 137.6
  Central data base maintained; confidentiality
  
  
• 137.7
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 138
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 139
  Definitions
  
  
• 140
  Program continued
  
  
• 141
  Duties, powers
  
  
• 142
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 143
  Blood specimen from all pregnant women
  
  
• 144
  Determination of Rh blood type
  
  
• 145
  Notification of Rh negative results
  
  
• 146
  Exception
  
  
• 147
  Objection to test
  
  
• 148
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 149
  Definitions relative to catastrophic illness in children.
  
  
• 150
  Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
  
  
• 151
  Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission.
  
  
• 152
  Suspension; oaths; vacancies
  
  
• 153
  Officers; quorum
  
  
• 154
  Powers; duties.
  
  
• 154.1
  Settlement of claims; disposition of recovered moneys
  
  
• 155
  Eligibility.
  
  
• 156
  Financial assistance.
  
  
• 157
  Annual surcharge per employee under unemployment compensation fund for relief fund.
  
  
• 158
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 159
  Annual reports.
  
  
• 160
  Findings, declarations relative to minority and multicultural health
  
  
• 161
  New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health
  
  
• 162
  Duties of the office
  
  
• 163
  Powers of the office
  
  
• 164
  New Jersey Office on Minority or Multicultural Health Advisory Commission
  
  
• 165
  Duties of advisory commission
  
  
• 166
  Annual report
  
  
• 167
  Assistance of public agencies
  
  
• 167.1
  "Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative" in Office on Minority and Multicultural Health.
  
  
• 167.2
  Duties of office.
  
  
• 167.3
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 168
  Breast cancer informational booklets provided by Department of Health
  
  
• 169
  Criteria for compulsive gambling programs; grants.
  
  
• 170
  Findings, declarations relative to out-of-wedlock adolescent births.
  
  
• 171
  Advisory Council on Adolescent Pregnancy established.
  
  
• 172
  Advisory council duties.
  
  
• 173
  Assistance, services available.
  
  
• 174
  Report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 175
  Findings, declarations relative to postpartum depression
  
  
• 176
  Development of policies, procedures for care.
  
  
• 177
  Public awareness campaign
  
  
• 178
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 179
  Consumer's mercury alert notice, posting distribution
  
  
• 180
  Findings, declarations relative to post-polio sequelae.
  
  
• 181
  Public awareness campaign relative to post-polio sequelae.
  
  
• 182
  "Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey."
  
  
• 183
  Duties of task force.
  
  
• 184
  Task force established by E.O.114 continued as this task force.
  
  
• 185
  Findings, declarations relative to reporting autism spectrum disorder diagnoses.
  
  
• 186
  Reporting diagnosis to DHSS.
  
  
• 186.1
  Reporting adult diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
  
  
• 187
  Maintenance of up-to-date registry.
  
  
• 188
  Use of reports; immunity for professionals.
  
  
• 189
  Findings, declarations relative to autism, intellectual developmental disabilities awareness for first responders.
  
  
• 190
  Development of training curriculum; rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2A

• 1
  Program to collect, process, store and distribute; educational and research activities; rules; cooperation
  
  
• 2
  Public policy
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  License required, expiration, fees, display of license
  
  
• 5
  Issuance; application; renewal
  
  
• 6
  Donor registration statement
  
  
• 7
  Standards; rules and regulations; contents
  
  
• 8
  Suspension or revocation of license
  
  
• 9
  Notice and hearing
  
  
• 10
  Enforcement by commissioner; authority; obstruction of performance
  
  
• 11
  Existence of violations at blood bank dangerous to public health; order of commissioner; hearing; injunctive relief
  
  
• 12
  Violations; penalties
  
  
• 13
  Short title
  
  
• 14
  Patient to be informed of blood transfusion options
  
  
• 15
  Health care facility required to accept autologous, designated blood
  
  
• 16
  Blood bank to inform donor, patient of fees
  
  
• 35.1
  Comparative report
  
  
• 35.2
  Public notice
  
  
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• Chapter 2AA

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) education and research program.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to RSDS.
  
  
• 4
  Establishment of education and research program.
  
  
• 5
  Responsibilities of DHSS.
  
  
• 6
  Powers of commissioner concerning funding.
  
  
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• Chapter 2B

• 7
  Public policy
  
  
• 8
  Definitions
  
  
• 9
  Division of alcoholism; establishment; director; assistant; officers and employees
  
  
• 9.1
  Transfer of bureau of alcohol countermeasures in division of motor vehicles in department of law and public safety to division of alcoholism
  
  
• 9.2
  "Alcohol Treatment Programs Fund."
  
  
• 9.3
  Regulations.
  
  
• 11
  Comprehensive state plan for treatment
  
  
• 12
  Program for treatment; facilities; services; annual list; publication
  
  
• 13
  Powers of department
  
  
• 14
  Facilities; license; rules and regulations; filing information; refusal to grant, suspension, revocation, limitation or restriction; hearing; grounds; violations; penalties; inspection; admission of patients
  
  
• 15
  Intoxicated persons or alcoholics; admission for treatment by facilities; duration; notice to family
  
  
• 16
  Person intoxicated in public place; assistance to facility; determination of intoxication
  
  
• 17
  Violators of municipal ordinance or disorderly persons not arrested for misdemeanor; taking to facility; determination of alcoholism; commitment; request; stay of criminal proceeding; hearing; treatment; discharge; report to court; sentence; cred
  
  
• 18
  Person under treatment at facility; subjection to supervisory powers of administrator
  
  
• 19
  Rights of juveniles
  
  
• 20
  Records; confidentiality; rights of patients
  
  
• 21
  Rights of person who received treatment at facility or alcoholic
  
  
• 22
  Service forces to assist police
  
  
• 23
  Program of education; services of division
  
  
• 24
  Tests for alcohol in drivers and pedestrians in traffic accidents; determination of alcoholism as factor; tabulation and publication of results; review of laws; report to legislature
  
  
• 25
  Review of laws and regulations on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages; report
  
  
• 26
  Laws, ordinances or regulations of local government on public intoxication or inconsistent with act; prohibition; exemptions
  
  
• 27
  Department of health as single agency responsible for treatment; compliance with comprehensive state plan of public treatment and rehabilitation programs or activities
  
  
• 28
  Transfer of property, moneys, obligations, and officers and employees under prior law to division; retention of supervisory powers by department
  
  
• 29
  Repeal and prohibition of ordinance, resolution or other legislation on offense of public intoxication
  
  
• 30
  Severability
  
  
• 31
  Short title
  
  
• 32
  Fund established
  
  
• 33
  Plan for community services
  
  
• 34
  Allotment formula.
  
  
• 35
  Distribution of enforcement moneys
  
  
• 36
  Findings, declarations relative to alcoholism, drug abuse among the deaf, hard of hearing, disabled
  
  
• 37
  "Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Disabled" established.
  
  
• 38
  Program contents
  
  
• 39
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 2BB

• 1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Appointment of executive director, staff
  
  
• 4
  Authority, powers of council
  
  
• 5
  Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
  
  
• 6
  Transfer of functions, powers, duties
  
  
• 7
  Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
  
  
• 8
  County Alliance Steering Subcommittee; functions and powers; review and revision of plan
  
  
• 9
  Municipal Alliance Committee
  
  
• 10
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 11
  Advisory commission abolished
  
  
• 12
  Supersedure, repeal of inconsistent acts
  
  
• 13
  Evaluation
  
  
• 14
  Continuation of funding
  
  
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• Chapter 2C

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definitions.
  
  
• 3.1
  Air pollution control commission abolished; transfer of functions, powers and duties
  
  
• 3.2
  Clean Air Council
  
  
• 3.2a
  Clean air council; membership by state commissioner of health
  
  
• 3.3
  Powers and duties of council
  
  
• 8
  Powers of department relative to air pollution.
  
  
• 8.1
  Codes, rules, regulations concerning motor vehicles
  
  
• 8.2
  Applicability of code, rule, regulation to classes of vehicles
  
  
• 8.3
  Standards and requirements for control of air contaminants; motor vehicles having air pollution control devices
  
  
• 8.4
  Standards and requirements for control of air contaminants, motor vehicles without air pollution control devices.
  
  
• 8.5
  Manner of formulation and promulgation of codes, rules and regulations
  
  
• 8.10
  Sale, use of reformulated gasoline; program expiration
  
  
• 8.11
  Air pollution control rules, regulations.
  
  
• 8.14
  Written report, list, inventory.
  
  
• 8.15
  Findings, declarations relative to California Low Emission Vehicle program.
  
  
• 8.16
  Definitions relative to low emission vehicles.
  
  
• 8.17
  Implementation of California Low Emission Vehicle program; substantive changes.
  
  
• 8.18
  Zero emission vehicle credit bank.
  
  
• 8.19
  Low Emission Vehicle Review Commission.
  
  
• 8.20
  Recommendations of commission.
  
  
• 8.21
  Acceptance, rejection of commission's recommendation.
  
  
• 8.22
  Findings, declarations relative to MTBE.
  
  
• 8.23
  Definitions relative to MTBE.
  
  
• 8.24
  Prohibitions against sale in State of gasoline containing MTBE.
  
  
• 8.25
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 8.26
  Findings, declarations relative to regulation of fine particle emissions from diesel engines.
  
  
• 8.27
  Definitions relative to regulation of fine particle emissions from diesel engines.
  
  
• 8.28
  DEP rules, regulations.
  
  
• 8.29
  DEP to consult when developing rules, regulations concerning diesel commercial buses.
  
  
• 8.30
  Public outreach program to owners of affected vehicles, equipment.
  
  
• 8.31
  Closed crankcase technology for regulated school buses.
  
  
• 8.32
  Study to identify, quantify sources of fine particles in cabin of regulated school buses.
  
  
• 8.33
  Rules and regulations relative to idling school buses, consistency with "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)."
  
  
• 8.34
  Submissions to DEP by owner of regulated vehicle, equipment.
  
  
• 8.35
  Approval of fleet retrofit plans.
  
  
• 8.36
  Anniversary date of plans, submissions required from owner.
  
  
• 8.37
  Inapplicability relative to vehicles, equipment meeting federal standard.
  
  
• 8.38
  Voluntary repowering, replacing, or rebuilding of equipment.
  
  
• 8.39
  Record listing for each regulated vehicle, piece of equipment.
  
  
• 8.40
  Labeling of retrofit devices.
  
  
• 8.41
  Compliance forms for regulated equipment.
  
  
• 8.42
  Issuance of one-page compliance forms.
  
  
• 8.43
  Retaining form on vehicle, piece of equipment; record copies.
  
  
• 8.44
  MVC rules, regulations relative to one-time confirmation of compliance with plans.
  
  
• 8.45
  Alternative approach for reimbursement of cost for retrofit devices.
  
  
• 8.46
  Joint rules, regulations relative to training.
  
  
• 8.47
  Consultation when adopting rules, regulations.
  
  
• 8.48
  Coordination of programs by DEP with MVC and DLPS.
  
  
• 8.49
  Coordination of programs by DLPS with DEP and MVC.
  
  
• 8.50
  Percentage of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel required on-road.
  
  
• 8.51
  Inapplicability relative to farm vehicles, equipment.
  
  
• 8.52
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 8.53
  "Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund"; money credited, use.
  
  
• 8.54
  Allocation of moneys in fund, application for reimbursement.
  
  
• 8.55
  Rules, regulations relative to filing requirements for reimbursement.
  
  
• 8.56
  Denial of application for reimbursement.
  
  
• 9
  Department's duties relative to air pollution control; fees
  
  
• 9.1
  Interference with performance of duties; entrance to premises
  
  
• 9.2
  Regulation of equipment, control apparatus
  
  
• 9.3
  Findings, declarations, determinations
  
  
• 9.4
  Construction, etc., of air pollution control equipment during pendency of permit application
  
  
• 9.5
  Emission fees.
  
  
• 9.6
  Dedication, appropriation of revenues
  
  
• 9.7
  Annual report on air quality
  
  
• 9.8
  Rules, regulations; fees.
  
  
• 14
  Order to cease
  
  
• 14.1
  Hearing on request; final order
  
  
• 16
  Evidence at hearing; transcript
  
  
• 17
  Hearings before department
  
  
• 19
  Actions to prohibit and prevent violations; civil administrative penalty; civil penalty; notice of release of air contaminants; penalties; alternative dispute resolution
  
  
• 19.1
  Findings, declaration
  
  
• 19.2
  Entitlement to affirmative defense
  
  
• 19.3
  No entitlement to affirmative defense
  
  
• 19.4
  Construction of act
  
  
• 19.5
  Rules, regulations; unavailability of affirmative defense
  
  
• 20
  Review
  
  
• 21
  Existing remedies not impaired
  
  
• 22
  Relation of local ordinances or regulations to State law
  
  
• 23
  Functions of Department of Health not impaired
  
  
• 24
  Clean air scholarship intern program
  
  
• 25
  Graduate study program
  
  
• 25.1
  Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel
  
  
• 25.2
  Industry, environmental work groups
  
  
• 26
  Short title
  
  
• 27
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 28
  "Area" defined
  
  
• 29
  Air pollution emergency; determination
  
  
• 30
  Proclamation by Governor
  
  
• 31
  Gubernatorial order; duration
  
  
• 32
  Enforcement of orders
  
  
• 33
  Violation of order; penalty
  
  
• 34
  Liability for torts in enforcement of order
  
  
• 35
  Aggrieved persons; hearing; notice
  
  
• 36
  Stand-by orders
  
  
• 37
  Short title.
  
  
• 38
  Findings, declarations relative to greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• 39
  Definitions relative to greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• 40
  Limit on Statewide greenhouse gas emissions mandated for 2020, 2050.
  
  
• 41
  Rules, regulations for monitoring, reporting emissions.
  
  
• 42
  Evaluation of policies, measures for achievement of 2020 limit, 2050 limit; reports.
  
  
• 43
  Transmission of biennial report on greenhouse gas emission statistics; 2015 evaluation.
  
  
• 44
  Designation of independent research panel to review agency reports.
  
  
• 45
  Findings, declarations relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• 46
  Definitions relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• 47
  Actions of department relative to allowances; report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 48
  Certified dispatch agreement facility eligible to purchase allowances, price.
  
  
• 49
  Certification that dispatch agreement facility qualifies for purchase of allowances.
  
  
• 50
  "Global Warming Solutions Fund."
  
  
• 51
  Coordination in administration of programs; use of moneys.
  
  
• 52
  Guidelines, priority ranking system for allocation of funds.
  
  
• 53
  Annual appropriation of moneys in fund.
  
  
• 54
  Interim decision as to comparability of national program; rules, regulations; final decision; disposition of allowances.
  
  
• 55
  Authority of commissioner, board president.
  
  
• 56
  Action plan for ratepayer relief, certain circumstances.
  
  
• 57
  Severability.
  
  
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• Chapter 2D

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Commission on Radiation Protection
  
  
• 4
  Commissioners' terms
  
  
• 5
  Compensation of commissioners
  
  
• 6
  Organization, officers
  
  
• 7
  Promulgation of codes, rules or regulations
  
  
• 8
  Review of policies and program of department of health
  
  
• 9
  Duties of department
  
  
• 9.1
  Agreements with federal government; assumption of regulatory authority by state
  
  
• 9.2
  Agreements with federal government or other states or agencies; performance of functions on co-operative basis
  
  
• 10
  Prevention of exposure to unnecessary radiation
  
  
• 11.1
  Embargo of articles with radiation hazards; tagging; prohibition of use, sale or disposal, or impoundment; disposal or return; conditions
  
  
• 11.2
  Embargo; hearing; stay; conditions
  
  
• 12
  Emergency orders; hearing
  
  
• 13
  Actions to prevent violations; injunctions; penalties
  
  
• 14
  Service of notice
  
  
• 15
  Existing remedies not impaired
  
  
• 16
  Review
  
  
• 17
  Approval of local regulations
  
  
• 18
  Radioactive materials; transportation or storage or detention pending transit; certificate of handling
  
  
• 19
  Submission of information and issuance of certificate
  
  
• 20
  Discharge or threat of discharge of radioactivity; prevention or abatement; recovery of costs
  
  
• 21
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 22
  Violations; penalties; crime of fourth degree; enforcement
  
  
• 23
  Obstruction, hindrance, delay or interference of personnel of department in performance of duties
  
  
• 23.1
  Radioactive materials prohibited from transportation or storage in transit
  
  
• 23.2
  Designation or definition of additional categories or subcategories
  
  
• 23.3
  Certificates of handling
  
  
• 23.4
  Violations; penalties
  
  
• 24
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 25
  Short title
  
  
• 26
  Definitions.
  
  
• 27
  X-ray technologist licenses.
  
  
• 28
  Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners.
  
  
• 29
  Qualifications
  
  
• 30
  Training programs
  
  
• 31
  License examination; in lieu certificate, registration or license
  
  
• 32
  Issuance of licenses
  
  
• 33
  Licenses; renewal; duration; fee; radiologic technologist; renewal within 5 years; existing certificates; CXT certification; limited certificate
  
  
• 34
  Suspension, revocation, censure or other discipline
  
  
• 35
  Employment of unlicensed radiologic technologist
  
  
• 36
  Violations; sanctions
  
  
• 37
  Short title
  
  
• 38
  Legislative findings and determinations
  
  
• 39
  Definitions
  
  
• 40
  State radiation emergency response plan; preparation and adoption; revision and update
  
  
• 41
  Municipality with nuclear facilities or designation as affected municipality; local radiation emergency response plan
  
  
• 42
  County emergency response plans
  
  
• 43
  Powers and duties of department
  
  
• 44
  Powers and duties of division
  
  
• 45
  Duties of department of health
  
  
• 46
  Duties of department of transportation
  
  
• 47
  Duties of department of energy
  
  
• 48
  Assessment against operator of nuclear electric generating facility; levy and payment.
  
  
• 48.1
  Additional assessment for provision of supplemental security.
  
  
• 48.2
  Operator not liable for assessment under certain circumstances.
  
  
• 49
  Objections; hearing
  
  
• 50
  Determination by state treasurer; amended, invalid or valid statement
  
  
• 51
  Prohibition of action to restrain or delay payment; refund after payment
  
  
• 52
  Failure to pay or file objections
  
  
• 53
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 54
  Inspection of buildings and places
  
  
• 55
  Continuance and expiration of existing state radiation emergency plan
  
  
• 56
  Severability
  
  
• 57
  Violations; penalty; injunction
  
  
• 58
  Advice of Governor's advisory council for emergency services
  
  
• 59
  Radon gas, progeny study
  
  
• 60
  Voluntary registry
  
  
• 61
  Monitoring
  
  
• 62
  Public information and education program
  
  
• 70
  Radon tester certification
  
  
• 71
  Radon mitigator certification
  
  
• 72
  Mandatory programs
  
  
• 73
  Confidentiality
  
  
• 74
  Disclosure to Department of Environmental Protection
  
  
• 75
  Fee schedule
  
  
• 76
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 77
  3rd degree crimes
  
  
• 78
  Not public records
  
  
• 79
  Specialized scientific personnel
  
  
• 80
  New-house testing
  
  
• 81
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 82
  "Tanning facility" defined
  
  
• 82.1
  Restrictions on use of tanning facilities by minors.
  
  
• 83
  Minimum safety standards for tanning facilities established.
  
  
• 84
  Compliance with safety standards; certification, periodic inspections
  
  
• 85
  "Non-Ionizing Radiation Fund" established in DHSS.
  
  
• 86
  Tanning facility; annual registration, fee.
  
  
• 87
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 88
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2F

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2.1
  Legislative findings and declaration
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 6.1
  Public health priority funds for each municipality; determination; formula
  
  
• 6.2
  Use of public health priority funds
  
  
• 7
  Special projects and development fund, established; grants.
  
  
• 8
  Qualification for grant by local health agency
  
  
• 9
  Public health priority funding; notification; application
  
  
• 11
  Payments
  
  
• 12
  Audit by commissioner; examination of agency records; unexpended funds and audit exceptions; return; disposition
  
  
• 13
  Failure to provide or meet standards for priority health services; reduction or discontinuance of aid; late application or report; penalty
  
  
• 13.1
  Unallocated public health priority funds; carry forward; special grants
  
  
• 13.2
  Administrative rules
  
  
• 14
  Annual report
  
  
• 15
  Per capita factor
  
  
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• Chapter 2G

• 1
  Short title; purpose
  
  
• 2
  Division of narcotic and drug abuse control; establishment; division defined
  
  
• 3
  Certain functions, powers and duties of commissioners of institutions and agencies, community affairs and health transferred to director
  
  
• 4
  Director of narcotic and drug abuse control; appointment
  
  
• 5
  Additional powers of director
  
  
• 6
  Organization of division; rules and regulations
  
  
• 7
  Federal grants
  
  
• 8
  Appropriations
  
  
• 9
  Transfer of certain employees to division of narcotic and drug abuse control
  
  
• 10
  Civil service, pension and retirement protected
  
  
• 11
  Transfer of certain files, books, papers, records and equipment to division of narcotic and drug abuse control
  
  
• 12
  Orders, rules and regulations heretofore made not affected by this act
  
  
• 13
  Actions or proceedings not affected by this act
  
  
• 14
  Applications or requests; filing
  
  
• 15
  Repeal of inconsistent acts
  
  
• 16
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 21
  Narcotic and drug abuse treatment centers; public policy
  
  
• 22
  Definitions
  
  
• 23
  Certificate of approval; application
  
  
• 24
  Investigation of applicant; issuance of certificate; transfer or assignment; display
  
  
• 25
  Rules, regulations and standards of treatment; classification of centers
  
  
• 26
  Inspection
  
  
• 27
  Denial, revocation or suspension of certificate of approval; notice; hearing; order; appeal
  
  
• 28
  Unauthorized operation of treatment center; penalty; action to recover penalty
  
  
• 29
  Unauthorized operation of treatment center; injunction
  
  
• 30
  Date of compliance for treatment center in operation at time of promulgation of rules and regulations
  
  
• 31
  Public policy
  
  
• 32
  Definitions
  
  
• 33
  Establishment; administration; outreach offices
  
  
• 34
  Program of medical and community services
  
  
• 35
  Employees, advisers and consultants; appointment
  
  
• 36
  Rules and regulations; state and other clinics
  
  
• 37
  Acceptance of gifts, grants, etc.
  
  
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• Chapter 2H

• 1
  Declaration of public policy
  
  
• 2
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Health Care Administration Board; membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; meetings; compensation
  
  
• 5
  Commissioner's powers.
  
  
• 5a
  Coordination of hospital inspections
  
  
• 5b
  Routine monitoring of pain as fifth vital sign required.
  
  
• 5c
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 5d
  Information provided to patients receiving home care services regulated by Health and Senior Services
  
  
• 5e
  Adoption of policies for notifying family members of patient deaths by health care facilities.
  
  
• 5f
  Findings, declarations relative to staffing in certain health care facilities.
  
  
• 5g
  Compilation, posting of certain staffing information by health care facilities.
  
  
• 5h
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 5.1
  Collection of information on costs and revenues; report to legislature
  
  
• 5.1a
  Regulations prescribed by commissioner relative to appointment of monitor.
  
  
• 5.1b
  Conditions for licensure of general hospital.
  
  
• 5.1c
  Ambulatory care facility to use common billing form.
  
  
• 5.1d
  Identification numbers of physicians publicly available.
  
  
• 5.1e
  Quarterly report from ambulatory care facility to DHSS; required information.
  
  
• 5.1f
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 5.7
  State Health Planning Board established.
  
  
• 5.8
  Review of application for certificate of need.
  
  
• 5.10
  Findings, declarations relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities.
  
  
• 5.11
  Definitions relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities.
  
  
• 5.12
  Integrated safety features required on needles, etc.; dentists, exempt, certain circumstances.
  
  
• 5.13
  Responsibilities of health care facility.
  
  
• 5.14
  Review of health care facilities reports, recommendations.
  
  
• 5.15
  Annual report to Legislature.
  
  
• 5.16
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 5.17
  Short title.
  
  
• 5.18
  Findings, declarations relative to prevention of violence against health care workers.
  
  
• 5.19
  Definitions relative to prevention of violence against health care workers.
  
  
• 5.20
  Establishment of violence prevention program in covered health care facility.
  
  
• 5.21
  Retaliatory action prohibited.
  
  
• 5.22
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 5.23
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 6.1
  Findings, declarations relative to certificate of need.
  
  
• 7
  Certificate of need required for construction, expansion of health care facility.
  
  
• 7a
  Exemptions from certificate of need requirement.
  
  
• 7c
  Exemptions from certificate of need requirement.
  
  
• 7d
  Certain health care equipment exempt.
  
  
• 7.1
  Exemption; land acquired prior to effective date of act
  
  
• 7.2
  Exemption from certificate of need
  
  
• 7.3
  Nursing homes exempt from certificate of need requirement.
  
  
• 7.4
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 7.5
  Definitions regarding subacute care units
  
  
• 7.6
  Requirements for subacute care unit.
  
  
• 7.7
  Patient diagnostic categories; inpatient rehabilitation criteria; admission to subacute care, requirements
  
  
• 7.8
  Licensure requirements; quarterly reports
  
  
• 7.10
  Short title.
  
  
• 7.11
  Additional requirements for nonprofit hospitals relative to acquisitions; exemptions; procedures.
  
  
• 7.12
  Exemption.
  
  
• 7.13
  Applicability of act.
  
  
• 7.14
  Construction of act.
  
  
• 7.15
  Definitions relative to assisted living.
  
  
• 7.16
  Evaluation of applicant prior to approval of certificate of need.
  
  
• 7.17
  Issuance of assisted living administrator certification; criminal history record check.
  
  
• 7.18
  Information provided for criminal history record background check; procedure.
  
  
• 7.19
  Applicant to assume cost of criminal history record background check.
  
  
• 7.20
  Fine for false sworn statement.
  
  
• 7.21
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 8
  Requirements for certificate of need
  
  
• 9
  Issuance of certificate of need.
  
  
• 10
  Application for certificate of need; fee.
  
  
• 11.1
  Application for certificate of need, initial licensure for certain narcotic, drug abuse treatment centers.
  
  
• 12
  Operation requirements for health care service, facility; application for license; fee.
  
  
• 12a
  Requirements for licensure of mental health programs
  
  
• 12b
  Religious accommodation regarding admission procedures at licensed health care facilities.
  
  
• 12.1
  Health care facility to provide privileges for podiatrists, psychologists
  
  
• 12.2
  Repealed by L.2005,c.83,s.20, amended by L.2005,c.259,s.34 to change "podiatry" to "podiatric medicine."
  
  
• 12.2a
  Maintenance of records of complaints, disciplinary actions.
  
  
• 12.2b
  Notification relative to certain impairments of health care professionals; definitions.
  
  
• 12.2c
  Disclosure of information by health care entity.
  
  
• 12.2d
  Provision of information by health care professional, immunity from civil liability.
  
  
• 12.3
  Hospital respite care program
  
  
• 12.4
  Application procedure for hospital respite care program.
  
  
• 12.5
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 12.6
  Care of newborn children
  
  
• 12.6a
  Preparation, distribution of resource guide providing information on child abuse, neglect.
  
  
• 12.6b
  Definitions relative to emergency contraception for sexual assault victims.
  
  
• 12.6c
  Provision of emergency care to sexual assault victim.
  
  
• 12.6d
  Policies, procedures concerning personnel training.
  
  
• 12.6e
  Written information relative to emergency contraception for sexual assault victims.
  
  
• 12.6f
  Responsibilities of commissioner concerning compliance.
  
  
• 12.6g
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 12.7
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 12.8
  Rights of persons admitted to a general hospital.
  
  
• 12.8a
  Identification of staff member to patient
  
  
• 12.9
  Summary of rights given to all patients, posted in general hospital rooms
  
  
• 12.9a
  Revision of written summary, notice
  
  
• 12.9b
  Short title
  
  
• 12.9c
  Discharge summary required for transfer of patients
  
  
• 12.9d
  Noncompliance, penalties
  
  
• 12.10
  Filing of complaint
  
  
• 12.11
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 12.12
  Responsibility of health care facilities for filing claims.
  
  
• 12.13
  Posting of drinking water test reports by general hospitals.
  
  
• 12.14
  Posting of drinking water test reports by rehabilitation centers, extended care facilities, nursing homes.
  
  
• 12.15
  Regulations on use of unlicensed assistive personnel.
  
  
• 12.16
  Definitions relative to residential facilities for Medicaid recipients; 10 percent utilization requirement.
  
  
• 12.17
  Waiver of utilization requirement.
  
  
• 12.18
  Reserve requirement as fulfillment of utilization requirements.
  
  
• 12.19
  Construction of act.
  
  
• 12.20
  Applicability of act.
  
  
• 12.21
  Regulations.
  
  
• 12.22
  Domestic partner permitted visitation in health care facility.
  
  
• 12.23
  Short title
  
  
• 12.24
  Findings, declarations relative to patient safety
  
  
• 12.25
  Definitions relative to patient safety; plans; reports; documentation, notification of adverse events, etc.
  
  
• 12.25a
  Compilation of findings on patient safety; annual reports.
  
  
• 12.25b
  Certain data included in New Jersey Hospital Performance Report; rules, regulations.
  
  
• 12.25c
  General hospital prohibited from seeking payment for certain conditions; notification to patients.
  
  
• 12.26
  Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, defibrillator, trained personnel; required.
  
  
• 12.27
  Findings, declarations relative to designation of stroke centers.
  
  
• 12.28
  Designation of hospitals as stroke centers.
  
  
• 12.29
  Minimum criteria for primary stroke centers.
  
  
• 12.30
  Minimum criteria for comprehensive stroke centers.
  
  
• 12.31
  Awarding of matching grants to designated stroke centers.
  
  
• 12.32
  Report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 12.33
  Information, certain, about long-term care, adult day health services facilities, availability on DHSS website.
  
  
• 12.34
  Training required for service as trustee of general hospital, conditions.
  
  
• 12.35
  Findings, declarations relative to prevention of health care facility-acquired infections.
  
  
• 12.36
  Hospitals required to implement an infection prevention program, reporting of cases of MRSA.
  
  
• 12.37
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 12.38
  Report to the Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 12.39
  Short title.
  
  
• 12.40
  Findings, declarations relative to reporting of infection rates by hospitals.
  
  
• 12.41
  Quarterly reports by general hospital to DHSS.
  
  
• 12.42
  Prompt advice to hospital from commissioner to improve performance.
  
  
• 12.43
  Information available to public on Internet website.
  
  
• 12.44
  Expansion of reporting requirements.
  
  
• 12.45
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 12.46
  Hospital to inform pregnant patients of option to donate umbilical cord blood, placental tissue.
  
  
• 12.47
  Information provided to patients.
  
  
• 12.48
  Provision of copy of brochure to pregnant patients.
  
  
• 12.49
  Construction of act.
  
  
• 12.50
  General hospital to conduct public meetings.
  
  
• 12.51
  Notice of meeting on department's website.
  
  
• 12.52
  Limitation on charges for certain uninsured patients.
  
  
• 12.53
  Sliding scale for certain hospital charges.
  
  
• 12.54
  Findings, declarations relative to pressure ulcers in nursing home residents.
  
  
• 12.55
  Replacement of mattresses with pressure redistribution mattresses.
  
  
• 12.56
  Definitions relative to certain health care facilities.
  
  
• 12.57
  Written informational sheet for assisted living facilities.
  
  
• 12.58
  Distribution of informational sheets.
  
  
• 12.59
  Online brochure relative to bone marrow donation.
  
  
• 12.60
  Submission of bill to Medicare beneficiary by health care facility; reporting of nonpayment.
  
  
• 12.61
  Discharge of patients from certain residences; provision for care in alternate facility.
  
  
• 13
  Violations; penalties; notice; hearing
  
  
• 13.1
  Revocation
  
  
• 14
  Unlicensed health care facility; rules; violations; penalties.
  
  
• 14.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 14.2
  Nursing homes and residential health care facilities; heat emergency action plan; approval; annual review; notice of heat emergency
  
  
• 14.3
  Rules, regulations for adequate ventilation; air conditioning required within two years; exceptions
  
  
• 14.4
  Air conditioning required in nursing homes, residential health care facilities
  
  
• 14.5
  Requirements for handling of security deposits paid to residential health care facility
  
  
• 14.6
  Commingling of security deposits, conditions
  
  
• 14.7
  Violations; cause of action
  
  
• 14.8
  Short title.
  
  
• 14.9
  Findings, declarations relative to health care worker, patient safety.
  
  
• 14.10
  Definitions relative to health care worker, patient safety.
  
  
• 14.11
  Establishment of safe patient handling program; requirements.
  
  
• 14.12
  Safe patient handling committee.
  
  
• 14.13
  Certain retaliatory actions against health care worker prohibited.
  
  
• 14.14
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 14.15
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 15
  Representation as health care facility by unlicensed facility; inspection; penalties; cease and desist order.
  
  
• 16
  Health Care Facilities Improvement Fund
  
  
• 17
  Review by court
  
  
• 18
  License, authorization required for receipt of reimbursement, grant-in-aid.
  
  
• 18a
  Designation of specialty acute care children's hospital for northern New Jersey
  
  
• 18c
  Designation of specialty acute care children's hospital for southern New Jersey.
  
  
• 18d
  Designation of specialty acute care children's hospital for central New Jersey.
  
  
• 18e
  St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center designated specialty acute care children's hospital for certain counties.
  
  
• 18f
  Morristown Memorial Hospital designated specialty acute care children's hospital for Morris, Union counties.
  
  
• 18g
  Specialty acute care children's hospitals for Monmouth, Ocean counties designated.
  
  
• 18.2
  Annual fees
  
  
• 18.24
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 18.25
  Definitions
  
  
• 18.26
  Approval of hospital's rates by commission authorized
  
  
• 18.27
  "New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund" established
  
  
• 18.28
  Determination of uniform Statewide uncompensated care add-on
  
  
• 18.29
  Approval of hospital's reasonable uncompensated care costs
  
  
• 18.30
  Remission of mandatory assessment to fund by hospital
  
  
• 18.31
  Reimbursement to hospital of uncompensated care cost
  
  
• 18.32
  Designation of hospitals where county welfare agency employee will be stationed to determine Medicaid eligibility
  
  
• 18.33
  Collection procedure followed by hospital after discharge of patient
  
  
• 18.34
  Annual audit of hospital's uncompensated care
  
  
• 18.35
  Reporting by hospitals of patient accounts referred to collection agency
  
  
• 18.36
  Submission of information about income of persons whose income tax refund, homestead rebate was applied to patient account
  
  
• 18.37
  Quality control reviews of audits of hospital uncompensated care
  
  
• 18.38
  Adjustment of hospital's rate schedule to reflect services provided to certain emergency room patients
  
  
• 18.39
  Employers not providing health insurance required to provide employer assistance
  
  
• 18.40
  Monies remaining in "Uncompensated Care Reduction - Pilot Program" account to subsidize pilot program for small business employees
  
  
• 18.41
  Hospital shall not advertise availability of uncompensated care
  
  
• 18.42
  Hospital not claiming deduction for bad debt eligible for reimbursement for charity care
  
  
• 18.43
  Compensation provided for cost of advanced life support services
  
  
• 18.44
  Determination of eligibility for uncompensated care not applicable to patient found indigent
  
  
• 18.45
  Pilot program to create partnership between urban hospitals and community health centers
  
  
• 18.46
  Report on status of fund
  
  
• 18.47
  "Health Care Cost Reduction Fund" established
  
  
• 18.48
  Transfer of employees, appropriations etc. to the "New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund"
  
  
• 18.50
  Short title
  
  
• 18.51
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 18.52
  Definitions relative to provision of health care services to low income persons.
  
  
• 18.53
  Revenue cap
  
  
• 18.54a
  New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission abolished
  
  
• 18.55
  Duties of commissioner
  
  
• 18.55a
  Compilation of information relative to employed recipients of charity care.
  
  
• 18.57
  Assessment of per adjusted admission charge.
  
  
• 18.58
  Health Care Subsidy Fund.
  
  
• 18.58a
  Funding of community-based drug abuse treatment programs
  
  
• 18.58b
  Health Care Subsidy Fund payer of last resort; exemptions
  
  
• 18.58c
  Funding of Health Care Subsidy Fund.
  
  
• 18.58d
  Appropriations to Health Care Subsidy Fund.
  
  
• 18.58e
  Transfer of funds to Hospital Relief Fund.
  
  
• 18.58f
  Transfer of funds to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services.
  
  
• 18.58g
  Disposition of revenue collected from cigarette tax.
  
  
• 18.58h
  Annual deposit into Health Care Subsidy Fund from revenue from sale of alcoholic beverages.
  
  
• 18.58i
  Deposits into Health Care Subsidy Fund from revenue collected from taxation of certain insurance policies.
  
  
• 18.59
  Allocation of funds.
  
  
• 18.59a
  Disproportionate share payments; formulation
  
  
• 18.59b
  Determination of charity care subsidy; formulation
  
  
• 18.59c
  Submission of financial and demographic data
  
  
• 18.59d
  Continuation of provided services
  
  
• 18.59e
  Determination of charity care subsidy.
  
  
• 18.59f
  Implementation of demonstration health care program for low income residents.
  
  
• 18.59g
  Establishment of technology infrastructure to support the provision of charity care.
  
  
• 18.59h
  Transferred employees guaranteed equivalent health insurance coverage.
  
  
• 18.59i
  Reimbursed documented charity care; charity care subsidy formula, after July 1, 2004.
  
  
• 18.59j
  Charity claims by hospital, eligibility.
  
  
• 18.60
  Uniform charity care eligibility and reimbursement claim form
  
  
• 18.60a
  Short title.
  
  
• 18.60b
  Findings, declarations relative to oversight of the hospital charity care subsidy program.
  
  
• 18.60c
  Required procedures by hospitals for charity care.
  
  
• 18.60d
  Inter-agency agreement with Medicaid Inspector General.
  
  
• 18.60e
  Inter-agency agreement with State Treasurer.
  
  
• 18.60f
  Reporting system established.
  
  
• 18.60g
  Recovery for fraudulent claim.
  
  
• 18.61
  Distribution of monies for other uncompensated care
  
  
• 18.62
  Monies designated for Health Care Subsidy Fund; allocation of monies.
  
  
• 18.63
  Civil penalties for false statement, misrepresentation.
  
  
• 18.64
  Denial of admission on ability to pay; penalty
  
  
• 18.65
  Establishment of Health Access New Jersey program; regulations; administration
  
  
• 18.66
  Allocation to Health Access New Jersey subsidy account.
  
  
• 18.68
  Appropriation from "Uncompensated Care Reduction - Pilot Program" account
  
  
• 18.69
  Appropriation of remaining monies
  
  
• 18.70
  Short title
  
  
• 18.71
  Funding of health care treatment for lead poisoned children.
  
  
• 18.72
  Provision of renal dialysis treatment services, medication to uninsured low-income persons.
  
  
• 18.73
  Annual report to Legislature.
  
  
• 18.74
  Short title.
  
  
• 18.75
  Findings, declarations relative to health care facilities.
  
  
• 18.76
  Health Care Stabilization Fund.
  
  
• 18.77
  Awarding of grant to health care facility; factors considered.
  
  
• 18.78
  Conditions for receipt of grant; rules, regulations; annual report.
  
  
• 19
  Transfer of certain powers, functions and duties of state board of control, commissioner and department of institutions and agencies and its hospital licensing board
  
  
• 20
  Transfer of certain employees of bureau of community institutions
  
  
• 21
  Transfer of certain functions of department of institutions and agencies and certain personnel of bureau of medical facilities construction and planning
  
  
• 22
  Abolition of hospital licensing board; transfer of powers, functions and duties to health care administration board
  
  
• 23
  Reference to state board of control, or department or commissioner of institutions and agencies deemed reference to department or commissioner of health
  
  
• 24
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 25
  Effect of act on rights under civil service, pension law or retirement system
  
  
• 26
  Short title
  
  
• 27
  Transfer of powers, functions and duties of state board of control of department of institutions and agencies pursuant to nursing home administrator's licensing to department of health
  
  
• 28
  Transfer of nursing home administrator's licensing board to state department of health
  
  
• 29
  Nursing home or convalescent home defined
  
  
• 30
  Patient or resident; charges for drugs
  
  
• 31
  Violations; penalty; collection
  
  
• 32
  Definitions.
  
  
• 33
  Nursing homes, annual report; operating and financial interests
  
  
• 34
  Verification of report
  
  
• 35
  Violations; penalty; recovery
  
  
• 35.1
  Report of comparative evaluative profiles of nursing homes; compilation and periodical update; furnishing to public
  
  
• 35.2
  Existence of life threatening condition at nursing home; public notice
  
  
• 36
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 37
  Definitions
  
  
• 38
  Remedy of condition of home in substantial violation of standards of health, safety or resident care; action to appoint receiver; parties
  
  
• 39
  Complaint; contents
  
  
• 40
  Defenses
  
  
• 41
  Nursing home violations
  
  
• 42
  Receivership authorized
  
  
• 43
  Order to remove or remedy conditions in lieu of judgment; bond; failure to comply; hearing; judgment
  
  
• 44
  Reports and accounts of receiver; filing; inspection; presentation or settlement of accounts
  
  
• 45
  Termination of receivership
  
  
• 46
  Receiver; compensation; bond
  
  
• 47
  Skilled or intermediate care nursing facility; assistance to residents in application for financial assistance
  
  
• 47.1
  Notification of fund exhaustion
  
  
• 48
  Assessment of availability of financial assistance
  
  
• 49
  Assistance to residents to obtain medically necessary post-discharge care
  
  
• 50
  Duties of state department of health
  
  
• 51
  Inapplicability of act to facility operated by and for those who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means
  
  
• 52
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 53
  Short title
  
  
• 54
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 55
  Definitions
  
  
• 56
  Advance directive for health care; execution
  
  
• 57
  Proxy, instruction directive; reaffirmed, modified, revoked.
  
  
• 58
  Designation of health care representative; limitations.
  
  
• 59
  Conditions under which advance directive becomes operative
  
  
• 60
  Determination of patient's capacity to make a health care decision
  
  
• 61
  Authority to make health care decisions
  
  
• 62
  Rights, responsibilities of health care professionals
  
  
• 63
  Decision making under an advance directive
  
  
• 64
  Effect of instruction directive
  
  
• 65
  Additional rights, responsibilities of health care institution
  
  
• 66
  Resolution of disagreements
  
  
• 67
  Circumstances under which life-sustaining treatment may be withheld or withdrawn
  
  
• 68
  Issuance of do not resuscitate order
  
  
• 69
  Consultation with institutional or regional reviewing body
  
  
• 70
  Existing law preserved; emergency care
  
  
• 71
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 73
  Immunities
  
  
• 74
  Absence of advance directive, act not applicable
  
  
• 75
  Advance directive shall not affect insurance, benefits coverage
  
  
• 76
  Advance directive executed in other jurisdictions, validity
  
  
• 77
  Applicability of other law
  
  
• 78
  Violations, penalties
  
  
• 79
  Definitions relative to hospices
  
  
• 80
  Licensing of hospice care program
  
  
• 81
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 83
  Background checks for nurse aide, personal care assistant certification.
  
  
• 84
  Qualification, disqualification for certification; petition for hearing.
  
  
• 85
  Assumption of cost of background checks.
  
  
• 86
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 87
  False statement, fine
  
  
• 88
  Definitions relative to PACE programs.
  
  
• 89
  PACE, pre-PACE program operation.
  
  
• 90
  Cash reserves, demonstration.
  
  
• 91
  Enrollment, disenrollment terms.
  
  
• 92
  Short title.
  
  
• 93
  Findings, declarations relative to nursing home quality of care.
  
  
• 94
  Definitions relative to nursing home quality of care.
  
  
• 95
  "Nursing Home Quality of Care Improvement Fund."
  
  
• 96
  Payment of annual assessment by nursing homes.
  
  
• 97
  Dedicated purposes for monies collected from assessment.
  
  
• 98
  Duties of commissioner.
  
  
• 99
  Noncompliance with mechanism for distribution of moneys.
  
  
• 100
  Payment of assessment not passed through as cost, charge to payers.
  
  
• 101
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 102
  Short title.
  
  
• 103
  Findings, declarations relative to advance directives for mental health care.
  
  
• 104
  Definitions relative to advance directives for mental health care.
  
  
• 105
  Execution, reaffirmation, modification, revocation, suspension of advance directive for
  
  
• 106
  Validity of advance directive for mental health care, reaffirmation, modification, revocation.
  
  
• 107
  Execution of proxy directive.
  
  
• 108
  Operative date of advance directive for mental health care.
  
  
• 109
  Determination of patient's decision-making capacity.
  
  
• 110
  Authority of mental health care representative.
  
  
• 111
  Additional responsibilities of responsible mental health care professional.
  
  
• 112
  Discussion of patient's mental health condition.
  
  
• 113
  Instruction directive legally operative, conditions.
  
  
• 114
  Additional rights, responsibilities of psychiatric facility.
  
  
• 115
  Procedures, practices for resolving disagreements.
  
  
• 116
  Construction of act; severability.
  
  
• 117
  Rules, regulations relative to psychiatric facilities operated by DHSS.
  
  
• 118
  Joint evaluation, report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 119
  Immunity from criminal, civil liability.
  
  
• 120
  Construction of act with advance directive for health care.
  
  
• 121
  Absence of directive, no presumption created.
  
  
• 122
  Existing rights, obligations unaffected under health insurance programs.
  
  
• 123
  Validity of directive executed out-of-State.
  
  
• 124
  Priority of provisions of act.
  
  
• 125
  Intentional disregard for act, professional misconduct; fines; fourth degree crime for certain acts relative to advance directives.
  
  
• 126
  Notification to residents of closing, relocation of nursing home, assisted living facility; exceptions.
  
  
• 127
  Assisted living facility, refund of deposit, certain circumstances.
  
  
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• Chapter 2I

• 1
  Declaration of serious public emergency relative to health care facilities
  
  
• 2
  Short title
  
  
• 3
  Terms defined
  
  
• 4
  "New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority."
  
  
• 5
  Powers of authority
  
  
• 5.1
  Authority financing not required.
  
  
• 5.2
  HCFFA, EDA powers relative to for profit projects.
  
  
• 5.3
  Prevailing wage rate for workers employed on projects with New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority involvement.
  
  
• 5.4
  Exercise of rights, powers or duties.
  
  
• 5.5
  Prevailing wage rules, regulations, adoption by New Jersey Health Care Financing Authority.
  
  
• 5.6
  Inapplicability of C.26:2I-5.3 through C.26:2I-5.5.
  
  
• 7
  Issuance of bonds authorized; maturity; terms.
  
  
• 7.1
  Payments, contracts to implement payment, for hospital asset transformation program
  
  
• 8
  Bonds secured by trust agreement
  
  
• 9
  Bonds not liability of state or political subdivision
  
  
• 10
  Additional powers of authority.
  
  
• 11
  Moneys of authority; trust funds
  
  
• 12
  Bondholders; enforcement of rights
  
  
• 13
  Refunding bonds; additional purposes
  
  
• 14
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 15
  Act complete authority for issuance of bonds
  
  
• 16
  Exemptions from taxes; bonds; property
  
  
• 17
  State will not limit, alter, restrict rights of authority.
  
  
• 18
  Annual report and audit
  
  
• 19
  Contracts; conflict of interest
  
  
• 20
  Comptroller of Treasury; powers of examination
  
  
• 21
  Department may visit, examine, inspect authority, require reports.
  
  
• 22
  Services of State departments or agencies
  
  
• 23
  Powers of State departments, agencies.
  
  
• 24
  Additional powers, duties relative to institutions, facilities.
  
  
• 25
  Powers relative to revenue producing facilities.
  
  
• 27
  Powers exercised by resolution of governing body, trustees.
  
  
• 28
  Additional powers of authority relative to health care organizations.
  
  
• 29
  Additional powers of authority in respect to loans.
  
  
• 30
  Power of health care organization to mortgage, pledge property, income
  
  
• 31
  Deposit of moneys received from health care organizations.
  
  
• 32
  Responsibility of authority relative to projects.
  
  
• 33
  Pledges of health care organizations.
  
  
• 34
  Participation in or acquisition of existing projects.
  
  
• 35
  Construction of act
  
  
• 36
  No liability or pledge of credit of State
  
  
• 37
  Powers supplemental and not derogatory
  
  
• 38
  Inapplicability of inconsistent laws.
  
  
• 39
  Severability
  
  
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• Chapter 2J

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Establishment of health maintenance organizations
  
  
• 4
  Issuance of certificate of authority
  
  
• 4.1
  Health maintenance organization to pay benefits for treatment of Wilm's tumor
  
  
• 4.2
  Health maintenance organization to offer basic health services coverage
  
  
• 4.3
  Limitations on basic health care services
  
  
• 4.4
  Health maintenance organization, mammogram examination benefits.
  
  
• 4.5
  Health maintenance organization, benefits for "off-label" drugs required
  
  
• 4.6
  Health maintenance organization, benefits for health promotion
  
  
• 4.7
  Requirements for health maintenance organization providing benefits for pharmacy services.
  
  
• 4.8
  Benefits for certain cancer treatments
  
  
• 4.9
  Coverage for birth and natal care; HMO
  
  
• 4.10
  Health maintenance organization, child screening, blood lead, hearing loss; immunizations.
  
  
• 4.11
  Coverage for diabetes treatment by HMO contracts
  
  
• 4.12
  HMO contracts, Pap smear benefits
  
  
• 4.13
  HMO certificate of authority, prostate cancer testing
  
  
• 4.14
  HMO to provide benefits for reconstructive breast surgery
  
  
• 4.15
  Coverage for minimum inpatient care following mastectomy by HMO
  
  
• 4.16
  Applicability of Health Care Quality Act
  
  
• 4.17
  Coverage for treatment of inherited metabolic diseases by health maintenance organization.
  
  
• 4.18
  Coverage for treatment of domestic violence injuries by health maintenance organization.
  
  
• 4.19
  Coverage for certain dental procedures for the severely disabled or child age five or under by health maintenance organization
  
  
• 4.20
  Health maintenance organization to provide coverage for biologically-based mental illness.
  
  
• 4.21
  Health maintenance organization to provide continuing nursing home care, certain.
  
  
• 4.22
  Coverage for hemophilia services by HMO
  
  
• 4.23
  Health maintenance organization to provide coverage for treatment of infertility.
  
  
• 4.24
  HMO agreement to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
  
  
• 4.25
  Health maintenance organization prescription drug plans to cover certain infant formulas.
  
  
• 4.26
  HMO required to cover certain out-of-network services.
  
  
• 4.27
  HMO to offer coverage for domestic partner.
  
  
• 4.28
  Health maintenance organization, high deductible, coverage for preventive care.
  
  
• 4.29
  Health maintenance organization, high deductible, deductible inapplicable, certain circumstances.
  
  
• 4.30
  Health maintenance organization, coverage for prescription female contraceptives.
  
  
• 4.31
  Health maintenance organizations to provide benefits for orthotic and prosthetic appliances.
  
  
• 4.32
  Health maintenance organization to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain persons aged 15 or younger.
  
  
• 4.33
  Health maintenance organization to provide installment payments to obstetrical provider for maternity services.
  
  
• 4.34
  Health maintenance organization to provide benefits for treatment of autism or other developmental disability.
  
  
• 5
  Powers of health maintenance organizations
  
  
• 6
  Governing body
  
  
• 7
  Protection against wrongful acts
  
  
• 8
  Evidence of coverage
  
  
• 8.1
  Health maintenance organization to receive, transmit transactions electronically; standards.
  
  
• 9
  Annual report
  
  
• 10
  Information to enrollees
  
  
• 10.1
  Coverage provided by health maintenance organization for subscriber's child
  
  
• 10.2
  Requirements applicable to State Medicaid
  
  
• 10.3
  Coverage for certain dependents until age 31 by health maintenance organization.
  
  
• 11
  Annual open enrollment period
  
  
• 11.1
  Failure to agree on terms; four-month extension; notification of options
  
  
• 12
  Complaint system
  
  
• 13
  Investments
  
  
• 14
  Protection against insolvency
  
  
• 15
  Prohibited practices for health maintenance organization
  
  
• 15.1
  Health care services contract, exclusion, rates, terms based on genetic information prohibited
  
  
• 16
  Regulation of agents
  
  
• 17
  Powers of insurers and hospital and medical service corporations
  
  
• 18
  Examinations
  
  
• 18.1
  Examination of HMO by Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
  
  
• 18.2
  Definitions relative to risk based capital requirements for HMOs.
  
  
• 18.3
  Increase of capital, surplus; methods, procedures.
  
  
• 18.4
  Factors in determining change in capital, surplus.
  
  
• 18.5
  Noncompliance, penalties.
  
  
• 18.6
  Regulations.
  
  
• 19
  Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority
  
  
• 21
  Regulation
  
  
• 22
  Administrative procedures
  
  
• 23
  Fees
  
  
• 24
  Administrative penalty; enforcement
  
  
• 25
  Statutory construction and relationship to other laws.
  
  
• 26
  Filings and reports as public documents.
  
  
• 27
  Confidentiality of medical information
  
  
• 28
  Commissioner of health's authority to contract
  
  
• 29
  Enrollment of State employees
  
  
• 30
  Severability
  
  
• 31
  Definitions
  
  
• 32
  Applicability of act
  
  
• 33
  Avoidance of duplication of benefits, regulations
  
  
• 34
  Coverage for preexisting condition
  
  
• 35
  Regulations
  
  
• 36
  Authorization for health maintenance organization to offer, provide medicare supplement health care services
  
  
• 37
  Submission of underlying plan; rate filings
  
  
• 38
  Outline of coverage delivered to applicant
  
  
• 39
  30-day return provision, refunds
  
  
• 40
  Filing of copy of advertising materials, regulations
  
  
• 41
  Additional remedies
  
  
• 42
  Health maintenance organization contract; compliance
  
  
• 43
  Filing of contract or related form
  
  
• 44
  Contract forms; certification memorandum
  
  
• 47
  Special interim assessment on HMOs, annual assessment beginning in FY2007; rates.
  
  
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• Chapter 2K

• 7
  Definitions
  
  
• 8
  Mobile intensive care paramedic; certification from commissioner; written standards; examination; register of applicants
  
  
• 9
  Revocation of certificate
  
  
• 10
  Performance of advanced life support services; supervision from physician
  
  
• 11
  Performance of advanced life support procedure; immediate danger of patient
  
  
• 12
  Mobile intensive care units
  
  
• 13
  Provision of life support services; advertisement or dissemination of information prohibited; impersonation of paramedic prohibited
  
  
• 14
  Liability for civil damages
  
  
• 15
  Violations; penalties
  
  
• 16
  Advisory council
  
  
• 17
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 18
  Duties of mobile intensive care paramedic; interpretation of act
  
  
• 19
  Emergency service training program; construction of act
  
  
• 20
  Duties of health care professionals; construction of act
  
  
• 21
  Definitions
  
  
• 22
  Pilot program
  
  
• 23
  3-year limit
  
  
• 24
  Conditions for performance of services
  
  
• 25
  Certification
  
  
• 26
  Revocation
  
  
• 27
  Authorization
  
  
• 28
  Advertising restrictions
  
  
• 29
  Immunity
  
  
• 30
  Penalty
  
  
• 31
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 32
  Functions limited
  
  
• 33
  Training program unaffected
  
  
• 34
  Performance of duties by professionals
  
  
• 35
  Definitions.
  
  
• 36
  Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program
  
  
• 36.1
  New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program Fund established
  
  
• 37
  Transportation service
  
  
• 38
  Civil immunity
  
  
• 39
  Definitions
  
  
• 40
  Certification as EMT-D, First Responder-D
  
  
• 41
  Revocation of certification
  
  
• 42
  False advertising; impersonation of EMT-D, First Responder-D
  
  
• 43
  Immunity relative to cardiac defibrillation
  
  
• 44
  Penalty for violation
  
  
• 45
  Performance of functions necessary for orderly transfer
  
  
• 46
  Not interference with emergency service training program
  
  
• 47
  Performance of duties by other health care professional
  
  
• 47.1
  Definitions relative to administration of epinephrine
  
  
• 47.2
  Administration, maintenance, disposal of auto-injector device; certification; training, fee
  
  
• 47.3
  Purchasing, storing, transporting devices
  
  
• 47.4
  Revocation of certification
  
  
• 47.5
  Authorization for advertising, disseminating information
  
  
• 47.6
  Immunity from civil liability
  
  
• 47.7
  Violations, penalties
  
  
• 47.8
  Construction of act
  
  
• 47.9
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 48
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 49
  Definitions
  
  
• 50
  Emergency Medical Services for Children program
  
  
• 51
  Purposes of the program
  
  
• 52
  Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Council
  
  
• 53
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 54
  Short title
  
  
• 55
  Definitions
  
  
• 56
  "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund" established
  
  
• 57
  Reimbursement of certified agency, organization, entity
  
  
• 58
  Certified persons not charged a fee
  
  
• 59
  Establishment of State advisory council for basic and intermediate life support services training
  
  
• 60
  Requests for assistance of first aid, ambulance, rescue squad
  
  
• 61
  Agreements for mutual first aid, ambulance, rescue squad assistance
  
  
• 62
  Suspension of agreement
  
  
• 63
  Certification as EMT valid for five years.
  
  
• 64
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2L

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Program; establishment; administration; rules and regulations; patients; certification; confidentiality of names and records
  
  
• 5
  Therapeutic research qualification review board; members; appointment; compensation; duties; certification of practitioners and patients
  
  
• 6
  Schedule I controlled dangerous substance; agreement for receipt for purposes of act; transfer to certified practitioners for use; inapplicability of act to receipt from National Cancer Institute
  
  
• 7
  Reports by participating practitioners
  
  
• 8
  Review of reports; report by board and commissioner to legislature and Governor
  
  
• 9
  Inapplicability of laws on controlled dangerous substances
  
  
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• Chapter 2M

• 7
  Alzheimer's Disease training
  
  
• 7.2
  Training for long-term facility staff relative to Alzheimer's disease.
  
  
• 8
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 9
  Findings, declarations.
  
  
• 10
  Definitions.
  
  
• 11
  Grants
  
  
• 12
  Qualifications for grant recipients.
  
  
• 13
  Training program
  
  
• 14
  Report
  
  
• 15
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 2N

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Pertussis immunization pamphlet
  
  
• 3
  Distribution to parents
  
  
• 4
  Contraindication exemption
  
  
• 5
  Health record
  
  
• 6
  Reporting of major adverse reactions
  
  
• 7
  Report to Center for Disease Control
  
  
• 8
  Definitions relative to vaccinations.
  
  
• 9
  Administration of antibody titer prior to second dose of MMR vaccine.
  
  
• 10
  Pamphlet explaining nature, purpose of MMR vaccine and antibody titer.
  
  
• 11
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2O

• 1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 2
  Program of financial assistance to persons with cystic fibrosis
  
  
• 3
  Eligibility for financial assistance
  
  
• 4
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 2P

• 1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 2
  Governor's Lyme Disease Advisory Council
  
  
• 3
  Purpose of council
  
  
• 4
  Organization of council, meetings
  
  
• 5
  Assistance to council from government entities
  
  
• 6
  Annual report
  
  
• 7
  Designation of commission, agency to coordinate pest management
  
  
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• Chapter 2Q

• 1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 2
  Definitions.
  
  
• 3
  Certification required for performance of lead evaluation, abatement work.
  
  
• 4
  Development, offering, accreditation of training courses
  
  
• 5
  Denial, suspension, conditions upon, revocation, refusal to renew certification
  
  
• 6
  Civil actions for injunctive relief to enforce, prevent violations
  
  
• 7
  Violators guilty of disorderly persons offense
  
  
• 8
  Administrative civil penalty; violation defined
  
  
• 9
  Assessment of fees
  
  
• 10
  Nonapplicability of act
  
  
• 11
  Enforcement by commissioner, representative
  
  
• 12
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 2R

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Definitions relative to "Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program Act."
  
  
• 3
  Establishment of osteoporosis prevention and education program.
  
  
• 3.1
  Preparation, distribution of informational pamphlet on osteoporosis.
  
  
• 4
  Establishment of Interagency Council on Osteoporosis.
  
  
• 5
  Report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 6
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2S

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definitions relative to health care quality.
  
  
• 3
  Form to be filed by carrier; minimum information required
  
  
• 4
  Disclosure of terms and conditions in writing to subscriber.
  
  
• 5
  Additional disclosure requirements.
  
  
• 6
  Designation of licensed physician as medical director for managed care
  
  
• 6.1
  Managed care plan to pay full contractual rate to out-of-network provider, direct payments, certain circumstances.
  
  
• 7
  Review of application for participation
  
  
• 7.1
  Universal application for credentialing physicians for a carrier's provider network
  
  
• 7.2
  Acceptance of application by carriers
  
  
• 7.3
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 8
  Establishment of policy governing removal of health care providers
  
  
• 9
  Contract terms concerning appropriate medical care
  
  
• 9.1
  Managed care plan, continuing treatment of certain patients by physician no longer employed by plan; required.
  
  
• 9.2
  Written fee schedule information furnished to health care providers, proprietary information.
  
  
• 9.3
  Violations, penalty.
  
  
• 10
  Offer of point-of-service plan, terms
  
  
• 10.1
  Home treatment for bleeding episodes associated with hemophilia, required coverage
  
  
• 10.2
  Clinical laboratory services at outpatient regional hemophilia care center, required coverage
  
  
• 10.3
  Regulations by department
  
  
• 11
  Independent Health Care Appeals Program.
  
  
• 12
  Contract to conduct appeal reviews; procedures.
  
  
• 13
  Immunity from civil liability for participants in Independent Health Care Appeals Program
  
  
• 14
  Report to Legislature, Governor
  
  
• 15
  Compliance with department reporting requirements
  
  
• 15.1
  Annual report to carrier by managed behavioral health care organization.
  
  
• 16
  Violations, penalties
  
  
• 17
  Recommendations for legislative action
  
  
• 18
  Enforcement; rules, regulations
  
  
• 19
  Findings, declarations relative to Managed Health Care Consumer Assistance Program
  
  
• 20
  Definitions relative to Managed Health Care Consumer Assistance Program
  
  
• 21
  Managed Health Care Consumer Assistance Program
  
  
• 22
  Report to Governor, Legislature
  
  
• 23
  Immunity from liability
  
  
• 24
  Appropriations; fees, use
  
  
• 25
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 2T

• 1
  Newly diagnosed Hepatitis C cases; information, reports.
  
  
• 2
  Written guidance for screening, diagnosis
  
  
• 3
  Provision of information materials to physicians, public health officers
  
  
• 4
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 5
  Findings, declarations relative to Hepatitis C.
  
  
• 6
  Definitions relative to Hepatitis C.
  
  
• 7
  Hepatitis C education, prevention and screening program.
  
  
• 8
  Hepatitis C advisory board.
  
  
• 9
  Annual report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
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• Chapter 2U

• 1
  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome resources network established.
  
  
• 2
  Informational manual; preparation, availability.
  
  
• 3
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2V

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to arthritis quality of life initiative.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to arthritis quality of life initiative.
  
  
• 4
  Establishment of arthritis quality of life initiative.
  
  
• 5
  Advisory Council on Arthritis.
  
  
• 6
  Report to Governor, legislature.
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2W

• 1
  Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program.
  
  
• 2
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 3
  Breast cancer public awareness campaign.
  
  
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• Chapter 2X

• 1
  Public awareness compaign relative to meningitis.
  
  
• 2
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 3
  Development of educational fact sheet concerning meningococcal meningitis.
  
  
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• Chapter 2Y

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to adult family care.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to adult family care.
  
  
• 4
  Licensing required for operation of adult family care home.
  
  
• 5
  Criminal history record background check for applicants for licensure as adult family caregiver.
  
  
• 6
  Licensure required for adult family care sponsor agency.
  
  
• 7
  Regulation of family care home.
  
  
• 8
  Regulations to establish minimum standards.
  
  
• 9
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 10
  Rights of client of adult family care home.
  
  
• 11
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 2Z

• 1
  Findings, declarations relative to human stem cell research.
  
  
• 2
  Public policy relative to derivation, use of certain cells of humans.
  
  
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• Chapter 2MM

• 1
  Findings, declarations relative to elderly person suicide prevention.
  
  
• 2
  Definitions relative to elderly person suicide prevention.
  
  
• 3
  New Jersey Elderly Person Suicide Prevention Advisory Council.
  
  
• 4
  Annual report.
  
  
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• Chapter 2NN

• 1
  "Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline.
  
  
• 2
  List of counseling resources available to law enforcement, sheriff's officers.
  
  
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• Chapter 3

• 1
  Establishment of local board
  
  
• 2
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 3
  Composition of local board.
  
  
• 4
  Qualification of members in cities of first class
  
  
• 5
  Appointment of members
  
  
• 6
  Term of members
  
  
• 7
  Vacancy on board
  
  
• 8
  Compensation of board members in cities of first class
  
  
• 8.1
  Secretary to board in certain cities
  
  
• 9
  Composition of local board in townships of 20,000 or less.
  
  
• 10
  Composition of local board in townships of more than 20,000.
  
  
• 11
  Territorial jurisdiction of local board
  
  
• 12
  Meetings of board
  
  
• 13
  Compensation of board members
  
  
• 14
  Vacancy in office of physician member
  
  
• 15
  Vacancy in office of assessor member
  
  
• 16
  Vacancy in township of over 20,000
  
  
• 18.1
  "Public health laboratory technician" defined
  
  
• 19
  Employees of local board
  
  
• 19.1
  Civil service status of employees of local board of health.
  
  
• 19.2
  Incumbent plumbing inspectors; placing in classified service without examination
  
  
• 20
  License necessary for appointment.
  
  
• 20.1
  Violations by local board in appointments; injunction
  
  
• 21
  Licensee eligible for appointment.
  
  
• 22
  Joint health officer, registered environmental health specialists.
  
  
• 23
  Registered environmental health specialist for township.
  
  
• 24
  Registered environmental health specialist in municipality of over 2,000.
  
  
• 25.1
  Receipt of maximum salary.
  
  
• 26
  Removal of licensed health officers; necessity of public hearing
  
  
• 27
  Removal of health officer.
  
  
• 29
  Representative at health officers' association
  
  
• 30
  Representative at health convention
  
  
• 31
  Public health regulations.
  
  
• 31.1
  Plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings and connection with sewers, cesspools, etc.; ordinances regulating
  
  
• 31.2
  Publication of rules and regulations not required; filing printed copies
  
  
• 31.3
  Proof of ordinance
  
  
• 31.4
  Short title
  
  
• 31.5
  Local health officer to act as agent of landlord in engaging fuel oil dealer; conditions
  
  
• 31.6
  Billing to landlord or municipality for delivery of fuel oil and refiring of burner
  
  
• 31.7
  Liability of landlord or agent due to negligence; penalty enforcement
  
  
• 31.8
  Penalty enforcement proceeding; reimbursements; injunction; collection of reimbursements
  
  
• 31.9
  Immunity of municipality or its employees in enforcing act; exception
  
  
• 31.10
  Application of law
  
  
• 32
  Granting of licenses and permits in cities over 80,000
  
  
• 33
  Sanitation, plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings
  
  
• 34
  Delegation of powers to members or officers of board
  
  
• 35
  Annual report to director
  
  
• 36
  Fee for preparing report
  
  
• 37
  Appropriation for dispensaries
  
  
• 38
  Establishment and control; annual expenses
  
  
• 39
  Annual reports
  
  
• 40
  Visiting nurses; appointment; salaries
  
  
• 41
  Estimate of township appropriation necessary for health purposes; appropriation
  
  
• 42
  Payment of township health bills
  
  
• 43
  Estimate of appropriation by municipality necessary for health purposes; appropriation
  
  
• 44
  Additional appropriations in case of epidemics; borrowing money
  
  
• 45
  Power to define nuisance
  
  
• 46
  Abatement of nuisances
  
  
• 47
  Abatement without ordinance
  
  
• 48
  Nuisance on public property; notice
  
  
• 49
  Nuisance on private property; notice
  
  
• 50
  Failure to comply with notice; abatement
  
  
• 51
  Restraining proceedings of board
  
  
• 52
  Suits against board for damages
  
  
• 53
  Notice to remove, abate nuisance.
  
  
• 54
  Expenses of abatement; recovery
  
  
• 55
  Payment of expenses by local authorities
  
  
• 56
  Action for injunctive relief
  
  
• 57
  Injunctive relief; costs
  
  
• 58
  Liability of local board for costs
  
  
• 59
  Search warrants
  
  
• 60
  Cause for issuance of warrant
  
  
• 61
  Abatement under warrant
  
  
• 62
  Return of warrant
  
  
• 63
  Officers required to assist in execution of warrant
  
  
• 64
  Ordinance- and rule-making power
  
  
• 65
  Form of enactment of ordinances
  
  
• 66
  Procedure in enactment of health ordinance code
  
  
• 67
  Publication of summary of health ordinance, code, title
  
  
• 68
  Amendment or repeal of ordinance
  
  
• 69
  Date of effectiveness of ordinance
  
  
• 69.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 69.2
  Adopting certain codes and related documents by reference
  
  
• 69.3
  Publication of adopted code or related documents unnecessary
  
  
• 69.4
  Copies of adopted code and related ordinances to remain on file
  
  
• 69.5
  Copy of adopted code and related documents construed as part of ordinance
  
  
• 69.6
  Short title
  
  
• 70
  Local board may prescribe penalty
  
  
• 70.1
  Minimum penalty
  
  
• 71
  Penalty need not be specific amount
  
  
• 72
  Jurisdiction of proceedings to recover penalties; process
  
  
• 75
  Certified copy of health ordinance or code as proof of legal enactment
  
  
• 77
  Imprisonment for failure to pay judgment
  
  
• 78
  Additional penalty for second violation of same ordinance
  
  
• 82
  Disposition of penalties
  
  
• 83
  Terms "municipality" and "board of health" defined
  
  
• 84
  Formation of association for furnishing public health services
  
  
• 85
  Composition of commission
  
  
• 86
  Nature and amount of public health services to each board; report of activities
  
  
• 87
  Authority of commission; treasurer; bond; disbursement of funds
  
  
• 88
  Health officer, inspectors, nurses, etc.; terms; salaries
  
  
• 89
  Restrictions in appointment of employees
  
  
• 90
  Appointment of agents
  
  
• 91
  Persons already employed by boards of health; control and direction of work
  
  
• 92
  Powers, duties and jurisdiction of regional health commission
  
  
• 93
  Local board of health ordinances; enforcement
  
  
• 94
  Employees
  
  
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• Chapter 3A2

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Policy
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  County board of health; establishment; procedure; counties with health agencies
  
  
• 5
  Members; qualifications; term of office; meetings; powers
  
  
• 6
  County health department; establishment; report by county board in counties without department; public hearing; submission to commissioners
  
  
• 7
  County health advisory commission
  
  
• 8
  Health ordinances; adoption; enforcement
  
  
• 9
  Health ordinances; laws applicable to enactment and enforcement
  
  
• 10
  Standards of performance; compliance by municipality; evaluation; certification; review by commissioner
  
  
• 11
  Failure of municipality to comply; provision of adequate program by state; reinstatement of authority of municipality
  
  
• 12
  Municipality participating in local or contracting health agency; withdrawal
  
  
• 13
  Standards of performance; review and revision by public health council
  
  
• 14
  Appointment of health officer, other personnel
  
  
• 14.1
  Public health nurse in provisional status for more than 2 years; eligibility to compete for position
  
  
• 15
  Necessity of license by employee with certain type and class of work
  
  
• 16
  Transfer of civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency
  
  
• 17
  Transfer of non-civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency
  
  
• 18
  Terminated part-time employee; placement on preferential reemployment list
  
  
• 19
  Annual budget; certification by board of chosen freeholders; apportionment to municipalities; assessment, levy and collection of tax
  
  
• 20
  Review by legislature; progress reports by commissioner
  
  
• 20.1
  Sale of tobacco to persons under age 19, prohibition, enforcement; reports.
  
  
• 21
  Short title
  
  
• 22
  Findings, declarations relative to hazardous materials emergency response.
  
  
• 23
  Definitions
  
  
• 24
  Provision of environmental health services by department
  
  
• 25
  Powers and duties of certified local health agency
  
  
• 26
  Technical resource center
  
  
• 27
  Environmental health ordinances; formulation, adoption and enforcement
  
  
• 28
  Promulgation of environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedure; delegation of powers; comprehensive model ordinances
  
  
• 29
  Authorization to make grants to county departments; State's contribution amount
  
  
• 30
  Employees of local health agency; transfer to county department
  
  
• 31
  Annual budget; submission by county health officer; tax levy; determination by board of chosen freeholders
  
  
• 32
  Severability
  
  
• 33
  Work program to meet standards; certification of municipal or regional health agency as authorized local government for performance of environmental health services within its jurisdiction
  
  
• 34
  Certified local health agency may charge fee
  
  
• 35
  County, municipality to establish Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund
  
  
• 36
  Plan for standardization, coordination of hazardous materials emergency response programs.
  
  
• 38
  Rules, regulations relative to grant awards, performance standards, interlocal agreements.
  
  
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• Chapter 3B

• 2
  Disposal of human excrement
  
  
• 3
  Deposit of human excrement causing pollution of water supply forbidden
  
  
• 5
  Accumulation of materials in which fly larvae exist
  
  
• 6
  Maintaining pools, cisterns, ditches, etc. in which mosquitoes breed
  
  
• 7
  Accumulation of filth or source of foulness hazardous to health
  
  
• 8
  Effluents from sewage treatment plants or industrial waste treatment plants
  
  
• 9
  Authority of local boards of health or other bodies not limited hereby; interstate carriers
  
  
• 10
  Violations
  
  
• 11
  Enforcement of penalties; jurisdiction; process
  
  
• 12
  Commitment for failure to pay judgment
  
  
• 16
  Payment of penalty deemed equivalent to conviction
  
  
• 17
  To whom penalty shall be paid
  
  
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• Chapter 3D

• 55
  Short title.
  
  
• 56
  Findings, declarations relative to smoking, use of electronic smoking devices in indoor public places, workplaces.
  
  
• 57
  Definitions relative to smoking, use of electronic smoking devices in indoor public places, workplaces.
  
  
• 58
  Smoking prohibited in indoor public place, workplace.
  
  
• 58.1
  State psychiatric hospital, other facilities, prohibition of smoking, certain conditions.
  
  
• 58.2
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 59
  Exceptions.
  
  
• 60
  Hotel, motel, lodging establishment, smoking permitted, certain areas.
  
  
• 61
  Signage, requirements.
  
  
• 62
  Violations; fines, penalties; enforcement.
  
  
• 63
  Supersedure of other law, etc.
  
  
• 64
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 3E

• 1
  "Restaurant" defined
  
  
• 2
  Choke prevention techniques; display of posters; pamphlets
  
  
• 3
  Instructional posters; preparation and distribution
  
  
• 3.1
  Posters provided by Department of Health
  
  
• 4
  Obligation to remove food lodged in another persons throat
  
  
• 5
  Violations; penalty; action for recovery
  
  
• 6
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 14
  Fact sheet distributed to restaurants relative to nut allergies; definitions.
  
  
• 15
  "Ask Before You Eat" public information campaign.
  
  
• 16
  Findings, declarations relative to provision of calorie information by certain chain restaurants.
  
  
• 17
  Requirements for certain retail food establishments.
  
  
• 18
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 4

• 1
  "Communicable disease" defined
  
  
• 2
  Powers of State department and local board.
  
  
• 3
  Evaluation of destroyed goods; reimbursement of owner
  
  
• 4
  Notice to local board to control disease; proceeding to compel action
  
  
• 5
  Closing public or private schools by reason of epidemic
  
  
• 6
  Prohibiting attendance of teachers or pupils
  
  
• 8.1
  Immunization at public expense
  
  
• 9
  Epidemic in state institution
  
  
• 10
  Public drinking cup; violation a misdemeanor
  
  
• 11
  Transportation by carriers of infected persons or articles
  
  
• 12
  Prohibiting sale of dairy product contaminated by communicable disease
  
  
• 13
  Removal of order prohibiting sale
  
  
• 14
  Penalty for violation of prohibition
  
  
• 15
  Reporting of communicable diseases by physicians
  
  
• 16
  Reporting of communicable diseases by house owner or householder
  
  
• 17
  Physicians to report persons affected with disease on dairy premises
  
  
• 18
  Report when member of family of sick person is employed on dairy premises
  
  
• 19
  Report of persons affected with communicable diseases in institutions
  
  
• 20
  Transmission of duplicate of report from institutions in certain cases
  
  
• 21
  Certificate of cases reported to local board
  
  
• 22
  Fee for cases reported to local board
  
  
• 23
  Register of reported cases; inspection
  
  
• 24
  Reports of local boards to state department
  
  
• 26
  Fee for cases reported to state department
  
  
• 27
  Definitions
  
  
• 28
  Venereal diseases declared infectious and communicable
  
  
• 29
  Determination of infectiousness; review
  
  
• 30
  Examination of suspected person on report from director
  
  
• 31
  Duty of suspected person to be examined; sex of examining physician
  
  
• 32
  Prostitute; examination; certificate prohibited
  
  
• 33
  Discovery of sources of infection
  
  
• 34
  Duty of attending physician
  
  
• 35
  Examination and isolation of infected person failing to report to attending physician
  
  
• 36
  Quarantine; persons who may be quarantined; duration; penalty
  
  
• 37
  Quarantine, restrictions, proceedings, report
  
  
• 38
  Report of private cases to state department
  
  
• 39
  Report of institutional cases to state department
  
  
• 40
  Contents of report
  
  
• 41
  Contents of reports secret; exceptions
  
  
• 42
  Occupations forbidden infected persons
  
  
• 43
  Permit to remove from district
  
  
• 44
  Information required for permit
  
  
• 45
  Report of issuance of permit
  
  
• 46
  Free treatment by local board
  
  
• 47
  Free diagnosis and treatment by state department of health
  
  
• 48
  Rules and regulations; authority of State Director of Health as to quarantine or examination
  
  
• 48.1
  Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds
  
  
• 49
  Additional penalty for second offense
  
  
• 49.1
  Blood sample, syphilis testing for pregnant women.
  
  
• 49.2
  Standard serological test; duty of State Department of Health
  
  
• 49.3
  Statement of blood test in birth or stillbirth report.
  
  
• 49.4
  Effective date
  
  
• 49.5
  Migrant laborers; definition
  
  
• 49.6
  Examination of migrant laborers; notice to State Department of Health
  
  
• 49.7
  Examination and treatment by order of court
  
  
• 49.8
  Examination and treatment for venereal disease of inmates of institutions
  
  
• 50
  Examination of disease carriers
  
  
• 51
  Application to court for compulsory examination
  
  
• 52
  Proceedings instituted
  
  
• 53
  Warrant, trial and commitment
  
  
• 57
  Penalty
  
  
• 57.1
  Application for financial aid
  
  
• 57.2
  Inquiry by director of health
  
  
• 57.3
  Determination of kind and amount of aid; maximum annual amount
  
  
• 60
  Register of reported cases and examinations; inspection
  
  
• 69
  Expenditure of appropriations
  
  
• 70
  Rules and regulations by state department; distribution of copies; enforcement
  
  
• 71
  Investigation of reported cases
  
  
• 71.3
  Leaving hospital against medical advice; report to local board of health
  
  
• 73
  Duty to report to local board
  
  
• 74
  Compulsory treatment
  
  
• 75
  Distribution of copies of law
  
  
• 76
  Free remedies
  
  
• 77
  Violations; penalty; recovery
  
  
• 78
  Report of suspected cases of rabies
  
  
• 79
  Report by physician attending person bitten by animal
  
  
• 80
  Report by parent or guardian when child is bitten and no physician attends
  
  
• 81
  Report when adult is bitten and no physician attends
  
  
• 82
  Confining animal which has attacked or bitten person
  
  
• 83
  Killing or confining animal bitten by another
  
  
• 84
  Confining animals to prevent spread of rabies
  
  
• 85
  Permit to release animals
  
  
• 86
  Examination of animals by local board
  
  
• 87
  Local board to report prevalence of rabies
  
  
• 88
  Circular on rabies; distribution
  
  
• 89
  Free Pasteur treatment
  
  
• 90
  Killing of unmuzzled dog running at large
  
  
• 91
  Appointment of dog killer; restrictions on killing dogs
  
  
• 92
  Compensation of dog killer
  
  
• 94
  Penalties; recovery
  
  
• 95
  Powers of municipalities not affected
  
  
• 95.1
  Establishment and conduct of virology program; objectives
  
  
• 95.2
  Financing virology program
  
  
• 95.3
  Findings, declarations relative to HPV.
  
  
• 95.4
  Public awareness campaign about HPV.
  
  
• 96
  Laboratory supplies
  
  
• 97
  Disposition of receipts from sale of supplies
  
  
• 98
  Impure biological products; prohibiting sale or use of
  
  
• 99
  Free distribution of toxoid and vaccine; appropriation
  
  
• 100
  Sale of surplus antitoxin manufactured by local board
  
  
• 100.1
  Anti-pneumococcic serum; purchase and distribution free by State Department of Health
  
  
• 100.2
  Anti-pneumococcic serum; supplying free to licensed physicians
  
  
• 100.3
  Rules and regulations by State Department of Health
  
  
• 100.4
  Typhoid vaccine and other biologicals and antibiotics; free distribution
  
  
• 100.5
  Expenditures authorized
  
  
• 100.6
  Poliomyelitis vaccine; regulation of purchase, sale, distribution and use
  
  
• 100.7
  Purchase of vaccine to supplement federal grants; distribution
  
  
• 100.8
  Federal grants
  
  
• 100.9
  Participation and cooperation of other State departments
  
  
• 100.10
  Powers of Commissioner; violation
  
  
• 100.11
  Appropriation for purchase of vaccine
  
  
• 100.12
  General appropriation
  
  
• 100.13
  "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," created; eligibility
  
  
• 101
  Permit to land infected vessel
  
  
• 102
  Examination and quarantine
  
  
• 103
  Removal to quarantine station
  
  
• 104
  Assistance in removal
  
  
• 105
  Landing after removal to quarantine station
  
  
• 106
  Deposit of landing permit from other quarantine station
  
  
• 107
  Issuance of permit without examination or quarantine
  
  
• 108
  Refusal of permit
  
  
• 109
  Anchorage of vessels at Perth Amboy
  
  
• 110
  Anchorage place
  
  
• 112
  Duties of Perth Amboy port health officer
  
  
• 113
  Powers of Perth Amboy port health officer
  
  
• 116
  Temporary port health officer; term; compensation
  
  
• 117
  Powers and duties of temporary port health officer
  
  
• 118
  Fees
  
  
• 119
  Record of fees
  
  
• 120
  Fees to be paid to state treasurer
  
  
• 121
  Payment of expenses and fees
  
  
• 122
  Expenses, fees, and costs; lien on vessel
  
  
• 123
  Enforcement of lien
  
  
• 124
  Jurisdiction of state department
  
  
• 125
  Duty of commander to obey orders
  
  
• 126
  Reports to state department
  
  
• 127
  Regulations of state department
  
  
• 128
  Violations of article; misdemeanor
  
  
• 129
  Liability to penalties in general
  
  
• 130
  Proceedings for recovery of penalties; disposition
  
  
• 131
  Short title.
  
  
• 132
  Findings, declarations relative to Statewide automated and electronic immunization registry.
  
  
• 133
  Definitions relative to Statewide automated and electronic immunization registry.
  
  
• 134
  Statewide automated and electronic immunization registry.
  
  
• 135
  Immunity from liability.
  
  
• 136
  Construction of act relative to obligations, rights of persons.
  
  
• 137
  Confidentiality of registry information.
  
  
• 138
  Certain transmissions of information permitted.
  
  
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• Chapter 4A

• 4
  Definitions relative to lifeguard and first aid personnel requirements at certain swimming areas.
  
  
• 5
  Exemptions from mandatory compliance.
  
  
• 6
  Signs posted at specially exempt facility.
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 4B

• 1
  Public restrooms; availability of units without charge; equality of charges for remaining units
  
  
• 2
  Locked restroom entry doors; availability of keys without charge; posting notice
  
  
• 3
  Violations; petty disorderly person
  
  
• 4
  Right to breast feed in public
  
  
• 5
  Enforcement, violations, penalties
  
  
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• Chapter 5A

• 1
  Reports by physicians of cerebral palsy cases
  
  
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• Chapter 5B

• 2
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 3
  Hereditary disorder defined
  
  
• 4
  Duties of department of health
  
  
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• Chapter 5C

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 3
  Programs to educate public, health care professionals and people in contact with AIDS victims, and of departmental and local support
  
  
• 4
  Resource center
  
  
• 5
  Definitions
  
  
• 6
  AIDS, HIV infection reported to Department of Health
  
  
• 7
  Confidentiality of AIDS, HIV infection records, information
  
  
• 8
  Disclosure of AIDS, HIV records, information
  
  
• 9
  Order of court to disclose record of AIDS, HIV infection
  
  
• 10
  Limits on disclosure to continue
  
  
• 11
  Disclosed record to be held confidential by recipient
  
  
• 12
  Consent to disclose record of deceased, incompetent person.
  
  
• 13
  Consent for disclosure of minor's record
  
  
• 14
  Civil actions permitted against violators
  
  
• 15
  Definitions.
  
  
• 16
  Policy statement; information on HIV testing; guidelines for notification; confidentiality.
  
  
• 17
  Fees
  
  
• 18
  Action due to unauthorized disclosure
  
  
• 19
  Agreements authorized
  
  
• 20
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 21
  Definitions relative to HIV testing by semen banks.
  
  
• 22
  HIV test on potential semen donor; consent; payment; notification.
  
  
• 23
  Violations, penalty.
  
  
• 24
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 25
  Short title.
  
  
• 26
  Findings, declarations relative to sterile syringe access programs.
  
  
• 29
  Reports to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 30
  Plan for establishment, funding of regional substance abuse treatment facilities.
  
  
• 31
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 5D

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Referral service; hotline
  
  
• 4
  SIDS Resource Center
  
  
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• Chapter 6

• 1
  Definitions.
  
  
• 2
  Power of local board
  
  
• 3
  Prohibition of public funerals; penalty
  
  
• 4
  Computation of death rate.
  
  
• 4.1
  Certificate of death
  
  
• 4.2
  Undertaker to make inquiry, report, penalty for failure to report
  
  
• 5
  Cemeteries dangerous to public health; action for relief; costs
  
  
• 5.1
  Necessity of death certificate and burial or removal permit
  
  
• 5.2
  Recording of deaths
  
  
• 5.3
  Certifying deaths
  
  
• 5.4
  Fees
  
  
• 6
  Execution of death certificate.
  
  
• 7
  Contents of death certificate.
  
  
• 8
  Duty to furnish particulars; verification.
  
  
• 8.1
  Determination, pronouncement of death by registered professional nurse.
  
  
• 8.2
  Notification
  
  
• 8.3
  List of contagious, infectious, communicable diseases
  
  
• 8.4
  Penalty for violation
  
  
• 9
  Death occurring without medical attendance.
  
  
• 10
  Unavailability of attending physician.
  
  
• 11
  Fetal death; certificate; burial or removal permit
  
  
• 13
  Incomplete certificate of death
  
  
• 14
  Issuance of burial, removal permit; correction of death certificate; completion.
  
  
• 16
  Contents of burial, removal permit.
  
  
• 17
  Fee for burial, removal or transit permit.
  
  
• 20
  Burial in district other than place of death
  
  
• 21
  Emergency burial or removal permit
  
  
• 22
  Form of emergency permit
  
  
• 23
  Transportation of certain bodies in sealed casket; license
  
  
• 24
  Rules for transportation of body
  
  
• 25
  Necessity of transit permit
  
  
• 26
  Contents of transit permit
  
  
• 27
  Disposition of transit permit
  
  
• 28
  Burial or removal permit for imported bodies
  
  
• 29
  Acceptance for shipment
  
  
• 31
  Delivery of burial or removal papers
  
  
• 32
  Require compliance with laws
  
  
• 33
  Indorsement and return of burial or removal papers
  
  
• 34
  Record of burial
  
  
• 35
  Procedure when no person in charge of cemetery
  
  
• 36
  Depth of burials; bodies in private vaults
  
  
• 37
  Disinterments; when allowed; permits
  
  
• 38
  Disinterment of bodies of persons dying of communicable disease
  
  
• 39
  Bodies in receiving vaults
  
  
• 40
  Powers of municipal authorities and local board
  
  
• 41
  Violations; punishment
  
  
• 49
  Amount; recovery
  
  
• 50
  Persons who may consent to examination.
  
  
• 58.4
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 58.5
  Transplant recovery technician's recovery of human body part.
  
  
• 58.6
  Medical record reviews by procurement organization
  
  
• 60.2
  Maintenance of records by hospital relative to anatomical gifts.
  
  
• 66
  Short title.
  
  
• 67
  Findings, declarations relative to organ and tissue donation initiatives.
  
  
• 68
  Short title.
  
  
• 69
  Standards for anatomical research recovery organization.
  
  
• 70
  Definitions relative to anatomical gifts for educational and research use.
  
  
• 71
  Registration as anatomical research recovery organization.
  
  
• 72
  Requirements for operating as an anatomical research recovery organization.
  
  
• 73
  Violation.
  
  
• 74
  Powers of commissioner relative to violations.
  
  
• 75
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 76
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 77
  Short title.
  
  
• 78
  Definitions relative to anatomical gifts.
  
  
• 79
  Applicability of act.
  
  
• 80
  Anatomical gift by living donor.
  
  
• 81
  Procedure for donor to make anatomical gift.
  
  
• 82
  Amendment, revocation of anatomical gift by donor.
  
  
• 83
  Refusal to make anatomical gift.
  
  
• 84
  Person other than donor prohibited from making anatomical gift, exceptions.
  
  
• 85
  Person authorized to make anatomical gift of a decedent's body.
  
  
• 86
  Recipients of anatomical gift.
  
  
• 87
  Search for potential donor, document of refusal; permitted entities.
  
  
• 88
  Delivery of document of gift or a refusal.
  
  
• 89
  Notification by hospital relative to donor status.
  
  
• 90
  Notification of death to procurement organization.
  
  
• 91
  Immunity from liability.
  
  
• 92
  Valid document of gift.
  
  
• 93
  Requirements relative to donations from individuals having an advance directive.
  
  
• 94
  Cooperation of medical examiner with procurement organization.
  
  
• 95
  Application, construction.
  
  
• 96
  Acts modified, limited, superseded.
  
  
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• Chapter 6A

• 1
  Short title; declarations in accord with act
  
  
• 2
  Declaration of death based on cardio-respiratory criteria
  
  
• 3
  Declaration of death based on neurological criteria
  
  
• 4
  Physician to declare death
  
  
• 5
  Death not declared in violation of individual's religious beliefs
  
  
• 6
  Immunity granted to health care practitioner, provider, hospital
  
  
• 7
  Obligations of insurance providers unchanged
  
  
• 8
  Rules, regulations, policies, practices to gather reports, data.
  
  
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• Chapter 7

• 11
  "Person" defined
  
  
• 12
  License required; fee
  
  
• 13
  Application for license
  
  
• 14
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 15
  Records
  
  
• 16
  Burial permit
  
  
• 17
  Revocation or suspension of license
  
  
• 18
  Permit to use lands for interment of cremated remains
  
  
• 18.1
  Time lapse after death
  
  
• 18.2
  Disposition of unclaimed cremains.
  
  
• 18.3
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 19
  Penalties for violations
  
  
• 20
  Payment of penalty deemed equivalent to conviction
  
  
• 21
  Enforcement
  
  
• 22
  Jurisdiction to restrain acts in violation of laws or regulations
  
  
• 23
  Repeal
  
  
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• Chapter 8

• 1
  Definitions.
  
  
• 2
  Registration district
  
  
• 3
  Consolidation of districts
  
  
• 4
  Duty to furnish information relative to birth, death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership.
  
  
• 5
  Institutional records
  
  
• 6
  Registration of midwives, funeral directors.
  
  
• 7
  Registration of vital records by state department
  
  
• 8
  Vital record facilities
  
  
• 9
  State registrar
  
  
• 11
  Local registrar, appointment; county clerk, authorized to act as local registrar, certain circumstances.
  
  
• 12
  Approval of appointment by state department
  
  
• 13
  Term of office
  
  
• 14
  Appointment of successors
  
  
• 15
  Vacancy
  
  
• 16
  Persons eligible as local registrars
  
  
• 17
  Local registrar; appointment of deputy, alternate deputy registrar.
  
  
• 18
  Subregistrar; appointment
  
  
• 19
  Removal from office
  
  
• 20
  Nonapplicability
  
  
• 21
  Applicability of chapter
  
  
• 21.1
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 22
  Oath of office
  
  
• 23
  Duty of the department; examination of records.
  
  
• 24
  Duties, responsibilities of State registrar.
  
  
• 24.1
  New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System (NJ-EDRS); implementation.
  
  
• 24.2
  "New Jersey Electronic Death Registration Support Fund."
  
  
• 24.3
  Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements.
  
  
• 25
  Duties, responsibilities of local registrar.
  
  
• 25.1
  Suspension of authority to participate in NJ-EDRS.
  
  
• 26
  Duty of subregistrar.
  
  
• 28
  Birth certificate required; information furnished.
  
  
• 28.1
  Contents of certificate of parentage.
  
  
• 29
  Contents of birth certificate
  
  
• 30
  Execution, return of certificate of birth; availability of certificate of parentage; challenge to acknowledgment of paternity.
  
  
• 31
  Certificate of birth or parentage when no physician or midwife in attendance
  
  
• 32
  Completion of details by local registrar
  
  
• 33
  Report by father or mother
  
  
• 34
  Supplemental return of name of child
  
  
• 35
  Incomplete certificate of birth
  
  
• 36
  Interrogation of informant
  
  
• 37
  Stillborn child to be registered as fetal death; birth certificate options.
  
  
• 38
  Recording unrecorded births; penalty for false certificate
  
  
• 39
  Birth certificate not to disclose illegitimacy; exceptions
  
  
• 40
  Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record
  
  
• 40.1
  Adopted children, birth certificates; procedure.
  
  
• 40.2
  Parentage unknown; presumption of birth within state
  
  
• 40.4
  Application; determination of probable date of birth; presumption
  
  
• 40.5
  Persons not entitled to order
  
  
• 40.6
  Record of birth; effect as evidence
  
  
• 40.7
  "Employer" defined
  
  
• 40.8
  Honorable discharge from armed services; acceptance by employer in lieu of birth certificate
  
  
• 40.9
  Violation as disorderly conduct
  
  
• 40.10
  Foreign births and adoptions
  
  
• 40.11
  Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record
  
  
• 40.12
  Sex reassignment surgery; amendment of birth certificate
  
  
• 40.20
  Legislative findings and declarations.
  
  
• 40.21
  Birth defects, severe neonatal jaundice registry.
  
  
• 40.22
  Confidential reports of abortions of fetus with or infant affected by birth defect or severe neonatal jaundice.
  
  
• 40.23
  Confidentiality of reports
  
  
• 40.24
  Nonliability for divulging confidential information
  
  
• 40.25
  Act not to be construed to compel submission to medical examination or to supervision by department of health
  
  
• 40.26
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 41
  Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates.
  
  
• 42
  License issued in another registration district, transmission of information on form provided.
  
  
• 43
  Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar.
  
  
• 44
  Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar.
  
  
• 45
  Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void.
  
  
• 46
  Indorsement of record upon cancellation.
  
  
• 47
  Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.
  
  
• 48
  Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication.
  
  
• 49
  Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates.
  
  
• 50
  Correcting marriage or civil union licenses.
  
  
• 51
  Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates.
  
  
• 52
  Correcting death certificates, procedure.
  
  
• 53
  Acceptance of corrections
  
  
• 54
  Certified copies of corrected certificates
  
  
• 56
  Fee for registering birth or death.
  
  
• 57
  Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death
  
  
• 59
  Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports
  
  
• 59.1
  Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees.
  
  
• 60
  Fee for transmitting certificate.
  
  
• 61
  Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record.
  
  
• 62
  Certification, certified copy of records, search fee; uniform forms for vital records.
  
  
• 63
  Free certified copies.
  
  
• 64
  Search of files, records, fee.
  
  
• 65
  Account of fees received
  
  
• 66
  Investigation of violation.
  
  
• 67
  Duty of county prosecutor.
  
  
• 68
  Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar.
  
  
• 69
  Penalties; recovery.
  
  
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• Chapter 8A

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to domestic partners.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to domestic partners.
  
  
• 4
  Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; establishment, requirements.
  
  
• 4.1
  Limitation on domestic partnerships on or after February 19, 2007; effect of law establishing civil unions.
  
  
• 6
  Obligations of domestic partners.
  
  
• 7
  Preparation of forms and notices.
  
  
• 8
  Duties of local registrar.
  
  
• 9
  Duties of State registrar.
  
  
• 10
  Jurisdiction of Superior Court relative to termination of domestic partnerships.
  
  
• 11
  Applicability of act.
  
  
• 12
  Rules, regulations; responsible agencies.
  
  
• 13
  Dependent health benefits for domestic partners continued after retirement from certain local public employment.
  
  
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• Chapter 9

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Duty of director of state experiment station
  
  
• 3
  Survey by request
  
  
• 4
  Map of breeding area
  
  
• 5
  Petition for survey
  
  
• 6
  Notice to local authorities of breeding place
  
  
• 7
  Notice to landowner to abate
  
  
• 8
  Contents of notice
  
  
• 9
  Abatement by local authorities
  
  
• 10
  Powers of commission
  
  
• 11
  Extermination budget; payment of bills
  
  
• 12
  Appropriation to municipalities
  
  
• 12.1
  Airplane spraying for mosquito extermination; use of State aid appropriation
  
  
• 12.2
  Effective date
  
  
• 12.3
  State Mosquito Control Commission; membership; appointment
  
  
• 12.4
  Tenure; vacancies; compensation
  
  
• 12.5
  Meeting and organization
  
  
• 12.6
  Duties of commission
  
  
• 12.7
  Enforcement of recommendations
  
  
• 12.8
  Cooperation
  
  
• 12.9
  Hearings; annual reports
  
  
• 13
  Extermination commission; appointment
  
  
• 13.1
  Incumbents to continue in office
  
  
• 14
  Composition of commission
  
  
• 14.1
  Additional member
  
  
• 15
  Term of office
  
  
• 16
  Vacancy
  
  
• 17
  Oath
  
  
• 18
  Compensation
  
  
• 19
  Officers and employees
  
  
• 20
  Office of commission
  
  
• 21
  Powers of commission
  
  
• 22
  Plans and estimates; filing and approval
  
  
• 23
  Tax levy; limitations
  
  
• 24
  Withdrawal of funds
  
  
• 25
  Annual report
  
  
• 26
  Other laws not affected
  
  
• 27
  Powers of board of freeholders
  
  
• 28
  Funds provided by bond issue
  
  
• 29
  Method of issue
  
  
• 30
  Delegation of work to commission
  
  
• 31
  Other laws not affected
  
  
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• Chapter 10

• 1
  Forbidden material in manufacture
  
  
• 2
  Labeling required
  
  
• 3
  Contents of label; "secondhand" defined
  
  
• 4
  Form of label
  
  
• 5
  Violation; misdemeanor
  
  
• 6
  "Mattress" defined
  
  
• 7
  Forbidden material in manufacture
  
  
• 8
  Forbidden sales
  
  
• 9
  Labeling requirements
  
  
• 10
  Contents and form of label
  
  
• 11
  Special labeling requirements
  
  
• 12
  Labeling secondhand mattress
  
  
• 13
  Additional information prohibited
  
  
• 14
  Use of word "felt" on label
  
  
• 15
  False description
  
  
• 16
  Removing or altering label
  
  
• 17
  Each mattress a separate offense
  
  
• 18
  Penalties, recovery
  
  
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• Chapter 12

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Purpose
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Provision of safe and healthful conditions, facilities and equipment to campers
  
  
• 5
  Safety standards; development; rules and regulations
  
  
• 6
  Certificate of approval; issuance; fee
  
  
• 7
  Duration of certificate; provisional certificate
  
  
• 8
  Safety standards; enforcement; hearings; investigations
  
  
• 9
  Powers of commissioner; annual report on accidents by camps and by commissioner
  
  
• 10
  Revocation of certificate of approval; violations; penalty; collection by summary proceeding
  
  
• 11
  Violations; injunction
  
  
• 12
  Exemptions from safety standards
  
  
• 14
  Annual report by commissioner; information form other departments or agencies
  
  
• 15
  Inapplicability of act to curriculum, program or ministry of youth camp
  
  
• 16
  Inapplicability of act to persons who object to medical examination, immunization or treatment on religious grounds
  
  
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• Chapter 13

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Definitions relative to emergency health powers.
  
  
• 3
  Declaration of public health emergency.
  
  
• 4
  Investigation of incident, imminent threat; reporting requirements.
  
  
• 5
  Duties of commissioner relative to public health emergency.
  
  
• 6
  Emergency Health Care Provider Registry.
  
  
• 7
  Actions during state of public health emergency, coordination.
  
  
• 8
  Powers of commissioner relative to facilities, property; hearing.
  
  
• 9
  Powers of commissioner relative to health care, other facilities, property, roads, public areas.
  
  
• 10
  Powers of commissioner relative to safe disposal of infectious waste.
  
  
• 11
  Powers of commissioner relative to medications, medical supplies; rationing.
  
  
• 12
  Measures to prevent transmission, exposure.
  
  
• 13
  Orders to submit specimen for diagnostic purposes.
  
  
• 14
  Powers of commissioner during public health emergency.
  
  
• 15
  Isolation, quarantine procedures.
  
  
• 16
  Reinstatement of employment after isolation, quarantine.
  
  
• 17
  Access to medical information.
  
  
• 18
  Emergency powers regarding health care personnel.
  
  
• 19
  Definitions relative to, and immunity from liability.
  
  
• 20
  Protective action relative to radiological emergency, conditions.
  
  
• 21
  LINCS agencies to serve as planning, coordinating agency for local government entity.
  
  
• 22
  Definitions relative to biological agents, Biological Agent Registry.
  
  
• 23
  New Jersey Vaccine Education and Prioritization Plan.
  
  
• 24
  State Public Health Emergency Claim Reimbursement Board.
  
  
• 25
  Claims for reimbursement.
  
  
• 26
  Material not considered public, government record.
  
  
• 27
  Power of enforcement.
  
  
• 28
  Laws, regulations not preempted by act.
  
  
• 29
  Additional powers of State Medical Examiner.
  
  
• 30
  Construction of act relative to Highway Traffic Safety Act.
  
  
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• Chapter 14

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to informed consent for medical research.
  
  
• 3
  Applicability of act; minimal risk defined.
  
  
• 4
  Informed consent defined; use.
  
  
• 5
  Obtaining surrogate informed consent; conditions.
  
  
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• Chapter 15

• 1
  Findings, declarations relative to health care coverage.
  
  
• 2
  Coverage provided for residents 18 years of age and younger; terms defined.