New Jersey Statutes 26:2H-12.22. Domestic partner permitted visitation in health care facility
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2H-12.22
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
13. a. A health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C. 26:2H-1 et seq.) shall allow a patient’s domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C. 26:8A-3), the children of the patient’s domestic partner, and the domestic partner of the patient’s parent or child to visit, unless one of the following conditions is met:
(1) No visitors are allowed;
(2) The health care facility reasonably determines that the presence of a particular visitor would endanger the health or safety of a patient, a member of the staff of the facility, or another visitor to the facility, or would significantly disrupt the operations of the facility; or
(3) The patient has indicated to health care facility staff that the patient does not want the person to visit.
b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting a health care facility from otherwise establishing reasonable restrictions upon visitations, including restrictions upon the hours of visitation and number of visitors.
L.2003,c.246,s.13.