New Jersey Statutes 30:1B-43. Penalty for failure to report
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:1B-43
- 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
5. a. After all administrative appeals are exhausted and a final adjudication is made, any person required to report suspected inmate abuse pursuant to this act who fails to make the report shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $5,000. The penalty shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.). Each violation of this act shall constitute a separate offense.
b. Notwithstanding the penalty imposed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, any person required to report suspected inmate abuse pursuant to this act who fails to make the report shall be subject to internal departmental disciplinary action by the Department of Corrections.
L.2019, c.408, s.5.