New Jersey Statutes 30:4-177.15. Manner of admission
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-177.15
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
Patients may be admitted to the institute in the following manner:
a. By transfer from other institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Institutions and Agencies by order of transfer signed by the commissioner thereof;
b. On application of the next of kin by blood or marriage of any adult, and by the parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis of any minor, whose admission is sought, in the manner provided for herein;
c. By voluntary application to be approved by the superintendent.
L.1953, c. 122, p. 1308, s. 4.