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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 30, INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

    Chapter 4: Boards of trustees; appointment; terms; vacancies; removal; compensation; organization

      Section: 30:4-3.24: Reporting system for physical assaults, unexpected deaths at State psychiatric hospitals.

          
2. a. The department shall establish a reporting system for compiling information about physical assaults and unexpected deaths that occur at State psychiatric hospitals, and shall summarize the information in a report which, at a minimum, shall separately identify for each State psychiatric hospital:

(1) the number of major and moderate injuries among patients;

(2) the number of major and moderate injuries between patients and staff members; and

(3) the number of unexpected deaths.

b. The report prepared pursuant to this section shall not contain any identifying information about a patient or staff member.

c. The report shall be considered a public or government record under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), and shall be posted on the official website of the department and updated quarterly.

L.2009, c.161, s.2.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:49.






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