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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 9, CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS
Chapter 3a:
Section: 9:3a-7.4: Standardized admission protocols for transfer of child to psychiatric facility.
2. The Commissioner of Children and Families, after consultation with the State-designated Children's Crisis Intervention Services units and screening centers, the New Jersey Hospital Association, the Hospital Alliance of New Jersey, the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals, the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the New Jersey Psychiatric Association, the New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies, and other groups as deemed appropriate by the commissioner, shall develop standardized admission protocols. The protocols shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
a. routine laboratory and diagnostic tests, based on nationally recognized standards of care, for patients whose clinical presentation warrant such testing. If there is a clinical disagreement about the testing between the examining physician at the emergency department and the assigned physician at the psychiatric hospital or facility, the physicians shall engage in direct physician-to-physician communication to resolve the disagreement; and
b. a medical clearance checklist form for transfer or admission to a Children's Crisis Intervention Services unit or screening center.
L.2009, c.242, s.2.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.
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