N.J. Admin. Code § 10:31-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:31-1.1 - Scope

(a) The Screening and Screening Outreach Program is designed to provide screening and crisis stabilization services, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, in every geographic area in the State of New Jersey. These services may be provided at a designated screening location or wherever the individual who may be in need of such services is located. The mode of stabilization will depend on the seriousness of the impairment, degree of potential dangerousness and the availability of appropriate services. The locus of treatment will be as close to the individual's home as circumstances permit.

(b) The Screening and Screening Outreach Program shall be established in every geographic area as a new program or as an expansion of an existing emergency service. The Screening and Screening Outreach Program shall be provided by a screening service, designated by the Division.

Amended by R.2010 d.175, effective 8/16/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 4014(a), 42 N.J.R. 1872(a).
In (a), deleted "on and off site" following "provide", substituted "24 hours" for "24-hours" and inserted the second sentence; and in (b), substituted the second occurrence of "Screening Outreach" for "Screening-Outreach" and "service" for "center" following "screening".