N.J. Admin. Code § 10:37-3.1

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

Section 10:37-3.1 - Establishment and composition

(a) In order to participate under this act, each county board of chosen freeholders or county executive, hereinafter the "appointing authority," shall appoint a County Mental Health Board, hereinafter the "Board," of not less than seven nor more than twelve residents of the county.

(b) The mental health board shall provide public leadership to the county in the development of mental health services.

(c) The board shall include as wide a spectrum of the County's population as possible. Members should be representative of the county's population, including such groups as:

1. Consumers of mental health services;

2. Local boards of health;

3. School boards;

4. Interested lay people;

5. Parent-teacher association;

6. County professional/medical associations;

7. County advocacy groups; and

8. Such other members as the appointing authority may deem necessary.

(d) Such persons noted in (c) above shall not, however, officially represent such groups, unless official authority to do so has been granted by the agency or organization.

(e) A minimum of two "consumers" of mental health services, as defined in N.J.A.C. 10:37-4.1(b), shall serve on the board at all times. Boards currently without vacancies or service recipient representation shall appoint consumer members, as cited in N.J.A.C. 10:37-3.1(a), first, as vacancies occur. (See N.J.A.C. 10:37-4.3.)

(f) The board should be representative of every Service Area in the County and should also reflect the sex, racial, and cultural composition of the county.

(g) The board shall not include persons employed by or having a fiduciary interest in any agency funded by the Division to provide mental health services.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:37-3.1