N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:16-13.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10A:16-13.3 - Psychiatric commitment of inmates to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital

(a) Copies of the appropriate forms, which are available internally in the Health Services department or from New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, shall be used when an inmate, who is assigned to a housing unit is being committed to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital.

(b) The Application for Temporary Commitment form shall be used for the commitment of an inmate(s) and shall be completed and signed by the Administrator or Acting Administrator.

(c) Two practicing physicians, one of whom must be a licensed psychiatrist, shall each complete a Clinical/Screening Certificate of Involuntary Commitment of Mentally Ill Adults.

(d) The physician and psychiatrist who each complete a Clinical/Screening Certificate may not be related by blood, marriage or civil union to the inmate, nor be the director, chief executive officer or proprietor of any institution for the care and treatment of the mentally ill to which certification for admission of the inmate is being made.

(e) The Temporary Order for Commitment shall be presented, by a representative of the sending correctional facility, to a judge for signature. After the judge has signed the Temporary Order, the Temporary Order shall be taken together with the certifications and the inmate to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital.

(f) In all cases, the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital shall be contacted prior to transporting an inmate to that facility for admission.

(g) The originals of the completed form for the Application for Temporary Commitment, Clinical/Screening Certificate of Involuntary Commitment of Mentally Ill Adults, and Temporary Order for Commitment shall be turned over to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital upon inmate admission and the psychiatric facility shall file these documents for the final hearing. The correctional facility shall maintain a copy of all these completed documents in the inmate's MRF.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:16-13.3

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2800(a), effective 8/21/2017