N.J. Admin. Code § 10:37G-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 10:37G-1.1 - Scope and purpose

(a) The rules in this chapter shall apply to all Department designated short-term care facilities (STCF) for adults.

(b) The Mental Health Screening Law, 30:4-27.1 et seq., authorizes the establishment of STCFs to provide assessment services and short-term, intensive psychiatric care to individuals with acute mental illness. Patients are admitted to STCFs through a Department-designated screening center, which has determined that the patient meets the commitment standard of mentally ill and dangerous to self or others, needs intensive treatment, and that appropriate, less restrictive services or facilities are not otherwise available for the patient. The goal of STCFs is to resolve the psychiatric emergency precipitating admission in a location close to the patient's home within an acute length of stay. Services are provided to restore the individual as soon as possible to a level of functioning, which promotes return to community residence and ambulatory treatment, or to ensure further inpatient treatment if needed.

Amended by R.2008 d.19, effective 1/22/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 2434(a), 40 N.J.R. 716(a).
In (a), substituted "Department" for "Division" and inserted the hyphen following "short"; and in (b), substituted ", N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.1 et seq.," for "(N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.1 et seq.)" and "Department-" for "Division", and inserted commas following "center" and "functioning".