N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-66
This act shall not be construed to deny the right of a person, parent, guardian or custodian to treat or provide treatment for himself or an ill minor in accordance with the religious tenets of any church as is now or may hereafter be authorized by other statutes of this State, or to require any such person or any of his minor children to submit to physical examination other than as is now or may hereafter be required by other statutes of this State, or to require any such person or any of his minor children to submit to confinement in any hospital or medical institution other than as is now or may hereafter be required by other statutes of this State; provided, always, however, that the laws, rules and regulations relating to communicable diseases and sanitary matters are not violated.
N.J.S. § 26:1A-66