New Jersey § 26:2h-108
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 26:2h-108, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26:2h-108.
a. An advance directive for mental health care shall become operative: (1) when it is transmitted to the responsible mental health care professional or the
psychiatric facility; and it is determined pursuant to section 8 of this act 1 that the patient lacks capacity to make a particular mental health care decision;
or (2) at an earlier date if stipulated by the declarant in the advance directive. b. Treatment decisions pursuant to an advance directive for mental health care shall
not be made and implemented until there has been a reasonable opportunity to establish,
and where appropriate confirm, a reliable diagnosis and prognosis for the patient. 1
N.J.S.A. § 26:2H-109.
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