New Jersey § 44:1-154
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 44:1-154, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44:1-154.
In all cases wherein medical or surgical treatment is urgent a person may be removed
and admitted to a public or private hospital in the municipality in which he is found,
and the director or those having charge of the hospital shall within a reasonable
time ascertain from the sick person his name and place of residence, and if it shall
appear that he is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, a notice in writing
shall immediately be sent to the overseer of the poor 1 of the municipality from which the poor person was removed or where he resided prior
to his removal. Upon receipt of the notice the overseer shall proceed and provide for the relief
of the sick indigent person in the manner provided in this chapter, and the expense
thereof shall be borne by the municipality in which he has gained a settlement. 1
Now municipal director of welfare, see N.J.S.A. § 44:1-73.2.
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