New Jersey § 52:27g-25

§ 52:27g-25.

The public guardian, as administrator and chief executive officer: a. Shall administer and organize the work of the office and establish therein any

administrative divisions he may deem necessary, proper and expedient. The public guardian may delegate to subordinate officers or employees of the office

any of his powers as he may deem desirable to be exercised under his supervision and

control; b. Shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the “Administrative Procedure

Act,” P.L.1968, c. 410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq. ) to effectuate the purposes of this act; c. Shall appoint and remove stenographic, clerical and other secretarial assistants

as may be required for the proper conduct of the office, subject to the provisions

of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, and other applicable statutes, and within the limits of funds appropriated

or otherwise made available therefor. In addition, and within funding limits, the public guardian may appoint, retain

or employ, without regard to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes or any other statutes, any officers, financial managers, social workers or other

professionally qualified personnel on a contract basis or otherwise as the public

guardian deems necessary; d. Shall maintain suitable headquarters for the office and other quarters as the public

guardian may deem necessary to the proper functioning of the office; e. May accept the services of volunteer workers or consultants at no compensation , at nominal or token compensation , or at full compensation, as appropriate, and reimburse them for their proper and necessary expenses; f. Shall keep and maintain proper financial and statistical records concerning all

cases in which the public guardian provides guardianship or conservatorship services,

provided that the privacy and confidentiality of these records for each ward are preserved; g. May serve as guardian and conservator or either of these, after appointment by

a court pursuant to the provisions of Title 3B of the New Jersey Statutes, and with

the same powers and duties of a private guardian or conservator, except as otherwise

limited by law or court order; h. May intervene in any guardianship or conservatorship proceeding involving a ward,

by appropriate motion by the court, if the public guardian or the court deems the

intervention to be justified because an appointed guardian or conservator is not fulfilling

his duties, the estate is subject to disproportionate waste because of the costs of

the guardianship or conservatorship, or the best interests of the ward require intervention; i. Shall perform any other function which may be prescribed by this act or by any

other law; j. Shall appoint and employ, notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1944, c. 20 ( C.52:17A-1 et seq. ), a general counsel and such other attorneys or counsel as the public guardian may

require, for the purpose, among other things, of providing legal advice on such matters

as the public guardian may from time to time require, of attending to and dealing

with all litigation, controversies, and legal matters in which the public guardian

or any ward of the public guardian may be a party or in which these rights and interests

may be involved, and of representing the public guardian and any ward in all proceedings

or actions of any kind which may be brought for or against them in any court of this

State. With respect to all of the foregoing, the counsel and attorneys shall be independent

of any supervision or control by the Attorney General or by the Department of Law

and Public Safety, or by any division or officer thereof.