New Jersey Statutes 30:4-3.17. Report of professional misconduct
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-3.17
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
3. Any employee of a State psychiatric hospital who, as a result of information obtained in the course of his employment, has reasonable cause to suspect or believe that a clinical treatment staff or nursing direct care staff member working at the hospital has or is engaging in professional misconduct shall report the information to the person designated by the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to this act to receive the report.
The report shall contain the name of the staff member, the name of the psychiatric hospital and the unit to which the staff member is assigned, information regarding the nature of the suspected professional misconduct and any other information which might be helpful in an investigation of the case.
L.1997,c.70,s.3.