§ 30:13-1 Legislative findings and declarations
§ 30:13-2 Definitions
§ 30:13-3 Responsibilities of nursing homes
§ 30:13-3.1 Provisions relative to Medicare, Medicaid
§ 30:13-3.2 Applicability of act
§ 30:13-4 Responsibilities as inclusive but not limitation
§ 30:13-4.1 Nursing home security deposits; disposition
§ 30:13-4.2 Violations; enforcement
§ 30:13-5 Rights of nursing home residents
§ 30:13-6 Discharge or transfer of resident
§ 30:13-7 Written notice of rights, obligations and prohibitions; copy to residents; posting
§ 30:13-8 Violations; causes of action; damages
§ 30:13-8.1 Clauses waiving right to sue in nursing home admission agreements void, unenforceable
§ 30:13-9 Inapplicability of provisions on medical care or treatment contrary to tenets of nursing home operated by certain religious denominations
§ 30:13-10 Rules and regulations
§ 30:13-10.1 Written explanation of Medicare, Medicaid provisions required
§ 30:13-11 Severability
§ 30:13-12 Definition
§ 30:13-13 Nursing home employees required to be given Mantoux tuberculin skin test
§ 30:13-14 Requirements of testing program
§ 30:13-15 Rules, regulations
§ 30:13-16 Review of Medicaid recipient in free-standing special care nursing facility
§ 30:13-17 Rules, regulations
§ 30:13-18 Minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes
§ 30:13-19 Rules, regulations
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 30 > Chapter 13 - Legislative Findings and Declarations

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • certified mail: include private express carrier service, provided that the private express carrier service provides confirmation of mailing. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.