N.J. Admin. Code § 10:35-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 10:35-5.1 - Sanctions

(a) If the Assistant Commissioner determines that any of the provisions of this chapter have been violated by the governing body of a county or a county psychiatric facility, administrative and financial sanctions may be imposed in writing by the Assistant Commissioner upon the violators as warranted by the specific situation.

(b) Administrative sanctions may include, but not be limited to, notices or letters of warning to the governing body of a county and a county psychiatric facility.

(c) Financial sanctions may include, but not be limited to, fines and the withholding of funds from the governing body of a county and the county psychiatric facility.

(d)N.J.S.A. 30:4-78.4 provides that in the event a county continues to operate and maintain a county psychiatric facility, the Commissioner shall have the power to replace the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the medical director and other appropriate administrative personnel upon the Commissioner's determination that financial expenditures of the facility are repeatedly and substantially in excess of similar expenditures in other State and county psychiatric facilities or the quality of care provided in the facility is repeatedly and substantially below State and Federal standards.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:35-5.1

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 2152(b), effective 8/17/2015