{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-4-49.7","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:4-49.7","heading":"Examination and treatment by order of court","body":"1.   When it appears to the Superior Court or to any municipal court, from the evidence or otherwise, that any person coming before such court on any charge, may have a venereal disease in an infectious stage, it shall be the duty of such court to order the person to submit to a medical examination for venereal diseases, in a jail or at a hospital or clinic or by such physician as may be selected or appointed for the purpose, and if found to have a venereal disease in an infectious stage to submit to treatment in such jail, hospital or clinic or by such officer or to other treatment permitted under the medical practice act.\nL.1945,c.101,s.1; amended 1953,c.26,s.38; 1991,c.91,s.292.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"19b0a9de46751924e55d2e9db290004a18c70d074813b37ae8ee3cddf541145b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-4-49.6","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-4-49.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}