{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4-3.23","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.23","heading":"Definitions relative to State psychiatric hospitals.","body":"1.\tAs used in this act:\n\"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Human Services.\n\"Department\" means the Department of Human Services.\n\"Major injury\" means an injury that requires treatment that can only be performed at a general or special hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), and may include admission to the hospital for additional treatment or observation.\n\"Moderate injury\" means an injury that requires treatment beyond basic first aid that can only be performed by a health care professional at the office of a physician, at a hospital emergency room, or by a physician at a State psychiatric hospital.\n\"Physical assault\" means an act upon a person that results in a major or moderate injury that occurs at a State psychiatric hospital.\n\"State psychiatric hospital\" means a psychiatric hospital listed in R.S.30:1-7.\n\"Unexpected death\" means a death that was not medically anticipated, including, but not limited to suicide, homicide or unanticipated death due to an unforeseen medical complication or other circumstance.\nL.2009, c.161, s.1.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"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":"bd5dd242a8367a27797557e86115d7d0ffb270c186cbf71b153bad1a206d18b9","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4-3.22","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4-3.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}