New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
Subchapter 6 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL STATE-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Section 10:37-6.88 - Services requiring prior approval
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) As of July 1, 1981, no State-funded mental health program element shall be permitted to use psychosurgery, insulin therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, seclusion, and/or physical restraints, until such time as the Director of the Agency submits a written description of the proposed policies and procedures concerning the use of such modalities, and the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals approves them in writing. General, procedural approval must be sought and received prior to implementation. Any subsequent modification in procedures requiring prior approval must be re-submitted to the Division for approval.
(b) The Division shall review proposed policies and procedures within three days of their receipt by the Division.
