New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 57 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter 5 - MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS
Section 8:57-5.11 - Management of non-adherent patients through a health officer order for isolation
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Pursuant to 26:4-2, the health officer in the patient's jurisdiction of residence may exclude a patient posing an immediate or imminent risk to the public health from attending his or her place of work or school, or other premises where the health officer determines that such action is necessary to protect the public health.
(b) If a patient excluded from a workplace or school or other premises, pursuant to 26:4-2, requests a review of the health officer order, the health officer that issued the order shall make application for a court order authorizing such exclusion within five business days from the date of the request.
(c) The health officer in the patient's health jurisdiction of residence shall issue a health officer order for isolation within two working days of when the patient meets the definition of immediate or imminent risk to the public health, but is not a risk for flight.
(d) The health officer order shall:
(e) The public health nurse case manager or designee shall copy and file the health officer order for isolation in the patient's medical record.
(f) If a health officer order is made pursuant to 8:57-5.10, the health officer or designee shall hand deliver the order.
(g) A health officer may request local law enforcement officers to exercise their authority to assist the health officer or designee in hand delivery of the health officer order in accordance with 26:1A-9.
(h) If the patient violates the conditions of the order, the health officer that issued the order may petition the Superior Court for commitment of the patient for the protection of the public health pursuant to the hearing process established at 8:57-5.14.
(i) If the health officer seeks court commitment, the Commissioner or State Epidemiologist or designee, in consultation with the health officer and the Department's TB Program, shall designate the least restrictive appropriate placement for the patient during the period of commitment.
(j) The health officer in (c) above may immediately petition the Superior Court for commitment if the patient at any time during the course of treatment again poses an immediate or imminent public health risk and violates the conditions set forth in a health officer order for isolation.
The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available