30:4A-7 - Admission of unconfined persons, procedure
30:4A-7. Admission of unconfined persons, procedure
7. If the person for whom the diagnosis is sought by any court or agency of the State, or of a county or municipal government, desiring to utilize the services of the diagnostic center is not under confinement or process of any nature whatsoever, then admission to the diagnostic center shall be secured upon application to the Superior Court upon forms to be provided by the Department of Human Services. The county adjuster shall be the official in the county charged with the responsibility of assisting with processing of such applications and shall perform functions similar to those set forth in Title 30, Revised Statutes. In connection with each such application, the court shall order a hearing to be held, which may be in camera at the discretion of the court. At least ten days' notice of the time, date and place of such hearing shall be served upon the person, and if he be a minor or incompetent, upon the parent, guardian, person standing in loco parentis or person having custody and control of such minor or incompetent. At such hearing, the court shall determine whether the services of the diagnostic center shall be made available to the said person and may order the confinement of such person in the center for a period not to exceed ninety days and shall cause a copy of said order of confinement to accompany the said person to the center.
L.1946,c.118,s.7; amended 1953,c.29,s.49; 1991,c.91,s.324.