26:2H-1 - Declaration of public policy - New Jersey Statutes

26:2H-1.     Declaration of public policy 
     1.   It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State that hospital and related health care services of the highest quality, of demonstrated need, efficiently provided and properly utilized at a reasonable cost are of vital concern to the public health.  In order to provide for the protection and promotion of the health of the inhabitants of the State, the State Department of Health shall have the central responsibility for the development and administration of the State's policy with respect to health planning, hospital and related health care services and health care facility cost containment programs, and all public and private institutions, whether State, county, municipal, incorporated or not incorporated, serving principally as residential health care facilities, nursing or maternity homes or as facilities for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, shall be subject to the provisions of this act. 

    L.1971,c.136,s.1; amended 1978,c.83,s.1; 1979,c.496,s.19; 1991,c.187,s.27; 1992,c.160,s.21.