26:4-48.1 - Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds - New Jersey Statutes

26:4-48.1.  Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds
    In any quarantine for venereal disease or any commitment or court order imposed by authority of this act upon any person who, since immediately prior to the onset of the person's infection with a venereal disease, has been continuously a member of a well-recognized church, the principles of which are opposed to medical treatment for disease, any requirement to follow a course of  medical treatment shall be optional, but in such case the termination of the  period of quarantine, commitment or applicability of the court order shall be  determined by the duration of the infectious stage of the disease, as defined  by the State Department of Health;  provided, however, that nothing herein  shall be construed as exempting any such person from any other provision of  this act, including the requirements to submit to medical examination and to  supply specimens or permit such specimens to be taken, where such person has or  there are reasonable grounds to believe such person may have a venereal disease  in an infectious stage.

     L.1945, c. 104, p. 452, s. 6.