26:4-71.3 - Leaving hospital against medical advice; report to local board of health - New Jersey Statutes

26:4-71.3.  Leaving hospital against medical advice;  report to local board  of health
    If any person afflicted with tuberculosis in a communicable form shall leave  any hospital against medical advice, the administrator shall report such person  to the local board of health of the municipality in which such patient was  residing when admitted to the hospital and to the State Commissioner of Health  within 12 hours.  Such report shall be in writing and shall state whether the  person is afflicted with tuberculosis in a communicable form.

     L.1949, c. 196, p. 656, s. 3.  Amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 9, eff. April 15,  1977.