30:11A-2 - Certificate of approval - New Jersey Statutes

30:11A-2.  Certificate of approval
    Residential health care facilities as defined in section 1, shall operate within this State pursuant to certificate of approval first had and obtained for that purpose from the Department of Health.  No such certificate of approval shall be issued unless the commissioner shall be satisfied that the institution in question is adequately prepared to furnish facilities, care and service complying with standards, relating thereto, except that temporary permits, valid for a period not exceeding 6 months and not subject to renewal, may be issued under the circumstances specified in section 6 of this act. Boarding and rooming houses shall not be construed to be within the provisions of this act.

     L.1953, c. 212, p. 1606, s. 2.  Amended by L.1964, c. 147, s. 3;  L.1979, c. 496, s. 27.