30:13-6 - Discharge or transfer of resident - New Jersey Statutes

30:13-6.  Discharge or transfer of resident    Any nursing home resident may discharge himself from a nursing home upon presentation of a written release and if the resident is an adjudicated mental incompetent, upon the written consent of his guardian.  In such case, the nursing home is free from any responsibility for the resident upon his release.   When a nursing home wishes to transfer or discharge a competent or an  adjudicated mental incompetent resident on a nonemergency basis, it may do so  for medical reasons or for his welfare or that of other residents upon receiving a written order from the attending physician, or for nonpayment of his stay, except as prohibited by Title XVIII or Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended, and such action shall be recorded in the resident's medical record.  When a transfer or discharge on a nonemergency basis of a resident is requested by a nursing home, the resident or, in the case of an adjudicated mental incompetent resident, the guardian, shall be given at least 30 days advance notice of such transfer or discharge.

     L.1976, c. 120, s. 6, eff. Nov. 30, 1976.