30:4-125 - Case records of patients - New Jersey Statutes

30:4-125.  Case records of patients
    The chief executive officer of each state charitable, hospital, relief or training institution shall, within three days after the reception of a patient,  cause to be made a descriptive entry of the case, in a book or other systematic  form of case records with card index exclusively set apart for that purpose.   He shall also cause to be made from time to time entries as to the mental  state, bodily condition and medical treatment of the patient, together with the  forms of restraint employed, and in the event of the discharge or death of the  patient, the circumstances appertaining thereto.