30:4C-6 - Persons receiving benefits not deemed paupers; treatment by spiritual means or prayer - New Jersey Statutes

30:4C-6.  Persons receiving benefits not deemed paupers;  treatment by spiritual means or prayer
    No person to whom or for whom payments for maintenance are made under this act shall be deemed to be or classified as a pauper by reason thereof.

    The provisions of this act shall not be construed to deny treatment by spiritual means or prayer, of any child, in accordance with the religious faith  of the parent or parents of such child.  The provisions of this act shall not  be construed to authorize or empower the Bureau of Childrens Services to compel  a child to undergo medical or surgical treatment, if the child, or parent or  guardian of said child, objects thereto in a signed statement upon the ground  that the proposed action interferes with the free exercise of his religious  principles.

     L.1951, c. 138, p. 376, s. 6.  Amended by L.1956, c. 44, p. 91, s. 1; L.1962,  c. 197, s. 12.