N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:16-13.1 - Psychiatric commitments

(a) Prior to considering the commitment of an inmate to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, the Director of Psychology of the correctional facility shall have exhausted all reasonable means toward managing the inmate's psychiatric symptoms within the correctional facility.

(b) The management of the inmate's symptoms shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Counseling;

2. Individual and/or group therapy;

3. Drug and alcohol therapy;

4. Encouraging the inmate to take prescribed medications which currently controls or has controlled said symptoms in the past; and/or

5. The administration of involuntary psychotropic medications in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10A:16-11.

(c) Inmates may be committed to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital when:

1. They require psychiatric hospitalization;

2. They are assigned to housing units; and

3. The appropriate commitment documents have been processed in accordance with the procedures outlined in this subchapter.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:16-13.1

Amended by R.2008 d.97, effective 4/21/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 85(a), 40 N.J.R. 2111(b).
In (c)2, deleted "other than the Capital Sentence Unit" following "units".