N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:18-1.7 - Actions taken by police, firefighter, emergency medical responder, or hospital staff when infant brought to the police station, fire department, ambulance, or emergency department of hospital
(a) When a person
appears at a police station, fire department, ambulance, or emergency department of
a hospital with an infant and demonstrates, by action or in words, that he or she
wishes to leave the infant behind, a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical
responder, or hospital staff shall initiate action, as necessary, in an attempt to
determine:
1. Whether the person is acting
voluntarily, on his or her own volition; and
2. If the person intends to return for the infant
or seeks to permanently give up all rights to the infant.
(b) If the police officer, fire fighter, emergency
medical responder, or hospital staff determines that the person appears to be acting
voluntarily, on his or her own volition, and has no intent to return for the infant,
the police officer, firefighter, emergency medical responder, or hospital staff
shall:
1. Advise the person of the right to remain
anonymous in accordance with 3A:18-1.6(a);
2. Advise the person that he or she may
voluntarily disclose information in accordance with 3A:18-1.6(b); and
3. Transport the infant or arrange for the
infant's safe transport to a local hospital emergency department pursuant to
30:4C-15.7 a.
(c) If the infant is injured or appears to be
abused or neglected, the police, firefighter, emergency medical responder, or
hospital staff shall immediately notify the Division of Child Protection and
Permanency in accordance with N.J.S.A. 9:6-8
:10, and consult the county prosecutor in accordance with local
protocols.
(d) The Division of State
Police shall assist the Division representative to search listings of missing
children pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15
.7.c and in accordance with N.J.A.C.
3A:18-1.10(a)
2, to
determine if the infant has been reported missing to the authorities.
1. A State Police detective shall contact the
county prosecutor's office to advise the county prosecutor that a child who appears
to be a safe haven infant has been brought to, and left at, a hospital in his or her
jurisdiction.
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