Chapter 48B - DECISION-MAKING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES (§ 10:48B-1.1)
  2. Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§ 10:48B-2.1)
  3. Subchapter 3 - ETHICS COMMITTEES (§ 10:48B-3.1)
  4. Subchapter 4 - DECISION-MAKING CAPACITY (§ 10:48B-4.1)
  5. Subchapter 5 - INDIVIDUALS WITH CAPACITY TO MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS (§ 10:48B-5.1)
  6. Subchapter 6 - INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE MEDICAL TREATMENT DECISIONS FOR WHOM BGS IS NOT PROVIDING GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES (§ 10:48B-6.1)
  7. Subchapter 7 - INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE MEDICAL TREATMENT DECISIONS FOR WHOM BGS IS PROVIDING GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES (§ 10:48B-7.1 to 10:48B-7.5)
  8. Subchapter 8 - PALLIATIVE CARE (§ 10:48B-8.1)

Notes

CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: October 16, 2023.
See: 55 N.J.R. 2345(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 48B, Decision-Making for the Terminally Ill, was adopted as new rules by R.2003 d.421, effective November 3, 2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 4299(a), 35 N.J.R. 5098(a). Chapter 48B, Decision-Making for the Terminally Ill, expired on May 2, 2009. See: 41 N.J.R. 845(a). Chapter 48B, Decision-Making for the Terminally Ill, was adopted as new rules by R.2009 d.203, effective June 15, 2009. See: 41 N.J.R. 845(a), 41 N.J.R. 2480(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 48B, Decision-Making for the Terminally Ill, was scheduled to expire on June 15, 2016. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 48B, Decision-Making for the Terminally Ill, was readopted as R.2017 d.003, effective November 29, 2016. As a part of R.2017 d.003, Subchapter 7, Individuals Without Capacity to Make Medical Treatment Decisions for Whom BGS is Providing Guardianship, was renamed Individuals Without Capacity to Make Medical Treatment Decisions for Whom BGS is Providing Guardianship Services, effective January 3, 2017. See: 48 N.J.R. 1409(a), 49 N.J.R. 99(a).
Chapter 48B, Decision-Making for the Terminally Ill, was readopted, effective 10/16/2023. See: Source and Effective Date.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 30:1-12, 30:4-165.1, and 30:4-165.4 et seq., specifically 30:4-165.16.

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