2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 30 - Institutions And Agencies
Section 30:4C-6 - Recipients Of Payments Not Deemed Paupers; Certain Treatments Permitted.
30:4C-6 Recipients of payments not deemed paupers; certain treatments permitted.
6.No person to whom or for whom payments for maintenance are made under P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.) shall be deemed to be or classified as a pauper by reason thereof.
The provisions of P.L.1951, c.138 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 P.L.1951, c.138 shall not be construed to authorize or empower the Division of Child Protection and Permanency to compel a child to undergo medical or surgical treatment, if the child, or parent or guardian of the 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, s.6; amended 1956, c.44, s.1; 1962, c.197, s.12; 2012, c.16, s.59.
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