N.J.S.A. 52:27G-3 — Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

52:27G-3 Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. 3. There is established the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman is hereby allocated to the Department of the Treasury, but, notwithstanding this allocation, the ombudsperson shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by any board or officer thereof. As of the effective date of P.L.2017, c.131 the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, or the ombudsman thereof, shall be named the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman or the ombudsman thereof. All references in any law, order, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial, or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, to the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, or the ombudsman thereof, shall mean the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman or the ombudsman thereof. L.1977, c.239, s.3; amended 2005, c.155, s.86; 2010, c.34, s.41; 2017, c.131, s.202. 52:27G-4 Ombudsperson, qualifications, appointment. 4. The administrator and chief executive officer of the office shall be the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office. The Ombudsperson shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. L.1977, c.239, s.4; amended 2005, c.155, s.87; 2010, c.34, s.42.

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