30:4A-2.Ā  Equipment, staff and administration
The diagnostic center shall be fully equipped with all modern scientific equipment and shall be provided with a staff of competent specialists in the field of medicine, psychiatry and psychology, to the end that full and completeĀ  diagnostic services will be available to any governmental agency desiring toĀ  secure a complete diagnosis of any individual having need for such services,Ā  prior to a final disposition of the case of such person, consistent with theĀ  best interests of the welfare of the person and the community.Ā  The diagnosticĀ  center shall be so administered as to furnish a complete physical and mentalĀ  inventory of each individual committed to the care and custody of theĀ  department, thereby assuring commitment to the institution best suited to careĀ  for his particular case, development of the most effective curative orĀ  rehabilitative procedures in such case, and the most effective co-ordination ofĀ  all the institutional facilities provided by the State.

Any person may apply for voluntary admission to the diagnostic center and shall be admitted upon good cause shown, after execution of the voluntary admission application and payment in advance of the full per capita cost for the period covered by the diagnostic services to be rendered.

L.1946, c. 118, p. 550, s. 2.