30:4-75. Amount of recovery
In any suit for the recovery of the cost of maintenance of a patient able to pay the full cost of hospitalization in any institution of this State, in the absence of express contract stipulating the amount to be paid, the rate as fixed pursuant to section 30:4-67 of this Title shall be construed to be the reasonable and necessary cost advanced for the maintenance of such patient.
Amended by L.1965, c. 59, s. 60; L.1969, c. 258, s. 6, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.