As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
NURSING HOME
Any private hospital, institution, care center, convalescent home,
old-age home, nursing home, and any other establishment or institution for
the care, treatment, lodging or nursing of persons mentally ill, mentally
deficient or mentally retarded, acutely or chronically ill, or who are crippled,
convalescent, infirm or in any way afflicted, or who reside therein for any
purpose whatsoever.
All nursing homes within the Borough of Eatontown, County of Monmouth
and State of New Jersey shall be and are hereby required to own, lease, rent,
possess, or have immediately available, an ambulance or van-type vehicle suitable
to be used as an ambulance for the conveyance of nonambulatory as well as
emergency patients as the need so arises.
All nursing homes shall file proof of the availability of such emergency
vehicles with the Borough Clerk of the Borough of Eatontown within 60 days
from the final passage of this chapter and on or before January 1 of each
and every year thereafter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall be liable to pay a fine of $10 for each violation, and each
day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate violation.