New Jersey Statutes Title 30. Institutions and Agencies 30 § 12-2

No person, corporation, or association, except municipal corporations or corporations not organized for pecuniary profit, shall establish or maintain for profit any hospital or other institution for persons who have communicable diseases without first having obtained the consent by resolution or ordinance of the governing board or body of the municipality within which the institution is to be established.

Notice of application for such consent, setting forth the time and place at which the application will be presented, the name of the applicant, and the exact location of the proposed institution shall be given by publication for at least two weeks in one or more newspapers published and circulated in the municipality, or if none be published therein, by posting in ten of the most public places in such municipality at least 14 days before the meeting at which the application will be presented.