Title 52, STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

52:17B-41.14. Disposition of fees, fines, penalties and other moneys (a) All license, certificate, permit, registration and renewal fees prescribed by this act shall be paid into the State treasury through the Attorney General; and (b) All fines, penalties and other moneys derive…

52:17B-41.15. Budget request for appropriations On or before the fifteenth day of September in each year, the board shall prepare and submit to the Attorney General a budget request for appropriations for the board for the ensuing fiscal year. The budget request so prepared shall…

52:17B-41.16. Surplus; disposition Any surplus remaining in any year to the credit of the board, after annual appropriations made as provided herein, shall be paid into and become part of the General Fund of the State. L.1952, c. 336, p. 1085, s. 16.

52:17B-41.17. Advertisements by ophthalmic dispenser or ophthalmic technician; rebates or commissions It shall be lawful for an ophthalmic dispenser or ophthalmic technician to advertise; provided, that no mention shall be made, either directly or indirectly by any means whatsoev…

52:17B-41.18. Penalty 18. Any person who, after this act becomes operative, shall practice as a licensed ophthalmic dispenser or ophthalmic technician as defined in section five of this act, or hold himself out to be a qualified or licensed ophthalmic dispenser or ophthalmic tech…

52:17B-41.2. State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians; compensation; expenses; report There is hereby created the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians in the Division of Professional Boards of the Departm…

52:17B-41.23. Partial invalidity If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, and it is hereby declared to be the legislative …

52:17B-41.24. Effective date This act shall become operative ninety days after its enactment. L.1952, c. 336, p. 1089, s. 24.

52:17B-41.25. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Contact Lens Dispenser Act." L.1991,c.447,s.1.

52:17B-41.26 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: a. "Practice of contact lens dispensing" means the sale or delivery of contact lenses to the patient based upon the prescription of powers for vision and specifications for contact lenses for the patient as provided by a licensed …

52:17B-41.27. Ophthalmic dispensers authorized 3. Any ophthalmic dispenser licensed in New Jersey may engage in the practice of contact lens dispensing. L.1991,c.447,s.3.

52:17B-41.28. Prescription required 4. A contact lens dispenser shall only dispense contact lenses upon a written prescription provided by a licensed physician or optometrist containing the powers of vision and specifications for contact lenses for the patient. L.1991,c.447,s.4.

52:17B-41.29. Replacement lenses on prescription or record 5. Previously dispensed contact lenses shall only be replaced, reproduced, or duplicated upon the prescription or specifications of record, a copy of which shall be provided by the original contact lens prescriber or disp…

52:17B-41.3. Meetings, organization, powers, agent 3. The board shall hold at least two meetings each year and may hold such other meetings as it may deem advisable. The time and place of all such meetings shall be determined by the board. The board shall elect a president, a sec…

52:17B-41.30. Release of patient's prescription 6. A licensed physician or optometrist shall release a copy of the patient's prescription containing a spectacle lens specification with contact lens specifications to any person qualified to dispense contact lenses upon the patient…

52:17B-41.31. Release of patient's contact lens specifications 7. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation to the contrary, the complete record of contact lens specifications shall be released by an optometrist or ophthalmologist to the patient or to another ophthalmologist, optome…

52:17B-41.4. Compensation of secretary and inspector The secretary and the inspector of the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board, subject to the approval of the Attorney General…

52:17B-41.5. Practice of ophthalmic dispensing; prescription required; "ophthalmic technicians" defined; temporary permits to persons from out of the State; apprentices A person practices ophthalmic dispensing within the meaning of the provisions of this act relating to ophthalmi…

52:17B-41.6. Examinations; certificate of registration; annual renewal The board shall examine for competence in matters pertaining to ophthalmic dispensing and allied and practical subjects. To every applicant who shall pass such examination, the board shall issue a certificate …

52:17B-41.6a. Continuing education to qualify for license renewal The board may require all ophthalmic dispensers now or hereafter licensed in this State to take board-approved courses of study relating to the practice of the profession of opticianry or to maintain proficiency in…

52:17B-41.7. Certificate holder may practice as ophthalmic dispenser or technician Any person who has received a certificate of registration as a qualified ophthalmic dispenser or qualified ophthalmic technician as provided for herein shall be permitted and authorized to practice…

52:17B-41.8. Display of certificate Every holder of a certificate of registration shall conspicuously display the same in his establishment. L.1952, c. 336, p. 1082, s. 8.

52:17B-41.9. Meetings of board; examinations; qualifications as candidates The board shall meet at least twice annually, at which time candidates applying for certification shall be examined and their qualifications determined; and the board may meet at such other times and place…

52:17B-41.9a. Apprentice dispenser; registration; requirements for qualification No one may apprentice pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1952, c. 336 (C. 52:17B-41.5) unless he is registered with the board. Subsequent to registration, an apprentice dispenser who does not hold an assoc…

52:17B-41.9b. Ophthalmic technician; qualifications A candidate shall qualify for examination and licensure as an ophthalmic technician upon providing the board with proof that he has served not less than 12 calendar months as an apprentice technician. No one may apprentice pursu…

52:17B-41.9c. Examinations; retention; inspection The board shall maintain all examinations of candidates for licensure as ophthalmic dispensers and of candidates for licensure as ophthalmic technicians on file for at least one year. Upon written request to the board by a candida…

52:17B-42. Pending actions and proceedings not affected This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any of the respective boards, enumerated in section twenty-nine of this act and pending on the effective date hereof, and such action…

52:17B-43. Licenses and certificates of registration not affected Nothing in this act shall affect the validity of any license, certificate of registration, or other authorization, heretofore issued to any person under any prior law, to practice any profession or to engage in any…

52:17B-44. Transfer of files, records and property All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Law and Public Safety o…

52:17B-45. Orders, rules and regulations not affected This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Departm…

52:17B-46. Pending actions or proceedings against department, officer or agency not affected This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein as…

52:17B-47. Appropriations transferred to Department of Law and Public Safety Except as provided in section thirty-eight hereof, all appropriations available and to become available to any department, commission, board, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of w…

52:17B-48. Vacancies Any vacancy occurring in the office of Superintendent of State Police, director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, director of the Division of Motor Vehicles or Superintendent of the Division of Weights and Measures shall be filled in the same man…

52:17B-49. Employees transferred Such employees of any department, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Law and Public Safety or to any office or agency designated, continued or constituted…

52:17B-4a "SNAP" reports to be made on quarterly basis. 40. Notwithstanding any rules, regulations or guidelines promulgated by the Attorney General, State narcotics action plan reports, commonly referred to as "SNAP" reports, shall be made on a quarterly basis. The Department of…

52:17B-4b Additional powers, duties of Attorney General concerning certain declarations of death. 3. In addition to the powers and duties conferred upon the Attorney General by the Constitution, the common and statutory law of this State, the Attorney General may initiate or inte…

52:17B-5. Division of Law headed by Attorney General; transfer of powers and duties to Division The Division of Law shall be headed by the Attorney General and shall be administered by him and his deputy attorneys-general and deputy assistant attorneys-general as provided herein …

52:17B-5.1. Uniform crime reporting system; establishment A uniform crime reporting system shall be established under the direction, control and supervision of the Attorney General in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The Attorney General shall have the power and duty, by …

52:17B-5.10. Cooperation of other departments and agencies All departments, agencies, officers and employees of the State shall cooperate with the office in carrying out its functions under this act. L.1967, c. 23, s. 5, eff. March 30, 1967.

52:17B-5.13. Action for recovery of moneys; officers of public entities convicted of diversion of public moneys Whenever it appears that any person holding public office, position or employment in municipal, county or State Government, or any board, body, agency, authority or com…

52:17B-5.14. Return to public entity of money recovered in action Any moneys recovered by the Attorney General pursuant to section 1 of this act shall be returned to the municipality, county or State Government from which it was taken or diverted, less the actual costs of recover…

52:17B-5.2. Collection of information by Division of State Police The Attorney General may designate the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety to be the agency which shall collect, gather, assemble and collate such information as is prescribed by thi…

52:17B-5.3 Submission of reports relative to certain offenses, information. 3. a. All local and county police authorities shall submit a quarterly report to the Attorney General, on forms prescribed by the Attorney General, which report shall contain the number and nature of offe…

52:17B-5.4 Compilation, analysis, classification of crime statistics. 4. a. Upon receipt of such information the Attorney General shall have such data collated and formulated and shall compile such statistics as he may deem necessary in order to present a proper classification an…

52:17B-5.4a Collection, analysis of information, central repository. 5. The Attorney General shall maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of information collected pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1966, c.37 (C.52:17B-5.3). Information in the repository shall be…

52:17B-5.5. Annual report by Attorney General The Attorney General shall render an annual report of the results of the information gathered and collated to the Governor and the Legislature. L.1966, c. 37, s. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.