Title 45, Title 45: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

45:9-44. Contents of certificate of incorporation Such certificate shall set forth: a. The name or title assumed to designate the association; b. The place or places in this state where the purposes of the association are to be carried out; c. The purposes for which the associati…

45:9-45. Recording and filing of certificate; certified copies as evidence The certificate shall be proved or acknowledged and recorded, as is required of deeds of real estate, in a book to be kept for the recording of certificates of incorporation in the office of the clerk of t…

45:9-46. General corporate powers Upon making the certificate and causing the same to be so recorded and filed, the physicians so associating, their successors and assigns, shall, by virtue of this article, be a body politic and corporate in fact and in law, by the name stated in…

45:9-47. By-laws; agents and officers The directors or governors of the association may from time to time make, alter and amend by-laws not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or of the state, fixing or altering the number of its governors or directors for the…

45:9-48. Governors or directors to receive no compensation No governor or director of any such association shall receive, directly or indirectly, any salary or emolument from such association, nor shall any compensation be voted, allowed or paid by the governors or directors ther…

45:9-49. Delivery to and use by associations of certain unclaimed bodies for advancement of medical and surgical science When an association shall be formed or organized under this article in any county, all public officers, agents and servants of the county, or of any municipali…

45:9-5. Monthly meetings and meetings for examinations; salaries; records; official register The board shall hold meetings once a month, and shall hold meetings for examinations on the third Tuesday of June and October of each year, which shall be held at the capital of this Stat…

45:9-5.1. Definitions Within the meaning of this chapter (45:9-1 et seq.), except as herein otherwise provided, and except for the purposes of the exemptions hereinafter contained in sections 45:9-14.1 to 45:9-14.10, inclusive, the phrase "the practice of medicine or surgery" and…

45:9-5.2 Needle electromyography, interpretation restricted to physicians, surgeons. 1. a. A person shall not perform needle electromyography unless that person is licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this State pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. A…

45:9-5.3 State Board of Medical Examiners; rules, regulations. 22. The State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of se…

45:9-50. Conveyance of bodies regulated Said association may employ a carrier for the conveyance of said bodies, which shall be well inclosed within a suitable incasement and carefully deposited free from public observation. The driver or person in charge of the carrier shall obt…

45:9-51. Filing of bond by association before receiving a body; penalty for certain violations No such association shall be allowed or permitted to receive any such body until it has given a bond to the State of New Jersey, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the county c…

45:9-52. Expenses to be paid by association Neither the state nor any county or municipality, nor any officer, agent or servant thereof, shall be at any expense by reason of the delivery or distribution of any such body, but all the expense thereof shall be paid by the associatio…

45:9-53. Appointment and duties of board of distribution, if more than one association in a county When more than one association shall be organized under this article within the same county, the board of governors or directors of each association so organized within the same cou…

45:9-54. Receipt of bodies from other counties Any association organized under this article may apply for and receive from any county in this state dead human bodies which may be required to be buried at the public expense and are not claimed by any kindred or relation, as provid…

45:9-55. Penalty for nonperformance of duties Any person having duties enjoined upon him by the provisions of this article who shall neglect, refuse or omit to perform the same required shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than o…

45:9-56. Medical Society of New Jersey continued as body corporate; how constituted The Medical Society of the State of New Jersey, already incorporated by the style and name of "the Medical Society of New Jersey," shall continue to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in…

45:9-57. Qualifications for membership in county, specialty or other society No one shall be admitted to membership in any county, specialty, or other society having connection with this society, unless he shall have received said degree of doctor of medicine, or been admitted ad…

45:9-58. General powers of society The society shall have power to prescribe the duties of its officers and members, fix their compensation, assess from time to time an annuity upon the county, specialty, or other societies and adopt such rules and regulations for the management …

45:9-6. License required to practice medicine or surgery; applications; educational requirements; citizenship All persons commencing the practice of medicine or surgery in this State shall apply to the board for a license so to do. The board shall, except as herein otherwise prov…

45:9-6.1 Biennial registration for practitioners of medicine and surgery; reinstatement procedure. 1. All persons who are licensed to practice medicine and surgery shall be required on or before July 1 biennially to register on the form prescribed by the board and furnished by th…

45:9-6.2 Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. 1. The State of New Jersey enacts and enters into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact in the form substantially as follows: Section 1. Purpose. In order to strengthen ac…

45:9-7. Premedical educational requirements 45:9-7. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, every applicant for admission to examination for a license to practice medicine and surgery shall also present proof acceptable to the board demonstr…

45:9-7.1 Continuing medical education required as condition for biennial registration. 10. a. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subsection d. of this section, the State Board of Medical Examiners shall require each person licensed as a physician, as a condition for biennial …

45:9-7.10 Continuing medical education credits, State Board of Medical Examiners, study of menopause. 1. a. As used in this section: “Menopause” means the biological process during which a woman’s hormone levels change, the woman permanently stops having menstrual periods, and is…

45:9-7.1a Rules, regulations. 4. The State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2010, c.89, s.4.

45:9-7.2 Findings, declarations relative to medical education in providing culturally competent health care. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The findings of a recently reported, federally-funded study by Georgetown University, in conjunction with the Rand Corporati…

45:9-7.3 Requirements for physician training in cultural competency. 2. The State Board of Medical Examiners shall prescribe the following requirements for physician training, by regulation, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education: a. The curriculum in each colleg…

45:9-7.4 Rules, regulations. 3. The State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2005,c.53,s.3.

45:9-7.5 Requirements for physician training relative to organ, tissue donation, and recovery. 5. The State Board of Medical Examiners, in collaboration with the organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C.s.1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey, shall p…

45:9-7.6 Ongoing Statewide organ and tissue donation awareness campaign. 14. The organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C.s.1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey shall collaborate with the Medical Society of New Jersey and the Institute of Medicine an…

45:9-7.7 Continuing medical education for physicians; rules, regulations. 14. a. The State Board of Medical Examiners shall require that the number of credits of continuing medical education required of each person licensed as a physician, as a condition of biennial registration …

45:9-7.8 Credits of continuing medical education relative to opiods. 19. a. The State Board of Medical Examiners shall require that the number of credits of continuing medical education required of each person licensed as a physician, as a condition of biennial registration pursu…

45:9-7.9 Certain physicians required to attend education program concerning bias. 2. The State Board of Medical Examiners shall require that the number of credits of continuing medical education required of each person licensed as a physician who provides perinatal treatment and …

45:9-8 Additional requirements for licensure to practice medicine and surgery. 45:9-8. Except as otherwise provided in R.S.45:9-1 et seq., every applicant for admission to licensure by examination to practice medicine and surgery shall, in addition to the requirements set forth i…

45:9-8.1. Persons who attended recognized medical college, completed internship of eighteen months and served fifteen years on hospital staff; admission to examination Any person who, having matriculated at a legally chartered medical college in the United States which medical co…