Title 45, Title 45: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

45:9-22.23 Information included in profile of physician, podiatrist, optometrist. 3. a. The following information shall be included for each profile of a physician, podiatrist or optometrist, as applicable: (1) Name of all medical or optometry schools attended and dates of gradua…

45:9-22.24 Contracts with public, private entity for profiles. 4. The Division of Consumer Affairs may contract with a public or private entity for the purpose of developing, administering and maintaining the physician, podiatrist and optometrist profiles required pursuant to thi…

45:9-22.25 Regulations. 8. Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the State Board of Medical Examiners and the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, sha…

45:9-22.26 Licensed physician to provide information concerning the Independent Health Care Appeals Program. 2. A licensed physician shall be required, as prescribed by regulation of the State Board of Medical Examiners, to post, in a conspicuous place in the patients' waiting ro…

45:9-22.27 Health care professional to provide copies of treatment, billing records; fees; price limits. 2. A person licensed to practice a health care profession regulated by the State Board of Medical Examiners shall provide copies of professional treatment and billing records,…

45:9-22.3. Failure of physician to comply; sanctions A physician who fails to comply with this act is liable for action by the State Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to R.S. 45:9-1 et seq. L.1984, c. 185, s. 2, eff. Nov. 14, 1984.

45:9-22.3a. Distribution of booklet by attending physician 2. An attending physician shall give all patients who are referred for a routine mammogram or who are under the physician's care for treatment of breast cancer a copy of the informational booklet on breast cancer prepared…

45:9-22.3b. Immunity from civil liability for physician 3. A physician who fails to provide a copy of the information booklet on breast cancer to a patient shall not be liable for a civil penalty because of his failure to do so. L.1993,c.225,s.3.

45:9-22.4 Definitions. 1. For the purposes of P.L.1989, c.19 (C.45:9-22.4 et seq.), P.L.2009, c.24 (C.45:9-22.5a et seq.), and P.L.2017, c.111 (C.45:9-22.5c et al.): "Alternative payment entity" means an entity authorized to receive compensation for the provision of health care o…

45:9-22.5 Referral of patient by practitioner regulated. 2. a. A practitioner shall not refer a patient or direct an employee of the practitioner to refer a patient to a health care service in which the practitioner, or the practitioner's immediate family, or the practitioner in …

45:9-22.5a Certain referrals for procedures involving anesthesia. 4. a. A referral for ambulatory surgery or a procedure requiring anesthesia made prior to the effective date of this section of P.L.2009, c.24 by a practitioner to a surgical practice or ambulatory care facility li…

45:9-22.5b Certain referrals to surgical practice, ambulatory care facility. 5. a. A referral made during the first 12 months after the effective date of this section of P.L.2009, c.24 to a surgical practice or an ambulatory care facility licensed by the Department of Health and …

45:9-22.5c Application package to operate an alternate payment model. 3. a. Participants desiring to establish an alternative payment model shall submit to the Department of Health, in a form and manner established by the Department of Health, an application package to operate an…

45:9-22.5d Review by DOH. 4. a. The Department of Health shall review each registered alternative payment model at least once every six years to determine whether the participants in the alternative payment model have complied with this act and other relevant State and federal la…

45:9-22.5e Rules, regulations. 5. The Commissioner of Health shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt any rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.2017, c.…

45:9-22.6 Written disclosure form. 3. The written disclosure form required pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.19 (C.45:9-22.5) shall be prescribed by regulation of the State Board of Medical Examiners. In addition to such other information as the board determines necessary, the…

45:9-22.7. Exemption The disclosure requirements of this act do not apply in the case of a practitioner who is providing health care services pursuant to a prepaid capitated contract entered into with the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Hum…

45:9-22.8. Penalty A practitioner who violates the provisions of this act is liable for a penalty pursuant to section 12 of P.L. 1978, c. 73 (C. 45:1-25). L. 1989, c. 19, s. 5.

45:9-22.9. Rules, regulations The State Board of Medical Examiners established pursuant to R.S. 45:9-1 shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). L. 198…

45:9-27.10. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Physician Assistant Licensing Act." L.1991,c.378,s.1.

45:9-27.11 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: "Accredited program" means an education program for physician assistants which is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its predecessor or successor agency. "Board" means the S…

45:9-27.12. Required license 3. a. (1) No person shall practice as a physician assistant or present, call or represent himself as a physician assistant unless that person is licensed pursuant to section 4 of this act. (2) Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit, preclude,…

45:9-27.13 License requirements. 4. a. The board shall issue a license as a physician assistant to an applicant who has fulfilled the following requirements: (1) Is at least 18 years of age; (2) Is of good moral character; (3) Has successfully completed an accredited program; and…

45:9-27.13a Medical malpractice liability insurance, letter of credit required. 11. a. A physician assistant who engages in clinical practice in this State is required to be covered by medical malpractice liability insurance, or if such liability coverage is not available, by a l…

45:9-27.15 Practice of physician assistant. 6. a. A physician assistant may practice in all medical care settings, including, but not limited to, a physician's office, a health care facility, an institution, a veterans' home, or a private home, provided that: (1) the physician as…

45:9-27.16 Allowable procedures. 7. a. A physician assistant may perform the following procedures: (1) Approaching a patient to elicit a detailed and accurate history, perform an appropriate physical examination, identify problems, record information, and interpret and present in…

45:9-27.17 Physician's responsibility for assistant. 8. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2015, c.224) b. Any physician who permits a physician assistant under the physician's supervision to practice contrary to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.378 (C.45:9-27.10 et seq.) shall be deemed…

45:9-27.18 Supervision. 9. a. A physician assistant shall be under the supervision of a physician at all times during which the physician assistant is working in an official capacity. b. Supervision of a physician assistant shall be continuous but shall not be construed as necess…

45:9-27.18a Response to emergencies; immunity from civil damages. 12. a. A physician assistant licensed in this State, or licensed or authorized to practice in any other jurisdiction of the United States or credentialed as a physician assistant by a federal employer, who is respo…

45:9-27.19 Dispensing of medication. 10. A physician assistant may order, prescribe, dispense, and administer medications and medical devices and issue written instructions to registered qualifying patients for medical cannabis to the extent delegated by a supervising physician. …

45:9-27.19b Regulations relative to physician assistants dispensing certain controlled dangerous substances. 12. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a physician assistant who is otherwise authorized to order, prescribe, and dispense controlled dangerous…

45:9-27.2 Repealer All acts and parts of acts, general or special, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies only. L.1939,c.115,s.36.

45:9-27.20. Physician Assistant Advisory Committee 11. There is created within the State Board of Medical Examiners, a Physician Assistant Advisory Committee. The committee shall consist of five members who are residents of this State, one of whom shall be a public member and one…

45:9-27.21 Election of officers; meetings. 12. The committee shall annually elect from among its members a president and vice-president. The committee shall meet six times a year and may hold additional meetings as necessary to discharge its duties. In addition to such meetings, …

45:9-27.22. Executive Director 13. An Executive Director of the committee shall be appointed by the director and shall serve at the director's pleasure. The salary of the Executive Director shall be determined by the director within the limits of available funds. The director sha…

45:9-27.23 Powers, duties. 14. a. The committee may have the following powers and duties, as delegated by the board: (1) to evaluate and pass upon the qualifications of candidates for licensure; (2) to take disciplinary action, in accordance with P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.…

45:9-27.25. Continuing professional education 16. a. The board, or the committee if so delegated by the board, shall: (1) approve only such continuing professional education programs as are available to all physician assistants in this State on a reasonable nondiscriminatory basi…

45:9-27.25a Continuing education for physician assistant relative to opiods. 20. 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 assistant, as a condition of biennial …

45:9-27.25b Continuing medication education to include programs on end-of-life care; rules, regulations. 9. 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 assistant, …

45:9-27.25c Certain physician assistants required to attend education program concerning bias. 3. 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 assistant who provides p…

45:9-27.26 Powers, duties of board. 17. In consultation with the committee, the board shall, in addition to such other powers and duties as it may possess by law: a. Administer and enforce the provisions of P.L.1991, c.378 (C.45:9-27.10 et seq.); b. Adopt and promulgate rules and…

45:9-27.27. Enforcement 18. The provisions of the uniform enforcement law, P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.), shall apply to this act. The authority of the board may be delegated to the committee at the discretion of the board. L.1991,c.378,s.18; amended 1992,c.102,s.13.

45:9-27.28. Fees for licenses 19. a. The board shall by rule or regulation establish, prescribe or change the fees for licenses, renewals of licenses or other services provided by the board or the committee pursuant to the provisions of this act. Licenses shall be issued for a pe…

45:9-27.29 Interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact. 1. The State of New Jersey enacts and enters into the PA licensure compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact in the form substantially as follows: Section 1. Purpose In order to strengthen acces…

45:9-27.3 Severability If any part or parts of this act shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional the validity of the other parts hereof shall not thereby be affected or impaired. L.1939, c.115, s.37.

45:9-27.5. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Physician or surgeon" means a person licensed or permitted to practice medicine or surgery in this State. b. "Contingent fee arrangement" means an agreement for medical services of one or more physicians or surgeons, including any a…