2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 45 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 1 - Persons entitled to practice, etc. under former laws unaffected
Section 45:1-12 - Extra fee for completion of medical claim form, certain practitioners, penalty.
Section: 45:1-12: Extra fee for completion of medical claim form, certain practitioners, penalty.
1. No podiatrist, optometrist or psychologist and no professional service corporation engaging in the practice of podiatric medicine, optometry or psychology in this State shall charge a patient an extra fee for services rendered in completing a medical claim form in connection with a health insurance policy. Any person violating this act shall be subject to a fine of $100.00 for each offense.
Such penalty shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court and municipal court shall have jurisdiction within its territory of such proceedings. Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue in the name of the State, upon the complaint of the State Board of Medical Examiners with respect to podiatrists, the New Jersey State Board of Optometry for optometrists or the State Board of Psychological Examiners for psychologists.
L.1975,c.300,s.1; amended 1991, c.91, s.447; 2005, c.259, s.37.
