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NJ Rev Stat § 26:2J-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2J-48 - Health maintenance organization, aggregate benefits.

26:2J-48 Health maintenance organization, aggregate benefits.  5. a. Beginning with the calendar year starting on January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter, a health maintenance organization providing health benefits plans to a large employer shall return, in the form of aggregate benefits for all large group health benefits plans offered by the health maintenance organization, at least 85 percent of the aggregate premiums collected for all of those plans. b. A health maintenance organization shall annually report to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, no later than August 1 of each year, the loss ratio calculated for all health benefits plans for the previous calendar year. In each case in which the loss ratio fails to substantially comply with the 85 percent loss ratio requirement, the health maintenance organization shall issue a dividend or credit against future premiums for all contract holders in an amount sufficient to assure that the aggregate benefits paid in the previous calendar year plus the amount of the dividends and credits shall equal 85 percent of the premiums collected. The health maintenance organization shall distribute all dividends and credits by December 31 of the year following the calendar year in which the loss ratio requirements were not satisfied. The health maintenance organization's annual report shall include the health maintenance organization's calculation of the dividends and credits applicable to all health benefits plans, as well as an explanation of the health maintenance organization's plan to issue dividends or credits.  c. The commissioner shall specify by regulation:  (1) any informational filings required to be submitted by a health maintenance organization to the commissioner in order to determine whether the health maintenance organization is in compliance with the loss ratio requirements;  (2) the instructions and format for calculating and reporting loss ratios and issuing dividends or credits; (3) procedures for the distribution of a dividend or credit in the event of cancellation or termination by a contract holder; and (4) the instructions and format for submitting annual reports. d. As used in this section, "large employer" means an employer with more than 50 employees, who is not a small employer as defined in section 1 of P.L.1992, c.162 (C.17B:27A-17). L.2019, c.358, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-7 - Definitions

26:2K-7. Definitions  As used in this act: a. "Advanced life support" means an advanced level of pre-hospital, inter-hospital, and emergency service care which includes basic life support functions, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, telemetered electrocardiography, administration of anti-arrhythmic agents, intravenous therapy, administration of specific medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive ventilation devices, trauma care and other techniques and procedures authorized in writing by the commissioner; b. "Board of Medical Examiners" means the State Board of Medical Examiners; c. "Board of Nursing" means the New Jersey Board of Nursing; d. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the State Department of Health; e. "Department" means the State Department of Health; f. "Emergency service" means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours a day by a licensed physician trained in emergency medicine; g. "Inter-hospital care" means those emergency medical services rendered by mobile intensive care units to emergency patients before and during transportation between emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities; h. "Mobile intensive care paramedic" means a person trained in advanced life support services and certified by the commissioner to render advanced life support services as part of a mobile intensive care unit; i. "Mobile intensive care unit" means a specialized emergency medical service vehicle staffed by mobile intensive care paramedics or registered professional nurses trained in advanced life support nursing and operated for the provision of advanced life support services under the direction of an authorized hospital; j. "Pre-hospital care" means those emergency medical services rendered by mobile intensive care units to emergency patients before and during transportation to emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities. L.1984, c. 146, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-8 - Mobile intensive care paramedic; certification from commissioner; written standards; examination; register of applicants.

26:2K-8 Mobile intensive care paramedic; certification from commissioner; written standards; examination; register of applicants.  2. a. A mobile intensive care paramedic shall obtain certification from the commissioner to staff a mobile intensive care unit and shall make application therefor on forms prescribed by the commissioner. b. The commissioner with the approval of the board of medical examiners shall establish written standards which a mobile intensive care paramedic shall meet in order to obtain certification. The commissioner shall act on a regular basis upon applications of candidates for certification as a mobile intensive care paramedic. The commissioner shall certify a candidate who provides satisfactory evidence of the successful completion of an educational program approved by the commissioner for the training of mobile intensive care paramedics and who passes an examination in the provision of advance life support services, which examination shall be conducted by the department at least twice a year. The commissioner shall certify a candidate for a mobile intensive care paramedic certification who has equivalent military training or experience in any branch of the active duty or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state if the commissioner determines that the candidate's military training and experience exceed or are equivalent to the certification standards established by the commissioner. c. The department shall maintain a register of all applicants for certification hereunder, which register shall include but not be limited to: (1) The name and residence of the applicant; (2) The date of the application; (3) Information as to whether the applicant was rejected or certified and the date of that action. The department shall annually compile a list of mobile intensive care paramedics. This list shall be available to the public. L.1984, c.146, s.2; amended 2013, c.101, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-9 - Revocation of certificate

26:2K-9. Revocation of certificate  The commissioner after notice and hearing may revoke the certification of a mobile intensive care paramedic for violation of any provision of this act or regulation promulgated hereunder. L.1984, c. 146, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-10 - Performance of advanced life support services; supervision from physician

26:2K-10. Performance of advanced life support services; supervision from physician  A mobile intensive care paramedic may perform advanced life support services, provided they maintain direct voice communication with and are taking orders from a licensed physician or physician directed registered professional nurse, both of whom are affiliated with a mobile intensive care hospital which is approved by the commissioner to provide advanced life support services. A telemetered electrocardiogram shall be monitored when deemed appropriate by the licensed physician or when required by written rules and regulations established by the mobile intensive care hospital and approved by the commissioner. L.1984, c. 146, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-11 - Performance of advanced life support procedure; immediate danger of patient

26:2K-11. Performance of advanced life support procedure; immediate danger of patient  If the direct voice communications fail, a mobile intensive care paramedic may perform any advanced life support procedure for which that person is certified and which is included in a written protocol established by the mobile intensive care hospital and approved by the commissioner if, in the judgment of the nurse or paramedic, the life of the patient is in immediate danger and requires that care for his preservation. L.1984, c. 146, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-12 - Mobile intensive care units

26:2K-12. Mobile intensive care units  a. Only a hospital authorized by the commissioner with an accredited emergency service may develop and maintain a mobile intensive care unit, and provide advanced life support services utilizing licensed physicians, registered professional nurses trained in advanced life support nursing, and mobile intensive care paramedics.  b. A hospital authorized by the commissioner pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall provide mobile intensive care unit services on a seven- day-a-week basis.  c. The commissioner shall establish, in writing, criteria which a hospital shall meet in order to qualify for the authorization.  d. The commissioner may withdraw his authorization if the hospital or unit violates any provision of this act or rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.  L. 1984, c. 146, s. 6. Amended by L. 1985, c. 351, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-12.1 - Hospitals in certain municipalities, requirements for provision of emergency medical services.

26:2K-12.1 Hospitals in certain municipalities, requirements for provision of emergency medical services.  1. a. (1) A hospital which has been issued a certificate of need by the Department of Health to operate a Level 1 trauma center shall be exclusively authorized to develop and maintain advanced life support services in the municipality in which the trauma center is located, and shall have the right of first refusal to provide both advanced life support and basic life support services in the municipality, provided that the services are provided at no charge to the municipality, and the municipality does not provide basic life support services as a municipal service or as part of a shared services agreement.  (2) A hospital that develops and maintains advanced life support services pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be subject to the same level of oversight by the Department of Health as would apply to an entity that holds a certificate of need for advanced life support services, as provided by regulation at N.J.A.C.8:33. b. A hospital which has been issued a certificate of need by the Department of Health to operate a Level 1 trauma center shall have the right to apply under expedited review to provide advanced life support services in additional municipalities in which an acute care hospital that, as of July 1, 2015, is part of the same health system as the Level 1 trauma center is located, provided such application for expedited review is submitted on or before December 31, 2016. L.2015, c.70, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-12.2 - Conditions for licensure for emergency medical services provider.

26:2K-12.2 Conditions for licensure for emergency medical services provider.  1. a. Each emergency medical services provider in the State shall, as a condition of licensure, certify that its standards, practices, and protocols are in accordance with the "Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients, Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR, January 13, 2012, Vol. 61, No. 1," or such successor guidance as may be promulgated by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Compliance with the requirements of this section shall be verified during the annual provider audit. b. As used in this section, "emergency medical services provider" means any association, organization, company, department, agency, service, program, unit, or other entity that provides pre-hospital emergency care to patients in New Jersey, including, but not limited to, a basic life support ambulance service, a mobile intensive care program or mobile intensive care unit, an air medical service, or a volunteer or non-volunteer first aid, rescue and ambulance squad. L.2021, c.23, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-13 - Provision of life support services; advertisement or dissemination of information prohibited; impersonation of paramedic prohibited

26:2K-13. Provision of life support services; advertisement or dissemination of information prohibited; impersonation of paramedic prohibited  a. No person may advertise or disseminate information to the public that the person provides advanced life support services by a mobile intensive care unit unless the person is authorized to do so pursuant to section 6 of this act. b. No person may impersonate or refer to himself as a mobile intensive care paramedic unless he is certified or approved therefor, as appropriate. L.1984, c. 146, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-14 - Liability for civil damages

26:2K-14. Liability for civil damages  No mobile intensive care paramedic, licensed physician, hospital or its board of trustees, officers and members of the medical staff, nurses or other employees of the hospital, first aid, ambulance or rescue squad, or officers and members of a rescue squad shall be liable for any civil damages as the result of an act or the omission of an act committed while in training for or in the rendering of advanced life support services in good faith and in accordance with this act. L.1984, c. 146, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-15 - Violations; penalties

26:2K-15. Violations; penalties  An individual who violates the provisions of this act is subject to a penalty of $200.00 for the first offense and $500.00 for each subsequent offense. If the violation of this act is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute a separate offense for the purposes of this section. The penalty shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings under "the penalty enforcement law," (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). L.1984, c. 146, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-16 - Advisory council

26:2K-16. Advisory council  The commissioner shall establish a State mobile intensive care advisory council, which shall advise the department on all matters of mobile intensive care services, the Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program and emergency medical transportation. The council shall select a chairman annually to chair the meetings and coordinate the activities of the advisory council. The chairman shall appoint subcommittees to review and recommend policy on subjects including, but not limited to, advanced life support training programs, advanced life support patient care equipment, biomedical and telecommunications equipment and procedures, treatment protocols, and helicopter equipment and procedures, as well as other medical matters.  L. 1984, c. 146, s. 10. Amended by L. 1986, c. 106, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-17 - Rules and regulations

26:2K-17. Rules and regulations  The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, and the board of medical examiners and the board of nursing shall promulgate such rules and regulations as they deem necessary to carry out their functions under this act. L.1984, c. 146, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-18 - Duties of mobile intensive care paramedic; interpretation of act

26:2K-18. Duties of mobile intensive care paramedic; interpretation of act  Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to permit a mobile intensive care paramedic to perform the duties or fill the position of another health care professional employed by the hospital, except that the paramedic may perform those functions that are necessary to assure the orderly transfer of advanced life support care from the mobile intensive care unit to hospital staff upon arrival at an emergency room, and that are necessary to obtain the clinical training in the provision of advanced life support services required by the department. L.1984, c. 146, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-19 - Emergency service training program; construction of act

26:2K-19. Emergency service training program; construction of act  Nothing in this act shall be construed as interfering with an emergency service training program authorized and operated under provisions of the "New Jersey Highway Safety Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c. 351 (C. 27:5F-1 et seq.). L.1984, c. 146, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-20 - Duties of health care professionals; construction of act

26:2K-20. Duties of health care professionals; construction of act  Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent a licensed and qualified member of the health care profession from performing any of the duties of a mobile intensive care paramedic if the duties are consistent with the accepted standards of the member's profession. L.1984, c. 146, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-21 - Definitions

26:2K-21. Definitions  As used in this act:  a. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Examiners;  b. "Basic life support" means a basic level of pre-hospital care which includes patient stabilization, airway clearance, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage control, initial wound care and fracture stabilization and other techniques and procedures authorized by the commissioner;  c. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the State Department of Health;  d. "Department" means the State Department of Health;  e. "Emergency service" means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours a day by licensed physicians trained in emergency medicine;  f. "EMT-intermediate" means a person trained in intermediate life support services and certified by the commissioner to render intermediate life support services as part of an authorized pre-hospital intermediate life support pilot program;  g. "Inter-hospital care" means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients in preparation for transportation and during transportation between emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities;  h. "Intermediate life support program" means a program authorized under this act to provide pre-hospital intermediate life support services;  i. "Intermediate life support services" means an intermediate level of pre-hospital, inter-hospital, and emergency service care which includes basic life support functions, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, the use of the esophageal obturator airway, and the use of military anti-shock trousers and other techniques and procedures authorized by the commissioner;  j. "Pre-hospital care" means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients before and during transportation to emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities.  L. 1985, c. 351, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-22 - Pilot program

26:2K-22. Pilot program  A hospital having an accredited emergency service may apply to the department for approval to develop and maintain a pilot intermediate life support program in cooperation with first aid, rescue or emergency squads under regulations adopted by the commissioner. The pilot program shall be limited to rural areas. A pilot program that is approved by the department shall utilize EMT-intermediates for the provision of intermediate life support services. The program shall be under the direction of a licensed physician specializing in emergency medicine, who is affiliated with a hospital certified to participate in this program by the commissioner.  L. 1985, c. 351, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-23 - 3-year limit

26:2K-23. 3-year limit  An intermediate life support program shall not extend beyond three years of the effective date of this act. The commissioner shall report to the Legislature no later than January 15 of each year on the effectiveness of each intermediate life support program.  L. 1985, c. 351, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-24 - Conditions for performance of services

26:2K-24. Conditions for performance of services  a. EMT-intermediates may perform intermediate life support services; provided they maintain direct voice communications with, and are taking orders from, a licensed physician or physician-directed registered professional nurse, both of whom are affiliated with a hospital which is approved by the commissioner to operate an intermediate life support program.  b. If the direct voice communications fail, an EMT-intermediate may perform any intermediate life support service for which he is certified that is included in written protocols established by the intermediate life support program hospital and approved by the commissioner, if, in the judgment of the EMT-intermediate, the life of the patient is in immediate danger and requires that care for his preservation.  L. 1985, c. 351, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2K-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2K-25 - Certification

26:2K-25. Certification  a. An EMT-intermediate shall obtain certification from the commissioner to provide pre-hospital intermediate life support services and shall make application therefor on forms prescribed by the commissioner.  b. The commissioner, with the approval of the board, shall establish written standards which an EMT-intermediate shall meet in order to obtain certification. The commissioner shall certify a candidate who provides satisfactory completion of an educational program approved by the commissioner for the training of EMT-intermediates and who passes an examination in the provision of intermediate life support services, which shall be conducted by the department at regular intervals.  c. The commissioner shall maintain a register of all applications for approval hereunder, which shall include but not be limited to:  (1) The name and residence of the applicant;  (2) The date of the application;  (3) Whether the applicant was rejected or approved and the date of that action.  The commissioner shall annually compile a list of certified EMT-intermediates. This list shall be available to the public.  L. 1985, c. 351, s. 6.