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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-6.1i - Liberal construction relative to certain contracts, agreements.

18A:64G-6.1i Liberal construction relative to certain contracts, agreements.
151. a. The provisions of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.) and the authorization pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2006, c.95 (C.18A:64G-6.1) for the board of directors of University Hospital to enter into a contract or other agreement with a nonprofit corporation for the operation and management of University Hospital is to be liberally construed to promote the purposes of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.) and to permit the contracted manager to operate University Hospital and exercise the powers described herein notwithstanding that its actions might be deemed anti-competitive or a restraint of trade under any state or federal antitrust laws.
b. In the event that the board of directors of University Hospital enters into a contract or other agreement with a nonprofit corporation for the operation and management of University Hospital, the contracted manager may, in addition to any other authorized duties:
(1) make and execute contracts, and any other instruments including agreements in furtherance of the purposes of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.) with any health systems and providers of health care services, private payors, or other parties; and
(2) form and operate networks of hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers, arrange for the provision of health care services through such networks, and enter into such agreements, joint ventures, and affiliations directly related to the management of University Hospital.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, University Hospital shall continue to be the principal teaching hospital of the New Jersey Medical School, the New Jersey Dental School, and any other Newark-based medical education program. University Hospital clinicians shall continue to have faculty appointments in a Newark-based school. Bargaining unit employees employed at University Hospital shall retain their status as public employees within the meaning of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.), and such employees shall continue to provide the services they were providing prior to University Hospital entering into a management contract. There shall be no substantive changes that result in the diminution, deterioration, or reduction to essential health care services currently provided by University Hospital for a period of five years after the effective date of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.) without review by the University Hospital Community Oversight Board and approval by the Department of Health and Senior Services, and any management contract shall conform to all other requirements of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.).
L.2012, c.45, s.151.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-7 - Additional powers

18A:64G-7. Additional powers
7. The board of trustees, in addition to the other powers and duties provided herein, shall have and exercise the powers, rights and privileges that are incident to the proper government, conduct and management of the university and the control of its properties and funds and such powers granted to the university or the board or reasonably implied, may be exercised without recourse or reference to any department or agency of the State, except as otherwise provided by this act.
L.1970,c.102,s.7; amended 1981,c.325,s.8; 1994,c.48,s.170.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-8 - Investment of funds; finance committee of board

18A:64G-8. Investment of funds; finance committee of board
8. All functions, powers and duties relating to the investment or reinvestment of funds other than those funds specified in paragraph (5) of subsection (n) of section 6 of P.L.1970, c.102 (C.18A:64G-6) within the jurisdiction of the board of trustees including the purchase, sale or exchange of any investments or securities may be exercised and performed by the Director of the Division of Investment in accordance with the provisions of chapter 270 of the laws of 1950 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.) if so authorized by the board. Sections 9 and 10 of P.L.1970, c.102 (C.18A:64G-9 and 18A:64G-10) shall only be applicable in the event of such an election. Before any such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale or exchange shall be made by the director for or on behalf of the board of trustees, the Director of the Division of Investment shall submit the details thereof to the board, which shall, itself or by its finance committee, within 48 hours, exclusive of Sundays and public holidays, after such submission to it, file with the director its written acceptance or rejection of such proposed investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale or exchange; and the director shall have authority to make such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale or exchange for or on behalf of the board, unless there shall have been filed with him a written rejection thereof by the board or its finance committee as herein provided. The board of trustees shall determine from time to time the cash requirements of the various funds and accounts established by it and the amount available for investment, all of which shall be certified to the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Investment.
The finance committee of the board of trustees shall consist of three members of the board who shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term as other committees of the board are appointed.
L.1970,c.102,s.8; amended 1992,c.84,s.6; 1994,c.48,s.300.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-9 - Authorized investments

18A:64G-9. Authorized investments
The Director of the Division of Investment, in addition to other investments, presently or from time to time hereafter authorized by law, shall have authority, subject to any acceptance required, to invest and reinvest such funds in, and to acquire for or on behalf of the board such bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or capital stock or other securities issued by any company incorporated within the United States or within the Dominion of Canada, which shall be authorized or approved for investment by regulation of the State Investment Council and in which life insurance companies organized under the laws of this State may legally invest.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-10 - Depositories and custodians

18A:64G-10. Depositories and custodians
The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of said board's investment funds, shall select all depositories and custodians and shall negotiate and execute custody agreements in connection with the assets or investments of any said funds.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-11 - President of university; powers and duties

18A:64G-11. President of university; powers and duties
The president of the university shall be responsible to the board of trustees and shall have such powers as shall be requisite, for the executive management and conduct of the university in all departments, branches and divisions, and for the execution and enforcement of the bylaws, rules, regulations and orders governing the management, conduct and administration of the university.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 11. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 9, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-12 - Employee retirement rights

18A:64G-12. Employee retirement rights
Subject to the provisions of P.L.1969, c. 242 and except as otherwise provided by law, the university shall be deemed to be an employer for the purposes of P.L.1954, c. 84, the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act" (C. 43:15A-1 et seq.) and shall also be deemed to be a "public agency or organization" within the meaning of section 71 of said act (C. 43:15A-71). Prior service credit shall not be extended to any officer or employee of the university who enrolls in the public employees' retirement system if he is entitled to a pension or an annuity based on such prior service under any other pension act or program.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 12. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 10, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-14 - Personal liability of trustees and officers

18A:64G-14. Personal liability of trustees and officers
No trustee or officer of the university shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation or other liability of the university or incurred by or on behalf of the university or any constituent unit thereof.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 14. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 11, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-15 - Debts and liabilities; pledge of credit

18A:64G-15. Debts and liabilities; pledge of credit
No provision in this act contained shall be deemed or construed to create or constitute a debt, liability, or a loan or pledge of the credit, of the State of New Jersey.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-16 - Acquisition of university site by municipality; sale to university; municipal bond ordinance; gross debt reduction

18A:64G-16. Acquisition of university site by municipality; sale to university; municipal bond ordinance; gross debt reduction
(a) A municipality in which a site has been selected, under this act for the university is hereby authorized to acquire such site and the governing body thereof is hereby empowered to incur indebtedness, borrow, appropriate and expend money and issue negotiable bonds for such purpose.
(b) The governing body of such municipality is hereby empowered to enter into an agreement, or declaration of intention, with the board of trustees of the university, for the sale of such site to the university without compliance with the laws relating to the sale of public property.
(c) Any bonds of the municipality authorized under this section for the acquisition of such a site (including land, clearance and relocation) shall be authorized by a bond ordinance in form and adopted by the governing body in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed by the local bond law, constituting chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes and shall be issued in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed by said law, except that said bond ordinance may be adopted notwithstanding (1) the provisions of section 40A:2-6 of said law or debt or other limit prescribed by any other law, and (2) the provisions of section 40A:2-11 of said law and no down payment shall be required, and (3) the provisions of section 40A:2-8 of said law, may authorize the issuance of bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds authorized by the bond ordinance which may mature in not exceeding 1 year and may be renewed from time to time for periods not exceeding 1 year and all such notes, including renewals, shall mature and be payable not later than the third anniversary of the date of the original note, and (4) the provisions of section 40A:2-22 subdivision (d) and the governing body may determine that the period of usefulness for which bonds are authorized pursuant to this section, according to their reasonable life, computed from the date of the bonds, is a period not greater than 40 years.
(d) Any bonds or notes authorized by the municipality pursuant to this section shall constitute a deduction from its gross debt and shall not be considered in determining its net debt for debt incurring purposes.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 16. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 12, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-17 - Sale of municipal hospital to university

18A:64G-17. Sale of municipal hospital to university
The governing body of any municipality in which a site has been selected for the university under this act and wherein a public hospital is located under the control of said governing body pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes or any other law, is hereby empowered to enter into an agreement subject to the approval of the State House Commission, or declaration of intention, with the board of trustees of the university for the sale of such hospital to the university and such sale may be made without compliance with the laws relating to the sale of public property.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 17. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 13, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-18 - Retirement rights of former municipal hospital employees

18A:64G-18. Retirement rights of former municipal hospital employees
The acquisition of the hospital by the university shall not alter the retirement anticipation of any former municipal employee of the hospital.
a. Upon the effective date of the acquisition of the hospital by the university the former municipal employees of the hospital who continue as employees of the university and who are members of a municipal retirement system established pursuant to P.L.1954, c. 218, as amended and supplemented (C. 43:13-22.3 et seq.), shall continue their membership in such retirement system. Following the year of such acquisition, the university shall pay annually to such retirement system on behalf of such members the amount of the employer's contribution as would have been required of the municipality under the terms of said P.L.1954, c. 218.
b. Upon the effective date of the acquisition of the hospital by the university, the former permanent municipal employees of the hospital who are not members of such municipal employees' retirement system and who anticipated the receipt of a pension from the municipality under the provisions of chapter 4 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes or the "General Noncontributory Pension Act," P.L.1955, c. 263 (C. 43:8B-1 et seq.) shall continue their eligibility for such pension to be paid by the municipality. When any such pension shall be paid by the municipality on the basis of service rendered with the municipality and subsequently with the university the university shall annually pay to the municipality on account of such pension an amount which shall be in the same proportion as the employee's years of service with the university bear to his total service upon which the pension has been calculated.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 18. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 14, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-19 - Municipal hospital pension obligations; budget request; payment

18A:64G-19. Municipal hospital pension obligations; budget request; payment
The comptroller of the university shall include such employer pension obligations in his budget request for inclusion in the annual appropriation paid by the State to the university. Payment of such moneys shall be made to the municipality upon audit and warrant of the comptroller of the university.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 19. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 15, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-21 - Continuance as university employees

18A:64G-21. Continuance as university employees
Upon the effective date of the acquisition of the hospital by the university, all permanent municipal employees of the hospital in the classified Civil Service, except physicians and dentists, shall continue as employees of the university and in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, shall not suffer loss of position or be removed, suspended or demoted except for cause.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 21. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 17, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-22 - Transfer of appropriations and other moneys

18A:64G-22. Transfer of appropriations and other moneys
All appropriations, grants, and other moneys available and to become available to the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry are hereby transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey established hereunder, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by the State budget or by State and Federal law.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-23 - Transfer of employees

18A:64G-23. Transfer of employees
All employees of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry are hereby transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Nothing in this act shall be considered to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him under any pension law or retirement system or any other law of this State.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-24 - Transfer of files, records, etc.

18A:64G-24. Transfer of files, records, etc.
All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, are hereby transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-25 - Effect of former orders, rules, regulations

18A:64G-25. Effect of former orders, rules, regulations
This act shall not affect the orders, rules or regulations heretofore made or promulgated by the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, but such orders, rules and regulations shall continue with full force and effect as the orders, rules and regulations of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey until amended or repealed pursuant to law.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-26 - Effect upon pending actions or proceedings

18A:64G-26. Effect upon pending actions or proceedings
This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, but such actions, or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or regulation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, and all such matters or proceedings pending before the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-27 - Reports, certifications, etc.; filing

18A:64G-27. Reports, certifications, etc.; filing
Whenever, pursuant to any existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or permitted to be made to the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, such reports and certifications shall hereafter be required to be filed with and such applications and requests are hereafter to be made to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-28 - Reference in law, rule, document, etc., to former college

18A:64G-28. Reference in law, rule, document, etc., to former college
Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, the same shall mean and refer to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-29 - Rights of state in former medical school; transfer

18A:64G-29. Rights of state in former medical school; transfer
In order to carry out the purposes of this act and to provide the program of medical and dental education required for the benefit of the State and the people of New Jersey, all rights of the State of New Jersey in the Rutgers Medical School are hereby transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The college is hereby authorized to acquire the facilities of Rutgers Medical School and devote the same to the purposes of public higher education in the State in accordance with section 2 of this act and with the terms of any gift, grant, trust, contract or other agreement with the State or any of its political subdivisions or with the United States or with any public body, department or any agency of the State or the United States or with any individual, firm or corporation.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-30 - Acquisition of interest in Rutgers Medical School facilities; transfers to University of Medicine and Dentistry

18A:64G-30. Acquisition of interest in Rutgers Medical School facilities; transfers to University of Medicine and Dentistry
Upon acquisition by the college of such interest in the facilities of Rutgers Medical School as will permit the college to carry out the purposes set forth in section 2 of this act:
(a) All appropriations available and to become available to the Rutgers Medical School and Rutgers, The State University for the purposes of the Rutgers Medical School shall be transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by the State budget;
(b) All other grants, gifts, other moneys and property available and to become available to or for the Rutgers Medical School shall be transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and shall be available for the objects and purposes of the college, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by State and Federal law or otherwise;
(c) All employees of the Rutgers Medical School shall become employees of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Nothing in this act shall be considered to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him under any pension law or retirement system or any other law of this State;
(d) All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other personal property of Rutgers Medical School shall be transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; and
(e) All orders, rules or regulations theretofore made or promulgated by Rutgers Medical School shall continue with full force and effect as the orders, rules and regulations of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey until amended or repealed by the college.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-31 - Repealer

18A:64G-31. Repealer
N.J.S. 18A:64C-1 through N.J.S. 18A:64C-3, N.J.S. 18A:64C-5 through N.J.S. 18A:64C-25, N.J.S. 18A:65-68 through N.J.S. 18A:65-72 and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act, to the extent of such inconsistency, are superseded and repealed.
L.1970, c. 102, s. 31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-35 - "Physician-Dentist Fellowship and Education Program to Provide Health Care to Persons with Developmental Disabilities."

18A:64G-35 "Physician-Dentist Fellowship and Education Program to Provide Health Care to Persons with Developmental Disabilities."
1. There is established a "Physician-Dentist Fellowship and Education Program to Provide Health Care to Persons with Developmental Disabilities" within Rutgers, The State University. The purpose of the program is to provide physicians and dentists with graduate and fellowship training through academic institutions in the State and continuing medical and dental education on a Statewide basis, in the provision of medical and dental services to persons with developmental disabilities to ensure that these services are accessible and adequately available to persons with developmental disabilities in the State.
L.1999, c.353, s.1; amended 2012, c.45, s.74.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-37 - Purpose of program.

18A:64G-37 Purpose of program.
3. The program shall:
a. Create training sites in each of the northern, central and southern regions of the State; b. Establish cooperative agreements with managed care organizations, community health centers and other health care facilities in the State, in which the program participants can provide medical and dental care to persons with developmental disabilities;
c. Establish standards for one to two year fellowships, which shall include clinical, didactic and research components, as appropriate, and provide stipends to the program fellows which are comparable to other post-graduate medical and dental fellowships offered in the State;
d. Establish collaborative, working relationships with Department of Human Services programs for the developmentally disabled, programs that deliver health care services to the disabled community and accredited residency programs in the State to provide training to medical and dental residents in the provision of health care to persons with developmental disabilities; and
e. Ensure the development and provision of continuing medical education and continuing dental education for physicians and dentists, respectively, on a Statewide basis, in the care of persons with developmental disabilities.
L.1999,c.353,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-38 - Qualifications for fellowship applicants.

18A:64G-38 Qualifications for fellowship applicants.
4. A fellowship applicant shall:
a. Be a graduate of a medical school approved by the State Board of Medical Examiners for the purpose of licensure and receive a recommendation from the school's medical staff concerning participation in the program in the case of a physician, or be a graduate of a dental school approved by the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry for the purpose of licensure and receive a recommendation from the school's dental staff concerning participation in the program in the case of a dentist;
b. In the case of a physician, have completed a professional residency training program and have received a recommendation from the medical staff of the residency training program concerning participation in the program established pursuant to this act; and
c. Agree to provide medical or dental care to persons with developmental disabilities, as appropriate, in the State following completion of the fellowship for a time period equal to the length of the applicant's fellowship training.
L.1999,c.353,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-39 - Appointment of director.

18A:64G-39 Appointment of director.
5. The President of Rutgers, The State University shall, in consultation with the consortium, appoint a director for the program who shall be a State licensed physician. The director of the program need not be solely responsible for the program and may continue to have other duties. The director may, in consultation with the consortium, appoint regional chairmen or chairmen of medical or dental practice specialties, as the director deems necessary for the operation of the program.
L.1999, c.353, s.5; amended 2012, c.45, s.76.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64G-40 - Annual report to legislative committees.

18A:64G-40 Annual report to legislative committees.
6. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the consortium and the director of the program, shall report one year after the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter, to the Senate and General Assembly standing reference committees on health on the status of the program. The report shall include information about the design of the program, the number of medical and dental participants in the fellowship, residency training and continuing education components of the program, respectively, the fellowship participants' training locations and their practice specialties, and follow-up information about where the fellowship participants have chosen to practice after completion of their fellowship.
L.1999,c.353,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-1 - Legislative findings and declarations

18A:64H-1. Legislative findings and declarations
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
a. There is need to establish State support for a system of graduate medical education;
b. There is at present a serious deficiency in the number of practicing primary-care (family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics) physicians in certain geographic areas and among certain specialty-care physicians in the State;
c. In recognition of the need to provide educational programs to provide more trained physicians for the State, the State, through the passage of the "Medical and Dental Education Act of 1970," P.L.1970, c. 102 (C. 18:64G-1 et seq.) has created and supports medical schools under the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey as a matter of public policy of the State;
d. In recognition of the State's concern with respect to health care needs, the State, through the passage of the "Health Care Facilities Planning Act," P.L.1971, c. 136 (C. 26:2H-1 et seq.) has mandated health planning, hospital and health related services in all public and private institutions as a matter of public policy;
e. The mechanism to provide programs and facilities for graduate medical education is intimately related to the provision of training programs by private nonprofit and public hospitals throughout the State. Thus, while the methodology for financing undergraduate medical education has been provided, the equally important methodology for financing programs of graduate medical education is lacking;
f. Increasing financial limitations have made it extremely difficult for such private nonprofit and public hospitals to provide educational programs of high quality to attract graduates of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and other American medical schools. New Jersey residents are also forced to seek graduate medical education in out-of-state medical schools, such individuals rarely returning to practice their profession within the State; and
g. Financial aid to private nonprofit and public hospitals providing graduate medical education programs would additionally provide improvement of such institutions as high quality medical education centers and thereby serve to improve the retention rate of physicians within the State, and attract graduate physicians to nationally accredited graduate medical training programs, as well as to the practice of their professions within the communities served by such institutions.
L.1977, c. 390, s. 1, eff. Feb. 23, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-2 - Advisory graduate medical education council; establishment; purpose and functions

18A:64H-2. Advisory graduate medical education council; establishment; purpose and functions
2. There is hereby established the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey, which shall be responsible to the Commission on Higher Education. The purpose of this council shall be to make recommendations for the support, through federal, State and private funds, of graduate medical education programs in private nonprofit and public hospitals in the State, and to make recommendations for the development and implementation of new graduate medical education programs which will meet the needs of the citizens of the State. The functions of the council shall include, but not be limited to:
a. Obtaining and evaluating information concerning the graduate medical manpower needs of the citizens of the State;
b. Recommending standards and criteria for participation by private nonprofit and public hospitals in the State;
c. Reviewing individual institutional applications and recommending awards of support to particular institutions based on conformance with the identified needs of the citizens of the State and the standards and criteria recommended by the council;
d. Annually reviewing the educational programs provided by participating hospitals;
e. Annually reporting to the Governor and the Education Committees of the New Jersey Legislature on the council's activities pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.1977,c.390,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.171.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-3 - Definitions

18A:64H-3. Definitions
3. As used in this act:
a. "Council" means the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey.
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1994, c.48).
c. "Graduate medical education" means internship and residency programs fully or provisionally approved by either the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the appropriate physicians specialty board or the Office of Education of the American Osteopathic Association.
d. "Medical" and "physician" refer to doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy.
L.1977,c.390,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.172.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-4 - Council membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; advisory committees; executive director and employees; compensation.

18A:64H-4 Council membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; advisory committees; executive director and employees; compensation.
4. The council shall consist of 15 members, 12 voting members and three nonvoting members; four members of the council shall be appointed by the Governor and 11 shall be ex officio members. The appointments shall consist of three representatives of the public and one student currently enrolled in a graduate medical training program; the appointed members shall be voting members of the council. The president of Rutgers, The State University, who shall serve as chairperson; a dean from one of the medical schools of Rutgers, The State University, to be selected by the president of Rutgers, The State University; the dean of the School of Graduate Medical Education of Seton Hall University; the president of the New Jersey Hospital Association; the president of the Association of Hospital Directors of Medical Education of New Jersey; the president of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons; the president of the Medical Society of New Jersey; and the president of the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals or their designated representatives shall be ex officio, voting members of the council. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services; the president of the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Commissioner of Human Services or their designated representatives shall be ex officio, nonvoting members. The appointed members shall serve for a three-year term or until a successor is appointed. For those first appointed, two shall be appointed for a one-year term; one shall be appointed for a two-year term; and one shall be appointed for a three-year term. Any vacancies in the voting membership other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. To assist the council in carrying out the intent of this act:
a. The council may appoint advisory committees representative of the medical and health care professions, educators, and students, representatives of medical and health care facilities and consumers. The advisory committees shall provide advice and assistance to the council for the council's performance of its designated functions.
b. The council may employ an executive director and additional staff to provide expertise in the gathering and analysis of data and administration. The executive director shall have the right to speak on all matters at meetings of the council but shall have no vote. The council and the advisory committees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
L.1977, c.390, s.4; amended 1990, c.49; 1994, c.48, s.173; 2008, c.5; 2012, c.45, s.77.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-5 - Powers and duties of Commission on Higher Education

18A:64H-5. Powers and duties of Commission on Higher Education
5. The Commission on Higher Education, upon the advice of the Advisory Council, with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Health, shall:
a. Plan for the development and implementation of graduate medical education programs in the State;
b. Set standards for qualification for participation by public and private nonprofit hospitals in the State;
c. Establish standards for the use and expenditures of funds appropriated pursuant to this act;
d. Determine the number and type of graduate medical education programs which should be supported in particular hospitals in relation to total State needs.
L.1977,c.390,s.5; amended 1994,c.48,s.174.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-6 - Standards for qualification for participation by private nonprofit and public hospitals

18A:64H-6. Standards for qualification for participation by private nonprofit and public hospitals
The standards established for qualification for participation by private nonprofit and public hospitals in the State under the provisions of the act, shall include, but not be limited to the following:
a. An educational plan and a training schedule by each hospital for each program for which it desires assistance under this act at the time of its application to the council, including definition of its affiliation relationship with a medical school.
b. The educational program of the hospital shall be determined to be one that will provide a high degree of academic excellence. The graduate medical training programs shall be approved fully or provisionally by either the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the appropriate physician specialty board or the Office of Education of the American Osteopathic Association.
c. The chief executive officer of each hospital or his designee shall be charged with the responsibility for coordinating and implementing the educational programs of the hospital with the council. One person whose qualifications shall be subject to the review of the council, and who must qualify for a medical school faculty appointment, shall be charged with directing each educational program in order for such program to receive funds provided by this act.
L.1977, c. 390, s. 6, eff. Feb. 23, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-7 - Standards for expenditure of funds

18A:64H-7. Standards for expenditure of funds
The standards for the expenditure of funds by private nonprofit and public hospitals pursuant to this act shall include, but shall not be limited to:
a. The relationship of the program to the graduate and undergraduate teaching programs of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and other United States accredited medical and osteopathic schools;
b. The hospital's need for added support for full-time hospital physicians in charge of services or departments maintaining approved graduate medical education programs;
c. The need for support of costs related to the training of graduate medical students;
d. The need for support of costs related to salaries of students enrolled in graduate medical training programs;
e. The need for support of traditional medical and audiovisual libraries necessary for graduate training programs at the hospital;
f. The need to encourage graduate training in those specialties demonstrated to have critical manpower shortages relative to the needs of New Jersey (for example, the current shortage of family physicians).
L.1977, c. 390, s. 7, eff. Feb. 23, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-10 - Duties of committee

18A:64H-10. Duties of committee
2. The Advisory Committee on Alternatively Accredited Medical School Clinical Clerkships shall:
a. Recommend standards for appropriate facilities to be used in clinical clerkship programs operated by an alternatively accredited medical school;
b. Make recommendations as to the number and type of clinical clerkship programs that may be directed by an alternatively accredited medical school at a teaching hospital in this State, based upon the capacity of that hospital and the health care needs of the community in which the hospital is located;
c. Review the clinical clerkship programs operated by alternatively accredited medical schools in this State, and prepare a report which shall include, but not be limited to, a description and analysis of:
(1) the teacher to student ratio, the resident to clinical clerkship student ratio and the capacity of each teaching hospital operating a clinical clerkship program;
(2) the number and type of clerkship positions that are filled and the number and type of clerkship positions that are requested by alternatively accredited medical schools;
(3) the number of alternatively accredited medical school graduates who participated in clinical clerkships in the State and have attained residencies in New Jersey;
(4) the types and locations of residencies accepted by clinical clerkship students, identifying types and locations of residencies accepted by students of alternatively accredited medical schools and of medical schools located within the United States;
(5) the degree of success of the clinical clerkship programs operated by alternatively accredited medical schools as measured by the use of the same criteria as published in the Journal of the American Medical Association annual education report; and
(6) any recommendations to the Legislature, including any proposed legislation, which it may desire to recommend for enactment; and
d. Make recommendations to the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey with respect to the operation of clinical clerkship programs operated by alternatively accredited medical schools at teaching hospitals in this State.
L.2003,c.133,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-11 - Existing clinical clerkship programs continued

18A:64H-11. Existing clinical clerkship programs continued
3. An alternatively accredited medical school that is operating a clinical clerkship program on the effective date of this act is authorized to continue its existing clinical clerkship program, provided it maintains its accreditation status as provided in subsection e. of section 1 of this act.
L.2003,c.133,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64H-12 - Regulations relative to medical schools located outside the U.S.

18A:64H-12. Regulations relative to medical schools located outside the U.S.
4. a. A medical school located outside of the United States: (1) in a country that applies accreditation standards that have been determined by the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation within the United States Department of Education to be comparable to the accreditation standards applied to medical schools located within the United States; and (2) that continues to meet the accreditation standards of that country, but is not an alternatively accredited medical school on the effective date of this act, as that term is defined in this act, may apply to the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey, pursuant to this section, to be approved to operate a clinical clerkship program in this State.
b. The council shall adopt regulations specifying the criteria for approval of a foreign medical school to operate a clinical clerkship program in the State. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, satisfactory evaluation, pursuant to a site visit, of the applicant's institution, including both its main campus and any clinical facilities in locations other than the main campus.
c. The applicant shall be responsible for all costs incurred by persons designated by the council, who are experienced in medical education program evaluation, for conducting the site visit, and by the council for reviewing and processing the application.
d. After a medical school is approved by the council to operate a clinical clerkship program, it may apply to the council for authorization to operate a specific clinical clerkship program in this State, in accordance with standards adopted by the council. The standards shall include, but not be limited to, those standards listed in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection b. of section 5 of this act.
e. A medical school that has been approved by the council, pursuant to this act, to operate a specific clinical clerkship program in this State shall be deemed an alternatively accredited medical school for the purposes of this act, provided it maintains its accreditation status as provided in subsection e. of section 1 of this act.
f. A medical school authorized to operate a specific clinical clerkship program pursuant to this section may apply to the council to increase the number of students participating in the clinical clerkships or to increase the number of programs operated by the school, pursuant to the requirements of section 5 of this act.
L.2003,c.133,s.4.