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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2J-42 - Health maintenance organization contract; compliance

26:2J-42. Health maintenance organization contract; compliance
24. No health maintenance organization contract, evidence of coverage, or other form subject to the filing requirements of P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.) or application for that coverage, if a written application is required and is to be made a part of that contract or evidence of coverage, or a printed rider or an endorsement for use with that contract or evidence of coverage, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State unless its provisions comply with all of the requirements of P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.) and any regulations adopted or guidelines published by the Commissioner of Insurance consistent with the requirements thereof. Any contract, evidence of coverage, application, rider, or endorsement issued or delivered in this State that is not in compliance with that law or regulations or guidelines shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements and shall be interpreted by the courts and among the persons affected by the contract or evidence of coverage as if that form were in compliance with the requirements; except that this provision shall not relieve the health maintenance organization from any penalty that may be imposed for violation of this act or any provision of P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.).
L.1995,c.73,s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2J-47 - Annual assessment on HMOs.

26:2J-47 Annual assessment on HMOs.
3. a. (1) For the fiscal years 2005 and 2006, the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall issue, in accordance with the provisions of this section, a special interim assessment of one percent, and in fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2019, an annual assessment in the amount of two percent, in fiscal year 2020, an annual assessment in the amount of three percent, and in fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, an annual assessment in the amount of five percent on the net written premiums received by each health maintenance organization granted a certificate of authority to operate in this State pursuant to P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.), to be allocated to the Health Care Subsidy Fund established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.58) for the purpose of providing charity care payments to hospitals in accordance with the formula used for the distribution of charity care subsidies that are provided pursuant to P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.).
(2) "Net written premiums received" means direct premiums as reported on the annual financial statement submitted pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-9), and to the commissioner on a quarterly basis.
b. The commissioner shall certify the amount of the annual assessment issued to each health maintenance organization as calculated pursuant to subsection a. of this section. Each health maintenance organization shall remit the amount so certified on a quarterly basis in each fiscal year to the Department of Banking and Insurance in accordance with the procedures established in P.L.1995, c.156 (C.17:1C-19 et seq.), and as prescribed by the commissioner, who may adjust the quarterly payments from time to time as necessary to meet the current and estimated assessment obligation of each health maintenance organization in each fiscal year.
c. Amounts collected by the commissioner shall be allocated to the Health Care Subsidy Fund established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.58) and used solely for the purpose of providing charity care payments to hospitals in accordance with the formula used for the distribution of charity care subsidies that are provided pursuant to P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.).
d. (1) A health maintenance organization shall not impose any additional premium, fee or surcharge on its premium or enrollee charge to recoup any assessment paid pursuant to this section.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to a health maintenance organization with respect to any federally funded program underwritten by that health maintenance organization.
L.2004, c.49, s.3; amended 2005, c.129, s.2; 2006, c.43, s.1; 2019, c.148; 2020, c.96.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-7 - Definitions

26:2K-7. Definitions
1. As used in this act:
a. "Advanced life support" means an advanced level of emergency medical care, including specialty care transport, which includes basic life support functions and the use of procedures, medications, and equipment established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National EMS Scope of Practice Model for paramedics, except for any provisions of the National EMS Scope of Practice Model expressly excluded by the commissioner in rules or regulations, and any other such procedures, medications, and equipment as set forth in section 6 of P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-12) or as otherwise authorized in rules or regulations promulgated 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 Department of Health;
e. "Department" means the Department of Health;
f. "Emergency department" means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours a day by a licensed physician trained in emergency medicine;
g. "Specialty care transport" means services that are above basic life support services rendered to patients before and during transportation between licensed facilities, during retrieval from those facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities;
h. "Mobile intensive care paramedic" means a person trained in advanced life support services and licensed by the commissioner to render advanced life support services as part of a mobile intensive care unit or as otherwise provided in section 4 of P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-10);
i. "Mobile intensive care unit" means a specialized emergency medical service unit that is staffed in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 6 of P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-12) 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.
k. "Volunteer paramedic unit" means an operational subunit within a mobile intensive care unit that is exclusively staffed by at least two volunteer paramedics with access to any vehicle, including a personal vehicle.
l. "Agency EMS medical director" means a physician licensed in this State who is certified in emergency medicine or emergency medical services, or both, and is responsible for the medical oversight of a hospital mobile intensive care program.
m. "Mobile integrated health" means health care services delivered with the approval of the Department of Health to patients outside of a hospital setting, using mobile resources, and employing team-based and patient-centered care.
L.1984, c. 146, s. 1; amended 2021, c.480, s.1; 2022, c.118, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-8 - Mobile intensive care paramedic; licensure from commissioner; written standards; examination; register of applicants.

26:2K-8 Mobile intensive care paramedic; licensure from commissioner; written standards; examination; register of applicants.
2. a. A mobile intensive care paramedic shall obtain licensure from the commissioner to provide advanced life support and shall make application therefor on forms prescribed by the commissioner.
b. The commissioner with the approval of the State Board of Medical Examiners shall establish written standards which a mobile intensive care paramedic shall meet in order to obtain licensure. The commissioner shall make a determination upon applications of candidates for licensure as a mobile intensive care paramedic within 30 days of the receipt of a complete application and background check. Such determination may include a determination that the commissioner requires more time to adequately review the application. The commissioner shall license 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 advanced life support services, which examination shall be approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall license a candidate as a mobile intensive care paramedic 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 licensure standards established by the commissioner. The commissioner shall license a candidate as a mobile intensive care paramedic who is registered as a paramedic with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians if the commissioner determines that the candidate's training and experience exceed or are equivalent to the licensure standards established by the commissioner.
c. The department shall maintain a register of all applicants for licensure 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 licensed 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; 2022, c.118, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-8.2 - Applicant information, criminal history record background check; fingerprint data; disqualification basis identified; petition, hearing.

26:2K-8.2 Applicant information, criminal history record background check; fingerprint data; disqualification basis identified; petition, hearing.
4. a. An applicant for licensure as a mobile intensive care paramedic who is required to undergo a criminal history record background check pursuant to P.L.2022, c.118 (C.26:2K-8.1 et al.) shall submit to the commissioner that individual's name, address, and fingerprints in accordance with the standards established by the New Jersey State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for civil applicants. The commissioner is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Division of State Police for use in making the determinations required by P.L.2022, c.118 (C.26:2K-8.1 et al.).
b. Upon receipt of the criminal history record information for a person from the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Division of State Police, the commissioner shall immediately notify, in writing, the applicant of the results of the criminal history record background check. If the person is disqualified, the conviction or convictions which constitute the basis for the disqualification shall be identified in the notice to the person, but shall not be identified to any other person.
c. The person who is the subject of the background check shall have 30 days from the date of the written notice of disqualification to petition the commissioner for a hearing on the accuracy of the person's criminal history record information or to establish the person's rehabilitation under subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.2022, c.118 (C.26:2K-8.1 through C.26:2K-8.3). Upon the issuance of a final decision following a petition to the commissioner pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall notify the person as to whether the person remains disqualified from licensure.
L.2022, c.118, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-8.3 - Criminal history record background check cost.

26:2K-8.3 Criminal history record background check cost.
5. The department may require a candidate for a mobile intensive care paramedic license to bear the costs of the criminal history record background check as may be deemed necessary by the department.
L.2022, c.118, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-9 - Revocation of certificate

26:2K-9. Revocation of certificate
3. The commissioner after notice and hearing may revoke the license of a mobile intensive care paramedic for violation of any provision of this act or regulation promulgated hereunder.
L.1984, c. 146, s. 3; amended 2022, c.118, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-9.1 - Mobile integrated health program established, Department of Health.

26:2K-9.1 Mobile integrated health program established, Department of Health.
12. a. The Department of Health shall establish a mobile integrated health program. In establishing the mobile integrated health program, the Department of Health shall consider relevant standards and criteria developed or adopted by nationally recognized agencies or organizations, as well as recommendations of interested stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the State Trauma System Advisory Committee and the Mobile Intensive Care Advisory Council.
b. The Department of Health shall establish, in writing, criteria by which an entity may apply for and receive authorization from the department to participate in the mobile integrated health program, and criteria by which an entity may lose authorization to participate in the mobile integrated health program.
c. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section, which rules and regulations shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law for a period not to exceed 18 months, and shall, thereafter, be amended, adopted, or readopted in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.)."
L.2022, c.118, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-10 - Performance of advanced life support services; supervision from physician; authorized, approved scope of practice.

26:2K-10 Performance of advanced life support services; supervision from physician; authorized, approved scope of practice.
4. a. A mobile intensive care paramedic may perform advanced life support services, provided that the paramedic is following protocols which have been approved pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 8 of this act, any standing orders the department may issue, or if the paramedic maintains direct voice communication with and is 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.
b. (1) A mobile intensive care paramedic may deliver advanced life support services, or any other services within the approved scope of practice for mobile intensive care paramedics, in a pre-hospital setting, in a mobile integrated health care setting, health care specialty setting, or any other hospital-controlled setting, through an approved mobile intensive care hospital, as determined by the commissioner and as authorized by the agency EMS medical director. A mobile intensive care paramedic shall be permitted to provide advanced life support services when operating outside of a mobile intensive care unit in situations directly related to EMS first response or mobile integrated health as determined by the commissioner and as authorized by the mobile intensive care paramedic's agency EMS medical director. A single mobile intensive care paramedic shall not be acknowledged as a mobile intensive care unit.
(2) The authorized services provided under a mobile integrated health program shall be determined by the commissioner, and may include, but need not be limited to: providing paramedicine care, chronic disease management, preventive care, and post-discharge follow-up visits; or providing referrals and transportation assistance to appropriate care and services to patients requiring health care services who do not require hospital-based treatment.
c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the scope of practice of any licensed health care professional under Title 45 of the Revised Statutes or the scope or authority of any agency, board, department, or other entity in this State that is responsible for licensing health care workers.
d. The provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-18) and notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary.
L.1984, c. 146, s. 4; amended 2021, c.480, s.2; 2022, c.118, s.7.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-11.1 - Volunteer paramedic unit members responding to emergency, jointly, separately.

26:2K-11.1 Volunteer paramedic unit members responding to emergency, jointly, separately.
3. a. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, members of a volunteer paramedic unit may respond to an emergency jointly or separately.
(2) The first member of a volunteer paramedic unit to respond to an emergency may provide aid prior to the arrival of the second member of a volunteer paramedic if necessary.
(3) The first member of a volunteer paramedic unit to respond to an emergency may cancel the response of a second member of a volunteer paramedic unit to the emergency if the aid of a second member of a volunteer paramedic unit is unnecessary.
b. (1) Members of a volunteer paramedic unit shall be dressed professionally and shall wear identification identifying members as paramedics.
(2) Members of a volunteer paramedic unit shall not be required to respond to an emergency dressed in a uniform issued by the mobile intensive care unit.
L.2021, c.480, s.3.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
7. 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 P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-12).
b. No person may impersonate or refer to himself or herself as a mobile intensive care paramedic unless the person is licensed or approved therefor, as appropriate.
L.1984, c. 146, s. 7; amended 2022, c.118, s.9.
2023 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
8. No emergency medical technician, mobile intensive care paramedic, licensed physician, hospital or its board of trustees, officers and members of the medical staff, registered nurse, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or other employees of the hospital, first aid, ambulance or rescue squad, licensed emergency medical services agency, or officers and members of a first aid, ambulance or 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 basic and advanced life support services in good faith and in accordance with this act.
L.1984, c. 146, s. 8; amended 2022, c.118, s.10.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-17 - Rules and regulations

26:2K-17. Rules and regulations
11. 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 the commissioner deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, and the State Board of Medical Examiners and the New Jersey 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; amended 2022, c.118, s.13.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-26 - Revocation

26:2K-26. Revocation
The commissioner, after notice and hearing, may revoke the certification of an EMT-intermediate for violation of any provisions of this act or of any regulations promulgated hereunder.
L. 1985, c. 351, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-27 - Authorization

26:2K-27. Authorization
a. A hospital authorized by the commissioner pursuant to section 3 shall provide intermediate life support services on a seven-day-a-week basis.
b. The commissioner shall establish, in writing, criteria which a hospital shall meet in order to qualify for the authorization.
c. The commissioner may withdraw his authorization if the hospital or intermediate life support services violate any provision of this act or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
L. 1985, c. 351, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-28 - Advertising restrictions

26:2K-28. Advertising restrictions
a. No person may advertise or disseminate information to the public that the person provides intermediate life support services, unless the person is authorized to do so pursuant to this act.
b. No person may impersonate or refer to himself as an EMT-intermediate unless he is certified pursuant to section 6 of this act.
L. 1985, c. 351, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-29 - Immunity

26:2K-29. Immunity
No EMT-intermediate, licensed physician, hospital or its board of trustees, officers and members of the medical staff, nurses or other employees of the hospital, or officers and members of a first aid, ambulance or 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 intermediate life support services in good faith and in accordance with this act.
L. 1985, c. 351, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-30 - Penalty

26:2K-30. Penalty
Any person 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. 1985, c. 351, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-31 - Rules, regulations

26:2K-31. Rules, regulations
The commissioner shall adopt 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 purpose of this act, and the board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this act.
L. 1985, c. 351, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-32 - Functions limited

26:2K-32. Functions limited
Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to permit an EMT-intermediate to perform the duties or fill the position of another health professional employed by a hospital, except that the EMT-intermediate may perform those functions that are necessary to assure the orderly transfer of a patient receiving pre-hospital intermediate life support services to hospital staff upon arrival at an emergency department and that are necessary to obtain the required clinical training in the provision of intermediate life support services required by the department.
L. 1985, c. 351, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-33 - Training program unaffected

26:2K-33. Training program unaffected
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. 1985, c. 351, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-34 - Performance of duties by professionals

26:2K-34. Performance of duties by professionals
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 an EMT-intermediate if the duties are consistent with the accepted standards of the member's profession.
L. 1985, c. 351, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-35 - Definitions.

26:2K-35 Definitions.
1. As used in this act:
a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.
b. "Dispatch" means the coordinated request for and dispatch of the emergency medical service helicopter response unit by a central communications center located in the service area, following protocols developed by the mobile intensive care hospital, the regional trauma or critical care center, the commissioner, and the superintendent.
c. "Emergency medical service helicopter response unit" means a specially equipped hospital-based emergency medical service helicopter staffed by advanced life support personnel and operated for the provision of advanced life support services under the medical direction of a mobile intensive care program and the regional trauma or critical care center authorized by the commissioner.
d. "Emergency medical transportation" means the prehospital or interhospital transportation of an acutely ill or injured patient by a dedicated emergency medical service helicopter response unit operated, maintained and piloted by the Division of State Police of the Department of Law and Public Safety, pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner under chapter 40 of Title 8 of the New Jersey Administrative Code.
e. "Medical direction" means the medical control and medical orders transmitted from the physician of the mobile intensive care hospital or from the physician at the regional trauma or critical care center to the staff of the helicopter. The mobile intensive care unit coordinating center and regional trauma or critical care center shall have the ability to cross patch and consult with each other as approved by the commissioner.
f. "Mobile intensive care hospital" means a hospital authorized by the commissioner to develop and maintain a mobile intensive care unit to provide advanced life support services in accordance with P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-7 et al.).
g. "Regional trauma center" means a State designated level one hospital-based trauma center equipped and staffed to provide emergency medical services to an accident or trauma victim, including, but not limited to, the level one trauma centers at University Hospital in Newark, known as the "Eric Munoz Trauma Center," and at the Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center in Camden.
h. "Critical care center" means a hospital authorized by the commissioner to provide regional critical care services, such as trauma, burn, spinal cord, cardiac, poison, or neonatal care.
i. "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the Division of State Police of the Department of Law and Public Safety.
L.1986, c.106, s.1; amended 2010, c.80, s.1; 2012, c.17, s.278; 2012, c.45, s.113.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-36 - Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program

26:2K-36. Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program
a. There is established the New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program in the Division of Local and Community Health Services of the Department of Health. The commissioner shall designate a mobile intensive care hospital and a regional trauma or critical care center which shall develop and maintain a hospital-based emergency medical service helicopter response unit. The commissioner shall designate at least two units in the State, of which no less than one unit each shall be designated for the northern and southern portions of the State, respectively.
b. Each emergency medical service helicopter response unit shall be staffed by at least two persons trained in advanced life support and approved by the commissioner. The staff of the emergency medical service helicopter response unit shall render life support services to an accident or trauma victim, as necessary, in the course of providing emergency medical transportation.
L. 1986, c. 106, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-36.1 - New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program Fund established

26:2K-36.1. New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program Fund established
2. a. There is established in the General Fund a special dedicated fund to be known as the New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program Fund which shall be administered by the State Treasurer. The Treasurer shall credit to the fund all moneys received pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1992, c.87 (C.39:3-8.2). Any interest earned on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
b. From the moneys in the fund there shall be annually appropriated an amount necessary to pay the reasonable and necessary expenses of the operation of the New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program created pursuant to P.L.1986, c.106 (C.26:2K-35 et al.). Moneys remaining in the fund, and any unexpended balance of appropriations from the fund, at the end of each fiscal year, shall be reappropriated and deposited in a special capital maintenance reserve account within the fund. Moneys in the special capital maintenance reserve account shall be used exclusively for capital replacement and major maintenance of helicopter equipment.
c. Six months after the effective date of this section and every six months thereafter, the Commissioner of Health shall report to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee. The report shall contain, but not be limited to, cost analyses concerning the response program activities including the number of flights, types of accidents, hours spent waiting at accident sites, and fuel and maintenance expenses.
L.1992,c.87,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-37 - Transportation service

26:2K-37. Transportation service
The Division of State Police of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall establish an emergency medical transportation service to provide medical transportation service pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act. The superintendent shall operate and maintain at least one dedicated helicopter for each emergency medical service helicopter response unit designated by the commissioner pursuant to section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
L. 1986, c. 106, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-38 - Civil immunity

26:2K-38. Civil immunity
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 members or officers is liable for any civil damages as the result of an act or the omission of an act committed while training for or in rendering advanced life support services in good faith and in accordance with this amendatory and supplementary act.
L. 1986, c. 106, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:2K-39 - Definitions

26:2K-39. Definitions
1. As used in this act:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.
"Emergency medical service" means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours-a-day by a licensed physician trained in emergency medicine.
"Emergency medical technician" means a person trained in basic life support services as defined in section 1 of P.L.1985, c.351 (C.26:2K-21) and who is certified by the Department of Health to perform these services.
"EMT-D" means an emergency medical technician who is certified by the commissioner to perform cardiac defibrillation.
"First Responder" means a police officer, firefighter or other person who has been trained to provide emergency medical first response services in a program recognized by the commissioner.
"First Responder-D" means a First Responder who is certified by the commissioner to perform cardiac defibrillation.
"Pre-hospital care" means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients at the scene of a traffic accident or other emergency and during transportation to emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities.
L.1989,c.314,s.1; amended 1996,c.136,s.1.