New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 35 - BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter 2 - LIMITED LICENSES: PODIATRY, DIAGNOSTIC TESTING CENTERS AND MISCELLANEOUS › Section 13:35-2.6 - Medical standards governing screening and diagnostic medical testing offices; determinations with respect to the validity of certain diagnostic tests

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Board" means the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
"Clinically supported" means that a practitioner who has identified a need for a diagnostic test, prior to personally performing or directly requesting that another practitioner administer a specific test, has:
1. Evaluated the findings of a physical and/or psychiatric examination, as applicable, making an assessment of any current and/or historical subjective complaints, observations, objective findings, and neurological indications;
2. Considered any available previously performed test(s) relating the patient's medical condition and the results; and
3. Documented in the patient record positive and negative findings, observations and medical indications to justify the test.
"Closely allied health professional" means an individual licensed to practice a health care profession by a regulatory board within the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.
"Diagnostic office" means a practice location, whether stationary or mobile, not licensed by the State Department of Health, which provides equipment and staff necessary for the offering or performance of diagnostic tests and related services to any branch of the medical profession or to the public.
"Diagnostic test" means a medical service utilizing biomechanical, neurological, neurodiagnostic, radiological, vascular or any means, other than bioanalysis, intended to assist in establishing a medical diagnosis, for the purpose of recommending a course of treatment for the tested patient to be implemented by the treating practitioner or by the consultant.
"Emergency care" means all medically necessary treatment of a traumatic injury or a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity such that absence of immediate attention could reasonably be expected to result in: death; serious impairment of bodily functions; or serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part. "Emergency care" includes all medically necessary care immediately following a traumatic injury including, but not limited to, immediate pre-hospitalization care, transportation to a hospital or trauma center, emergency department care, surgery, critical and acute care and extends during the period of initial hospitalization until the patient is discharged from acute care by the attending physician.
"Normal" or "normally" means the usual, routine, customary or common experience and conclusion, which may in unusual circumstances differ from the actual judgment or course of treatment. The unusual circumstances shall be based on clinically supported findings of a practitioner. The use of these terms is intended to indicate some flexibility and avoid rigidity in the application of these rules and to recognize the good faith educated judgment of a practitioner.
"Physician" means a medical or osteopathic physician holding a plenary license issued by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
"Practitioner" means a physician, podiatric physician, physician assistant or certified nurse midwife licensed by or registered with the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
"Screening office" means a practice location, whether stationary or mobile, not licensed by the State Department of Health, which provides equipment and staff necessary for the offering or performance of screening tests and related services to any branch of the medical profession or to the public, either upon referral or by walk-in.
"Screening test" means a medical service utilizing biomechanical, neurological, neurodiagnostic, radiological, vascular or any means, other than bioanalysis, performed in the absence of apparent immediate need for medical treatment for the purpose of providing medically useful information in circumstances where the anticipated benefits of the testing for an appropriate category of individual care are reasonably believed to outweigh the assessed risks, resulting in a health care evaluation, analysis or assessment; but does not include screenings such as, but not limited to, hypertension or glaucoma screenings, offered at no cost to examinees by community-sponsored public health services, hospitals or nonprofit professional or civic organizations, providing some means is established to give follow-up advice and referrals.