Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Requires notification to patients when State-licensed physician has credential revoked or suspended and provides access to contact information with State.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning notice to patients of certain information regarding physicians and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A patient of a State-licensed physician shall be notified, electronically or by mail, by the practice or health care entity where the physician provides health care services if the license of the physician to practice medicine is suspended or revoked, whether temporarily or permanently, within ten business days of the suspension or revocation.
2. If requested by a patient, a practice or health care entity shall provide the contact information for the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety and of the State Board of Medical Examiners.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill stipulates that a patient of a State-licensed physician is to receive, electronically or by mail, by the practice or health care entity where the physician provides health care services if the license of the physician to practice medicine is suspended or revoked, whether temporarily or permanently. Additionally, if requested by a patient, a practice or health care entity is to provide the contact information for the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety and of the State Board of Medical Examiners. The intention of the bill is to improve awareness to patients if a physician is found to have committed misconduct and to make information available to patients if they wish to allege misconduct of a physician to the State.