45:9-22.1 - Extra fee for completion of medical claim form; penalty - New Jersey Statutes

45:9-22.1.   Extra fee for completion of medical claim form; penalty 
     1.   No physician and no professional service corporation engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in this State shall charge a patient an extra fee for services rendered in completing a medical claim form in connection with a health insurance policy. Any person violating this act shall be subject to a fine of $100.00 for each offense. 

    Such penalty shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court and municipal court shall have jurisdiction within its territory of such proceedings. Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue in the name of the State, upon the complaint of the State Board of Medical Examiners. 

    L.1975,c.297,s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.453.