45:9-27.7 - Fees for treatment; limitation - New Jersey Statutes

45:9-27.7.  Fees for treatment;  limitation
    In any matter where medical services rendered to a client form any part of the basis of a legal claim for damages or workmen's compensation, a physician shall not contract for, charge, or collect a fee in excess of the following limits:

    a.  The physician's standard fee for the same medical services which do not  form any part of the basis of a legal claim for damages or workmen's compensation;  plus

    b.  The standard or established incremental costs, clerical or otherwise, incurred in rendering medical services which form any part of the basis of a legal claim for damages or workmen's compensation.

     L.1975, c. 240, s. 3, eff. Oct. 24, 1975.