45:1-10 Agreement by practitioner for payments to laboratory for tests without disclosure to patient, third party payor; prohibited.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person licensed in the State of New Jersey to practice medicine or surgery, dentistry, osteopathy, podiatric medicine or chiropractic to agree with any clinical, bio-analytical or hospital laboratory, wheresoever located, to make payments to such laboratory for individual tests, combination of tests, or test series for patients unless such person discloses on the bills to patients and third party payors the name and address of such laboratory and the net amount or amounts paid or to be paid to such laboratory for individual tests, combination of tests or test series.
L.1973,c.322,s.1; amended 1977, c.323; 2005, c.259, s.36.