Bill Text: NJ A1315 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-12-21 - Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading [A1315 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1315-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1315

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman  JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ

District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee on May 15, 2014, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning drivers licenses and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall ¹[provide with every new license, renewal license, identification card or renewal identification card the opportunity for a person] permit a license or identification card holder¹ to voluntarily ¹[designate] indicate¹ that the person is allergic to penicillin ¹or any other type of drug or medication¹, and as a result, may be susceptible to an adverse reaction ¹[to the medication]¹ if treated with ¹[penicillin] that drug or medication¹ following a motor vehicle accident.

     b.    The designation indicating that a person ¹[suffers from a penicillin allergy] is allergic to penicillin or any other type of drug or medication¹ pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be done in accordance with procedures prescribed by the chief administrator.  ¹[The designation shall be displayed in print in a conspicuous form and manner on the license or identification card by the following statement: "ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN."]¹  The designation shall be used ¹[exclusively]¹ to inform ¹[any] a¹ law enforcement official or emergency medical professional that a person ¹[suffers from an allergy] is allergic¹ to penicillin ¹or any other type of drug or medication¹ and should not be treated with ¹[penicillin] that drug or medication¹ if ¹[that] the¹ person has been incapacitated or is otherwise unable to communicate as a result of an injury suffered following an accident ¹and shall not be used for any other purpose by any other person¹.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the ¹[thirteenth] 13th¹ month following enactment.