Bill Text: NJ A1884 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes act of disseminating misinformation as professional misconduct for health care professionals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-09-23 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee [A1884 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A1884-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 1884
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes act of disseminating misinformation as professional misconduct for health care professionals.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Health Committee on September 23, 2024, with amendments.
An Act concerning health misinformation 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. A health care professional who engages in the dissemination of misinformation or disinformation shall be deemed to have engaged in professional misconduct in violation of subsection e. of section 8 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21) and shall be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.).
b. Each board shall establish by rule or regulation:
(1) the general causes which constitute grounds for professional misconduct and disciplinary action pursuant to subsection a. of this section; and
(2) the appropriate disciplinary actions that may be taken against a health care professional based on the extent of the dissemination of misinformation or disinformation.
c. As used in this section:
"Board" mean any professional or occupational licensing board designated pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15) that licenses or certifies health care professionals in this State.
"Disinformation" means misinformation that is deliberately disseminated with malicious intent or an intent to mislead.
"Disseminate" means the conveyance of information, in the form of treatment or advice, by a health care professional to a patient under the health care professional's care.
"Health care professional" means an individual licensed or certified to practice health care pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
"Misinformation" means any health-related claim of fact that is false 1[and contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus contrary to the standard of care]1.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
