Bill Text: NJ S494 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Revises polysomnography license fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [S494 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S494-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Revises polysomnography license fees.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act revising polysomnography license fee requirements and amending P.L.2005, c.244.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 7 of P.L.2005, c.244 (C.45:14G-7) is amended to read as follows:
7. The board shall:
a. Establish criteria and standards for licensure at least commensurate with national accreditation standards adopted by the American Association of [Polysomnographic] Sleep Technologists or the American Academy of Sleep Medicine or the Committee on Accreditation for [Polysomnography] Polysomnographic Technologist Education;
b. Review the qualification of applicants for licensure;
c. Insure proper conduct and standards of practice;
d. Issue and renew licenses pursuant to [this act] P.L.2005, c.244 (C.45:14G-1 et seq.);
e. Establish standards for continuing education;
f. Suspend, revoke or decline to renew licenses of polysomnographic technologists, technicians and trainees pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.);
g. Maintain a record of every polysomnographic technologist, technician and trainee licensed in this State;
h. Promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to carry out the provisions of [this act] P.L.2005, c.244 (C.45:14G-1 et seq.), except that the initial rules and regulations may be promulgated by the director; and
i. Establish fees for applications for licensure, examinations, initial licensure, renewals, late renewals, temporary licenses, provisional licenses and for duplication of lost licenses, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1974, c.46 (C.45:1-3.2). Initial licensing and license renewal fees shall not exceed $150 for polysomnographic technologists or polysomnographic technicians, or $50 for polysomnographic trainees.
(cf: P.L.2005, c.244, s.7)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill revises the requirements for polysomnography license fees. The bill provides that neither the initial license fee nor the license renewal fee shall exceed $150 for polysomnographic technologists or polysomnographic technicians, or $50 for polysomnographic trainees. Currently, the fee for initial and renewed licensure as a polysomnographic technologist is $500, to be renewed on a biennial basis. The fee for initial and renewed licensure as a polysomnographic technician is $150, and the fee for initial licensure as a trainee is $50.
These fees are comparable to the initial licensing and license renewal fees for medical doctors. This bill makes polysomnography initial licensing and license renewal fees more affordable for practitioners, and makes these fees comparable to other similarly trained licensed professionals at the same time.
