New Jersey Statutes 17:48A-8. Participating physicians; payments for medical services
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:48A-8
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any medical service corporation may enter into agreements with eligible persons whereby such persons become participating physicians of a plan operated by the corporation and may make to such persons such payments as shall have accrued by reason of services required to be performed under the plan. No person shall become a participating physician unless he shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State of New Jersey, pursuant to chapter nine, Title 45, of the Revised Statutes. Any medical service corporation may enter into contracts for the payment of medical services to the subscribers or members of similar nonprofit medical service corporations of other States subject to the supervision of such other States, and shall have the right to make payment to any other nonprofit medical service corporation, or to any physicians licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this or any other State for services rendered to its subscribers and their dependents at not exceeding the same rate paid participating physicians under the certificate of the subscriber.
L.1940, c. 74, p. 191, s. 8. Amended by L.1944, c. 102, p. 262, s. 6.