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S1403 • 2026

Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.

Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Lagana, Joseph A.
Last action
2026-06-18
Official status
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.

Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.
  • Topic: Health Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-18 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Senate (40-0)

  2. 2026-06-18 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee

  3. 2026-06-08 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Transferred to Senate Commerce Committee

  5. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.
Topic:
Health
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S1403 TR

SENATE, No. 1403

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen)

Senator� ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Wimberly

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes education requirements for certain
officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee with
technical review.

��

An Act

concerning the State Board of Medical Examiners
and amending R.S.45:9-2.

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

���� 1.� R.S.45:9-2 is amended to
read as follows:

���� 45:9-2.� The board shall elect
a president,
a vice president,
a secretary
,
and a treasurer from
its membership and shall have a common seal, of which all courts of this State
shall take judicial notice.�
The president and vice president of the board
shall possess the degree of M.D., D.O., or D.P.M.
�
[
Its
]

The

president, or secretary, may issue subpoenas to compel attendance of witnesses
to testify before the board and administer oaths in taking testimony in any
matter pertaining to its duties, which subpoenas shall issue under the seal of
the board and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued out of the
Superior Court of this State.� Every person who refuses or neglects to obey the
command of such subpoena, or who, after appearing, refuses to be sworn and
testify shall, in either event, be liable to a penalty of $50
[
.00
]
to be sued
for in the name of the board in any court of competent jurisdiction, which
penalty when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of said board.�
[
It
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The board

shall make and adopt all necessary rules, regulations
,
and bylaws not
inconsistent with the laws of the State or of the United States, whereby to
perform the duties and to transact the business required under the provisions
of this article (section 45:9-1 et seq.).

���� The board shall charge for
licenses and other services performed by it the fees provided in chapter 9 of
Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, or where not so provided, such fees as it
shall prescribe by rule or regulation.� The board shall make such disposition
of all fees and moneys collected by it and such reports in connection therewith
as directed by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

(cf: P.L.1991, c.91, s.452)

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment.