Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:4-100.13

  • 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
2. a. There is created in the Department of Health the “Hepatitis Inoculation Fund,” hereinafter referred to as the “fund.” The fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving account and shall be administered by the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control in the Department of Health and all moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.227 (N.J.S. 2C:64-6) shall be used for the provision of hepatitis inoculations to the following persons, in order of eligibility, and for related administrative costs:

(1) volunteer emergency medical technicians-ambulance and volunteer firefighters;

(2) all other emergency medical technicians-ambulance, firefighters and police officers in squads or departments with less than 100 members; and

(3) all other emergency medical technicians-ambulance, firefighters and police officers.

The Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to effectuate the purposes of this fund.

b. A person whose medical insurance policy pays for the full cost of the hepatitis inoculation shall not receive payment for an inoculation administered pursuant to subsection a. of this section. A person whose medical insurance policy pays for a portion of the cost of hepatitis inoculation may be reimbursed for the unpaid portion from the Hepatitis Inoculation Fund.

L.1993,c.227,s.2.

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