Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:9-27.7

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
In any matter where medical services rendered to a client form any part of the basis of a legal claim for damages or workmen’s compensation, a physician shall not contract for, charge, or collect a fee in excess of the following limits:

a. The physician’s standard fee for the same medical services which do not form any part of the basis of a legal claim for damages or workmen’s compensation; plus

b. The standard or established incremental costs, clerical or otherwise, incurred in rendering medical services which form any part of the basis of a legal claim for damages or workmen’s compensation.

L.1975, c. 240, s. 3, eff. Oct. 24, 1975.