17:23A-13.1 Notification of test results by insurer to applicants; "reportable communicable disease" defined.
1. An insurer who requires an applicant for insurance to submit to medical testing as a condition of issuing, extending or renewing the insurance shall obtain the applicant's written consent for the test. If in the course of the testing the insurer determines that the applicant has a reportable communicable disease, the insurer shall promptly notify the applicant of the determination and recommend that the applicant contact a physician or other medical professional regarding the significance of the test result. The insurer shall also promptly provide the Department of Health and a physician or other medical professional designated by the applicant with a copy of the results of the test. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to require a physician or other medical professional who receives a copy of the test result to initiate contact with the applicant regarding the test result.
The insurer shall provide the notification required pursuant to this section regardless of whether the existence of the disease will result in an adverse underwriting decision for the applicant.
For the purposes of this act, "reportable communicable disease" means those diseases required to be reported to the Department of Health pursuant to N.J.A.C.8:57-1.3 through 8:57-1.6 and N.J.A.C.8:57-2.2 and 8:57-2.3.
L.1998, c.18, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.28.
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