A meeting of the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners was held on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market Street, 4th Floor Conference Center, Trenton, New Jersey. The meeting was called to order by President Paul C. Mendelowitz, M.D.

ROLL CALL

PRESENT

Board Members Berkowitz, Cheema, Criss, Iannuzzi, Jordan, Lambert, Lomazow, Reichman, Mendelowitz, Nussbaum, Paul, Rajput, Scott, Stanley, Walsh and Weiss.

EXCUSED

Board Members Bender, Ciechanowski, and DeGregorio.

ALSO PRESENT

Deputy Attorneys General Dick, Ehrenkrantz, Levine, and Warhaftig; Executive Director William V. Roeder.

STATEMENT CONCERNING THE
ANNUAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS

The requirements of the “Open Public Meetings Act” were satisfied by notice of this meeting given in the annual notice adopted by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners on September 10, 2008 which was transmitted to the ATLANTIC CITY PRESS, STAR LEDGER, CAMDEN COURIER POST, ASBURY PARK PRESS, BERGEN RECORD and the TRENTON TIMES, all on the 1st day of October 2008.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MINUTES THE BOARD, UPON MOTION MADE AND SECONDED, VOTED TO APPROVE THE AUGUST 12, 2009 OPEN BOARD MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

MINUTES THE BOARD, UPON MOTION MADE AND SECONDED, VOTED TO APPROVE THE JUNE 19, 2009 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPEN BOARD MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

NEW BUSINESS

1. PROPOSED 2010 BOARD MEETING DATES

The following dates were proposed as the day for the Board’s monthly meeting. The 4th Floor Conference Room, Justice Complex, is available on each of these dates.

January 13 July 14
Feb 10 August 11
March 10 September 8
April 14 October 13
May 12 November 10
June 9 December 8

THE BOARD, UPON MOTION MADE AND SECONDED, VOTED TO APPROVE THE 2010 DATES EXCEPT IT CHANGED THE SEPTEMBER MEETING DATE TO SEPTEMBER 15.

OLD BUSINESS

2. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
(N.J.A.C. 13:35-2A.4 AND 2A.14)
APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE,
PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORIZATION

Submitted to the Board’s review were draft responses to the comments received to the proposed amendment. The Midwifery Liaison Committee requested Board approval to publish the responses in the New Jersey Register as a final adoption.

THE BOARD, UPON MOTION MADE AND SECONDED, VOTED TO PUBLISH THE RESPONSES TO THE COMMENTS RECEIVED AND TO PUBLISH AS A FINAL ADOPTION IN THE NEW JERSEY REGISTER.

3. Proposed Amendments
(N.J.A.C. 13:35-2A.2, 2A.5 and 2A.6)
Independent Practice,
Affiliated Physicians, Clinical Guidelines

Submitted to the Board’s review were draft responses to the comments received to the proposed amendment. The Midwifery Liaison Committee requested Board approval to publish the responses in the New Jersey Register as a final adoption.

THE BOARD, UPON MOTION MADE AND SECONDED, VOTED TO PUBLISH THE RESPONSES TO THE COMMENTS RECEIVED AND TO PUBLISH AS A FINAL ADOPTION IN THE NEW JERSEY REGISTER.

INFORMATIONAL

Nothing

PUBLIC COMMENT

NONE.

Respectfully submitted,

Paul C. Mendelowitz, M.D., President