N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57B-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:57B-1.3 - General requirements

(a) The Fund shall provide financial assistance to municipalities in the form of reimbursement of expenses incurred in providing hepatitis B inoculations to certain emergency services personnel.

(b) Each applicant municipality shall appoint a liaison who shall be responsible for preparing and submitting an application to the Division on behalf of all emergency services personnel within its jurisdiction.

1. Applications received by the Division directly from individual first aid and rescue squads, fire companies, departments, and districts, and police departments or their members and/or staffs shall be disallowed.

(c) Funds shall be allocated to municipalities in accordance with the following tiered eligibility schedule of covered individuals:

1. Tier I: Volunteer emergency medical technicians and volunteer firefighters;

2. Tier II: All other emergency medical technicians, firefighters and police officers in squads or departments with fewer than 100 members; and

3. Tier III: All other emergency medical technicians, firefighters and police officers.

(d) Fund distributions shall commence at Tier I eligibility and shall proceed through Tier I until all eligible applicant municipalities in Tier I have been reimbursed. Upon completion of Tier I reimbursement, Fund distribution will proceed to Tier II and upon completion of Tier II reimbursement, Fund distribution will proceed to Tier III.

(e) A municipality shall not claim expense reimbursement for a covered individual whose medical insurance pays for the full cost of the hepatitis inoculation, but may claim expense reimbursement for any portion of the cost disallowed by such medical insurance.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57B-1.3

Amended by R.2011 d.216, effective 8/15/2011.
See: 43 N.J.R. 338(a), 43 N.J.R. 2179(a).
In (c)1 through (c)3, deleted "--ambulance" following "technicians"; and in (c)2, substituted "fewer" for "less".