SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4224

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MARCH 24, 2025

      The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4224.

This bill amends R.S.45:9-2 to require the State Board of Medical Examiners (the board) to elect a vice president in addition to a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and requires the president and vice president to be an allopathic physician (M.D.), an osteopathic physician (D.O.), or a doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.).

      This bill will take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment to allow the board sufficient time to comply with the new education requirements for its officers.