SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1435
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: OCTOBER 28, 1996
The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 1435.
This bill, as amended by the committee, excludes from the definition of an "at-fault accident" those accidents in which a medical doctor is at-fault while operating a motor vehicle with a visible flashing blue light in response to a medical emergency. Under current law, such accidents are charged against the personal driving record of the medical doctor, if he is at-fault, and could lead to the assessment of automobile insurance eligibility points against the doctor. This bill precludes an insurer from assessing automobile insurance eligibility points against and thus surcharging a medical doctor who is involved in an at-fault accident while operating a motor vehicle with a visible flashing blue light in response to a medical emergency.