"Health & Medical News"

A New Jersey trial court ruling puts most, if not all, of the 200 physician-owned ambulatory surgery centers there in violation of the state’s anti-referral law.

A 1989 law called the Codey Act prohibits doctors from referring patients to an entity in which they have a financial interest, except in certain circumstances, such as for radiation therapy or if the service is provided at the doctor’s medical office.

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In an effort to crack down on establishments that may serve drinks to already intoxicated customers, New Jersey is instructing police officers to ask motorists they stop on suspicion of drunk driving where they consumed their last drink, USA Today reported on Nov. 27.

Police then send the information to the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control Agency, who are sending investigators to the establishments most frequently cited by drivers as the location of their last drink.? 

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The New Jersey Board of Education has beefed up regulation of schools that conduct student drug testing, but won’t require schools to send all drug tests to costly state-licensed labs, the Newark Star-Ledger reported Nov. 8.

The new regulations will still allow school nurses to conduct drug tests, but will require schools to provide more training and oversight. Schools also would have to adhere to rules governing student notification of testing results. “This is insurance that there is a basic floor of training and accuracy,” said Barbara Gantwerk, assistant commissioner in the state education department. “We don’t believe this undermines it, but provides a uniform consistency throughout the state.”

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News broke about Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo being blackmailed with photos that she originally posted on the web ??“ news that, unsurprisingly, was promptly splayed on New York City tabloids. Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo won the title on June 16th and just nine days later, June 25th, received a mysterious package in the mail stuffed with photos of herself (she says they??™re not scandalous in nature) and a note saying that the photos will be published unless she relinquishes her crown to first runner-up Ronica Licciardello.

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