New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 11 - INSURANCE
Chapter 3 - AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
Subchapter 5 - PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 11:3-5.12 - Prohibition of conflicts of interest

(a) No administrator or employee thereof, dispute resolution professional, medical review organization or reviewing health care provider shall have any personal or financial interest, direct or indirect, or engage in any business or transaction which is in conflict with the proper conduct of his or her duties under this subchapter.

(b) No administrator or employee thereof, dispute resolution professional, medical review organization or reviewing health care provider shall act in such capacity in any matter wherein he or she has a direct or indirect personal or financial interest that might reasonably be expected to impair his or her objectivity or independence of judgment.

(c) No administrator or employee thereof, dispute resolution professional, medical review organization or reviewing health care provider shall accept any gift, favor, service or other thing of value under circumstances from which it might be reasonably inferred that such gift, service or other thing of value was given or offered for the purpose of influencing him or her in the conduct of duties under this subchapter.

(d) No dispute resolution professional shall accept from any person, whether directly or indirectly and whether by him or herself or through a spouse or any family member or through any partner or associate or controlled business, any gift, favor, service, employment or offer of employment or any other thing of value which he or she knows or has reason to believe is offered with the intent to influence the performance of his or her duties as a dispute resolution professional.

(e) No dispute resolution professional shall make any determination in any PIP dispute in which he or she directly or indirectly or through a spouse, family member or by partner or associate or controlled business has any personal or financial interest.