N.J. Admin. Code § 11:16-6.11

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

Section 11:16-6.11 - Confidential records and information

(a) All information and materials in the possession of the OIFP concerning the possibility of the existence or occurrence of insurance fraud or related criminal activities are confidential and privileged against disclosure, and shall not be deemed public records, so as to protect the public interest in the prosecution of insurance fraud, including protecting witness security, the State's relationship with informants and witnesses, the privacy interests of persons investigated by OIFP where no fraud has been proven and other confidential relationships.

(b) The confidentiality which extends to information and materials possessed by the OIFP with respect to the existence or occurrence of insurance fraud or related criminal activities extends to all papers, documents, reports, evidence and databases, such as investigative reports, referrals, reports or notifications of suspicious claims or applications or suspected insurance fraud, computer maintained databases of such investigative information, and such other materials and information as the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, on the basis of his experience and exercise of judgment, believes must be kept confidential in order to ensure the orderly investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud.

(c) Confidentiality of the information and materials in the possession of OIFP shall not preclude OIFP from fulfilling its statutory obligations of working with other law enforcement agencies, the Department of Health and Senior Services, the Department of Human Services, any professional board in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, the Department of Banking and Insurance, the Division of State Police and such local government units as may be necessary or practicable and of coordinating and providing information to and among referring entities on pending cases of suspected insurance fraud, where such action would serve the public interest in facilitating the investigation or prosecution of insurance fraud.

N.J. Admin. Code § 11:16-6.11

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 11:16-6.12 and amended by R.2005 d. 159, effective 5/16/2005.
See: 37 New Jersey Register 199(a), 37 New Jersey Register 1733(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 11:16-6.11, Transition, was repealed.