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Hitesman v. Bridgeway (A-73-12; 072466)
Claims asserted under CEPA’s
“improper quality of patient care” provision must be premised upon a reasonable
belief that the employer has violated a law, rule, regulation, declaratory
ruling adopted pursuant to law, or a professional code of ethics that governs
the employer and differentiates between acceptable conduct in the employer’s
delivery of patient care. N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(a)(1); N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(c)(1).
Claims asserting that an employer’s conduct is incompatible with a “clear
mandate of public policy concerning the public health” must, at a minimum,
identify authority that applies to the “activity, policy or practice” of the
employer. N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(c)(3).
