Requires certain doctors and nurses to ask patients questions regarding menstrual cycles, previous tampon use, and toxic shock syndrome.

New Jersey's S 1676 requires doctors and nurse practitioners specializing in family medicine, obstetrics, or gynecology to ask female patients with flu-like symptoms (such as fever or vomiting) about their menstrual cycle and recent tampon use during medical visits. Specifically, providers must inquire whether a patient has an active period or last had one, when they last used a tampon, and if symptoms began during or after tampon use. They must also inform patients about toxic shock syndrome (TSS) symptoms and offer TSS testing if symptoms align with tampon use during a menstrual cycle. This law directly affects female patients visiting these providers for flu-like illnesses and aims to improve early TSS detection.