N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-3.2a — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-3.2a
Clean air council; membership by state commissioner of health
Status: in_force

In addition to the membership of the Clean Air Council prescribed by P.L.1967, c. 106, s. 3 (C. 26:2C-3.2), the State Commissioner of Health or a member of his staff designated by him shall be a member of the council. L.1973, c. 102, s. 1, eff. May 2, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2MM-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2MM / Section 2MM-3
New Jersey Elderly Person Suicide Prevention Advisory Council.
Status: in_force

3. There is established in the Department of Human Services the New Jersey Elderly Person Suicide Prevention Advisory Council. a. The purpose of the council shall be to examine existing needs of and services for elderly persons at risk of suicide and make recommendations to the department for suicide prevention and intervention strategies to help reduce the incidence of attempted and completed suicides among elderly persons. b. The council shall consist of nine members as follows: (1) the Commissioners of Health and Human Services and the chairman of the Community Mental Health Citizens Advisory Board established pursuant to P.L.1957, c.146 (C.30:9A-1 et seq.), or their designees, who shall serve ex officio; (2) two public members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a person with personal or family experience with suicide of an elderly person and one of whom shall be an alcohol and drug counselor; (3) two public members appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, who are not members of the same political party, one of whom shall be a registered professional nurse and one of whom shall be a licensed clinical social worker; and (4) two public members appointed by the President of the Senate, who are not members of the same political party, one of whom shall be a physician who has been specially trained in caring for elderly persons and has a certificate of added qualifications in geriatrics and one of whom shall be a geropsychiatrist. c. The public members shall be appointed no later than 60 days after the enactment of this act. d. The public members shall serve for a term of five years; but, of the members first appointed, two shall serve for a term of three years, two shall serve for a term of four years and two shall serve for a term of five years. Members are eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of their terms. Vacancies in the membership of the council shall be filled in the same manner provided for the original appointments. e. The council shall organize as soon as practicable following the appointment of its members and shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among the members.
The chairperson shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the council. f. The public members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and within the limits of funds available to the council. g. The council shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes. h. The Department of Human Services shall provide staff support to the council. L.2005, c.274, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.326.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-55 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-55
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Fund" means the "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund" established pursuant to this act. "Council" means the State advisory council for basic and intermediate life support services training established pursuant to this act. L.1992,c.143,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-66 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-66
Construction in regard to specific matters; no denial of certain rights
Status: in_force

This act shall not be construed to deny the right of a person, parent, guardian or custodian to treat or provide treatment for himself or an ill minor in accordance with the religious tenets of any church as is now or may hereafter be authorized by other statutes of this State, or to require any such person or any of his minor children to submit to physical examination other than as is now or may hereafter be required by other statutes of this State, or to require any such person or any of his minor children to submit to confinement in any hospital or medical institution other than as is now or may hereafter be required by other statutes of this State; provided, always, however, that the laws, rules and regulations relating to communicable diseases and sanitary matters are not violated. L.1947, c. 177, p. 816, s. 67.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-171 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-171
Advisory Council on Adolescent Pregnancy.
Status: in_force

2. a. There is established in the Executive Branch of the State Government an Advisory Council on Adolescent Pregnancy. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the advisory council is allocated within the Department of Health, but notwithstanding that allocation, the advisory council shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by any board or officer thereof. b. The advisory council shall consist of 24 members as follows: the Commissioners of the Departments of Health, Human Services, Children and Families, Education, Community Affairs, and Labor and Workforce Development, who shall serve as ex officio members, and 18 public members, four of whom shall be teenagers, including two teenage parents and two teenagers who are not parents, and fourteen of whom shall be representatives of community based religious, health, and social service organizations which serve adolescents and health professionals and educators with recognized expertise in the field of adolescent pregnancy. Of the public members, three shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, no more than two of whom shall be of the same political party; three shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, no more than two of whom shall be of the same political party; and 12 shall be appointed by the Governor. Eight of the persons appointed by the Governor shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate, no more than four of whom shall be of the same political party; and four of the persons appointed by the Governor shall be teenagers. The advisory council shall organize within 30 days after the appointment of its members. The members shall select one person from among them to serve as the chairperson and the members shall select a secretary, who need not be a member of the advisory council. c. Each ex officio member may designate an employee of the member's department to represent the member at hearings of the advisory council. All designees may lawfully vote and otherwise act on behalf of the member for whom they constitute the designee. d. Each public member shall be appointed for a term of three years, but of the members first appointed, six shall serve for a term of one year, six for a term of two years, and six for a term of three years. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. e. Members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation but, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, shall be eligible for reimbursement of necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. f. The Department of Health shall provide such staff as the advisory council requests to carry out the purposes of this act. L.1997, c.229, s.2; amended 2006, c.47, s.106; 2008, c.63; 2012, c.17, s.129.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-34 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-34
Delegation of powers to members or officers of board
Status: in_force

The local board of health in any municipality, except townships other than densely populated townships having a public water supply, may delegate by resolution any of its powers to any member of the board or to any officer thereof, to be exercised only when the board is not in session. Notice by any member or officer of the board shall be notice by the board, and the person served therewith shall be bound thereby.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-65.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-65.3
EMT certification candidate, criminal history record background check, costs.
Status: in_force

4. The Department of Health may require a candidate for an EMT certification to bear the costs of the criminal history record background check as may be deemed necessary by the department. L.2023, c.229, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-106 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-106
Deposit of landing permit from other quarantine station
Status: in_force

No vessel coming from any foreign or domestic port, which shall pass any quarantine station, located in Long Island sound, or in New York bay, whose master or commander has obtained a written permit from the proper quarantine officer at any of these quarantine stations to proceed with his vessel to any place in the state of New Jersey, shall be brought to any wharf, and no passenger, baggage, merchandise or materials on board of any such vessel shall land or be landed at any place until the master or commander shall deposit his permit at the office of the local board of health of the place of destination named in the permit. Such deposit shall be made within twenty-four hours after receiving the permit. In addition to the deposit of such permit, the master or commander shall obtain a permit to land as required by section 26:4-101 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-11.2
Embargo; hearing; stay; conditions
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by an embargo imposed under the provisions of this act who shall apply therefor within 30 days after the imposition of such embargo, shall be granted a hearing before the department. Pending the determination by the department before or after such hearing, the department may stay the operation of the embargo upon such terms and conditions, including performance bonds, as it may deem proper. L.1971, c. 372, s. 5, eff. Dec. 30, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.86 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.86
Facility offering behavioral health care services, policy for use of medical cannabis by qualifying patient.
Status: in_force

43. a. The chief administrator of a facility that offers behavioral health care services shall develop a policy authorizing a parent, guardian, or designated caregiver authorized to assist a qualifying patient with the use of medical cannabis pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.) to administer medical cannabis to a person who is receiving behavioral health care services at the facility. b. A policy adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall, at a minimum: (1) require the person receiving behavioral health care services be a qualifying patient authorized for the use of medical cannabis pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.), and that the parent, guardian, or designated caregiver be authorized to assist the person with the medical use of cannabis pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.); (2) establish protocols for verifying the registration status and ongoing authorization pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.) concerning the medical use of cannabis for the person and the parent, guardian, or designated caregiver; (3) expressly authorize parents, guardians, and designated caregivers to administer medical cannabis to the person receiving behavioral health care services while the person is at the facility; and (4) identify locations at the facility where medical cannabis may be administered. c. Medical cannabis may be administered to a person receiving behavioral health care services at a facility that offers such services while the person is at the facility, provided that such administration is consistent with the requirements of the policy adopted pursuant to this section and the provisions of P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.). d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize medical cannabis to be smoked in any place where smoking is prohibited pursuant to N.J.S.2C:33-13. e. As used in this section, "behavioral health care services" means procedures or services provided by a health care practitioner to a patient for the treatment of a mental illness or emotional disorder that is of mild to moderate severity. "Behavioral health care" and "behavioral health care services" shall not include procedures or services that are provided for the treatment of severe mental illness, severe emotional disorder, or any drug or alcohol use disorder. L.2019, c.153, s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-124 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-124
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that the rising incidence of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke is causing increased concern among public health officials and private practitioners who feel that it is imperative that new initiatives be developed to combat the high blood pressure which is so often associated with these life threatening conditions. The Legislature further finds that the expansion of the comprehensive hypertension control program presently operated by the New Jersey State Department of Health with funds from federal block grants is in the best interests of the citizens of the State of New Jersey in an effort to minimize the incidence of death and disability which so often accompany uncontrolled high blood pressure. L. 1985, c. 5, s. 1, eff. Jan. 10, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2A-13 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2A / Section 2A-13
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Blood Safety Act of 1991." L.1991,c.131,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2MM-7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2MM / Section 2MM-7
Statewide mobile behavioral health crisis response team, established.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a comprehensive Statewide mobile behavioral health crisis response system, which shall, at a minimum: (1) be capable of providing behavioral health crisis response services throughout the State 24 hours per day, seven days per week; (2) respond to behavioral health crisis dispatch requests made by crisis hotline centers that have contracted with the Department of Human Services pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of this act and other dispatch centers using mobile crisis response teams and other appropriate resources and services; (3) provide behavioral health crisis stabilization services, including, but not limited to, referrals to appropriate behavioral health services providers for additional care following resolution of the immediate behavioral health crisis; and (4) provide follow-up services for people who contact a crisis response center to ensure continuity of care and provide additional referrals or other services as may be appropriate to the person's ongoing treatment needs. b. In establishing the Statewide mobile behavioral health crisis response system pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall hold at least two public hearings, at least one of which shall be conducted virtually via videoconferencing. c. The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), establishing: (1) qualification, training, and experience requirements for crisis hotline center and mobile crisis response team staff; (2) composition requirements for mobile crisis response teams, which, at a minimum, shall include at least one licensed or certified behavioral health care professional and at least one certified peer; and (3) the scope of practice, operational protocols, and vehicle and equipment requirements for mobile crisis response teams, which requirements may provide for the establishment of crisis response teams capable of providing specialized responses to behavioral health crises involving particular types of mental health conditions. d. Mobile crisis response teams shall be community-based and may incorporate the use of: emergency medical technicians and other health care providers, to the extent a medical response is needed; law enforcement personnel, to the extent that the crisis cannot be resolved without the presence of law enforcement, provided that, whenever possible, the mobile crisis response team shall seek to engage the services of law enforcement personnel who have completed training in behavioral health crisis response; and other professionals as may be necessary and appropriate to provide a comprehensive response to a behavioral health crisis. e. Notwithstanding the requirement that mobile crisis response teams be community based, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the provision of crisis intervention services via telephone, video chat, or other appropriate communications media, if the use of these media are necessary to provide access to a needed service in response to a particular behavioral health crisis, and the provision of services using telephone, video chat, or other media is consistent with the needs of the person experiencing the behavioral health crisis. L.2022, c.35, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-42 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-42
Evaluation of policies and measures; reports.
Status: in_force

6. a. The department, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Community Affairs, shall evaluate policies and measures that will enable the State to achieve the 2020 limit, shall make specific recommendations on how to achieve the emission reduction targets, including measures that reduce emissions in all sectors of the economy including transportation, housing, and consumer products, and shall evaluate the economic benefits and costs of implementing these recommendations. The department shall coordinate its evaluation of greenhouse gas emission reduction policies and measures with the work of the Energy Master Plan Committee established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1977, c.146 (C.52:27F-14). b. No later than June 30, 2008, the department, and any other State agencies, as appropriate, shall prepare a report recommending the measures necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the 2020 limit. The report shall include specific recommendations for legislative and regulatory action that will be necessary to achieve the 2020 limit. The report shall be transmitted to the Governor, to the State Treasurer, to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) and to the members of the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee. c. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.197, the department, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities and any other State agencies, as appropriate, shall prepare a report recommending the measures necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including short-lived climate pollutants, to achieve the 2050 limit. The report shall include specific recommendations for legislative and regulatory action that will be necessary to achieve the 2050 limit and any established interim benchmarks. The report shall also include recommendations for additional policies and measures that will be required if the State is otherwise expected to exceed the 2020 limit and any additional measures that will be required to meet the 2050 limit. The report shall be transmitted to the Governor, to the State Treasurer, to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) and to the members of the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee. d. The Energy Master Plan Committee shall include in its adoption of the first update of the energy master plan completed after the date of enactment of P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-37 et al.), a list of recommended policies and measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from the production, processing, distribution, transmission, storage, or use of energy that will contribute to achieving the 2020 limit. e. Nothing in P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-37 et al.) shall impose any limit on the existing authority of the department, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State department or agency to limit or regulate greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to law. L.2007, c.112, s.6; amended 2019, c.197, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:5C-13 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 5C / Section 5C-13
Consent for disclosure of minor's record
Status: in_force

When consent is required for disclosure of the record of a minor who has or is suspected of having AIDS or HIV infection, consent shall be obtained from the parent, guardian, or other individual authorized under State law to act in the minor's behalf. L.1989, c.303, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-73 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-73
Duty to report to local board
Status: in_force

Whenever one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, swollen or reddened, or show any unnatural discharge at any time within two weeks after its birth, and no licensed practitioner of medicine is in attendance upon the infant at the time, the midwife, nurse, attendant or relative having charge of such infant shall report the fact in writing, within six hours, to the local board of health having jurisdiction over the locality in which the parents of the infant reside.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-91.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-91.1
Participation eligibility for PACE program.
Status: in_force

1. a. A person who applies to participate in the PACE program shall notify and provide to the PACE program provider valid proof of the person's date of birth upon enrollment in the PACE program.
b. The PACE program provider shall notify and provide to each enrollee in the PACE program, three months prior to the date on which the enrollee will be 65 years of age, contact and eligibility information for the Medicare program and any other information the PACE program provider shall deem necessary to ensure that enrollees in the PACE program have sufficient information to allow them to apply for Medicare coverage.
c. As used in this section, the definitions of section 1 of P.L.1997, c.296 (C.26:2H-88) shall apply.
L.2015, c.151, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5.1g — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5.1g
Regulations.
Status: in_force

3. a. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Health shall adopt regulations necessary to develop an integrated licensing system in which facilities licensed under the authority of P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.); P.L.1957, c.146 (C.30:9A-1 et seq.); P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.); sections 5 and 6 of P.L.1989, c.51 (C.26:2BB-5 and C.26:2BB-6); P.L.1969, c.152 (C.26:2G-1 et seq.); or Reorganization Plan No. 001-2017 may provide primary care, mental health care, or substance use disorder treatment services, or a combination of such services, under a single license. b. The regulations shall: (1) identify services authorized to be provided as primary care, mental health care, or substance use disorder treatment pursuant to an integrated health care facility license; (2) require a single integrated health care facility license for a facility, which license shall specify the scope of primary care, mental health care, and substance use disorder treatment services that the facility is authorized to provide under the integrated health care facility license; (3) permit a facility to hold a designation as an ambulatory care facility, community mental health program, substance use disorder treatment facility, or other type of facility recognized under State or federal law under the integrated health care facility license without requiring a separate license; (4) identify staffing requirements consistent with staff members' scope of professional practice and credentials; (5) establish standards for information sharing among providers and among core and non-core team members; (6) establish requirements for collection of data on identified outcome measures; (7) permit sharing of clinical space, administrative staff, medical records storage, and other facility resources among different categories of services, unless a separation is necessary to protect the health and safety of patients or the public or to comply with federal or State health privacy laws and regulations; and (8) establish application requirements, compliance inspections, investigations, and enforcement actions, including but not limited to fees and penalties. c. In developing the regulations, the commissioner shall: (1) consult with the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services to develop policies that minimize barriers to participation and reimbursement in the Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs faced by licensed facilities for all qualifying services; and (2) promote policies that: (a) support an effective and efficient administration of a full range of integrated, comprehensive health care; (b) support providers' identification of risk factors for mental illness and substance use disorders, which may include physical health diagnoses; (c) support an increased awareness of prevention and treatment; (d) reduce the stigma associated with receiving behavioral health treatment; (e) will lead to improved access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment services for all persons; (f) will lead to improved general health and wellness, including physical health, mental health, and substance use disorders, and prevent chronic disease; and (g) will leverage partnerships with local health authorities, employers, faith-based organizations, and others involved in promoting community health. L.2017, c.294, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5.11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5.11
Definitions relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Needle stick injury" means the parenteral introduction into the body of a health care worker of blood or other potentially infectious material by a needle or other sharp device during the worker's performance of health care duties in a health care facility. L.1999, c.311, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.166.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2G-34 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2G / Section 2G-34
Program of medical and community services.
Status: in_force

4. The clinics, regional centers, and outreach offices established hereunder shall provide a complete program of medical and community services in connection with all aspects of substance use, substance use disorder, and related problems, including, but not by way of limitation, the following: educational programs; confidential drug counseling; vocational guidance and job placement; psychiatric, psychological, and social case work services; induction and outreach services; 24-hour telephone emergency capability; urine monitoring; detoxification; methadone maintenance; individual and community prevention program; individual self-help and group therapy; referral services for in-patient treatment; all areas of treatment and rehabilitation of persons with substance use disorder; aftercare treatment; and probation services for the courts and correctional systems. L.1971, c.128, s.4; amended 2017, c.131, s.95.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-74 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-74
Disposition of penalties recovered
Status: in_force

Any penalty recovered under the provisions of this subtitle shall be paid to the plaintiff. When the plaintiff is the State Commissioner of Health of the State of New Jersey, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the commissioner into the treasury of the State. When the plaintiff is a local board of health, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the local board into the treasury of the municipality within which the local board has jurisdiction. L.1939, c. 261, p. 677, s. 1. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 467, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-166 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-166
NJ FamilyCare, Medicaid, coverage, acute hospital care services, same basis as within hospital.
Status: in_force

4. The NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid programs, and any carrier that offers a health benefits plan in this State, shall provide coverage for acute hospital care services delivered to a covered person through the program established pursuant to section 3 of this act, on the same basis as when services are delivered within the facilities of a hospital. Reimbursement payments under this section shall be established pursuant to the contract between the carrier and the hospital and shall be provided to the hospital, facility, or organization providing the services or the individual practitioner who delivered the reimbursable services, or to the agency, facility, or organization that employs or contracts with the individual practitioner who delivered the reimbursable services, as appropriate. Carriers shall not utilize more stringent utilization management criteria than apply when those services are provided within the facilities of a hospital. L.2023, c.163, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-37 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-37
Disinterments; when allowed; permits
Status: in_force

No dead body shall be disinterred or removed from any grave, tomb or burial place within this State except by direction of a competent court of this State for the purpose of criminal investigation or upon permit being given therefor by the local board in the locality where the body is interred or entombed. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2I-37 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2I / Section 2I-37
Powers supplemental and not derogatory
Status: in_force

The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. L.1972, c. 29, s. 37.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2W-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2W / Section 2W-5
Firefighter cancer registry.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of Health shall develop and maintain a firefighter cancer registry, which shall be a voluntary registry of firefighters to collect relevant history and occupational information from firefighters that can be linked to available cancer registry data collected by existing State cancer registries. b. The commissioner shall seek to include the following information for each firefighter included in the firefighter cancer registry: (1) the age and demographic information of the firefighter; (2) the status of the firefighter as either a paid or volunteer firefighter; (3) the number of years working as a firefighter; (4) the number of fire incidents attended to by the firefighter, including the number of incidents involving a residential house fire, the number of incidents involving a commercial fire, and the number of incidents involving any other type of fire; (5) whether the firefighter's history includes smoking or drug use; (6) relevant physical examination and medical history information; and (7) any additional information that is deemed necessary by the commissioner. c. For the purpose of developing and maintaining the firefighter registry established pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall consult experts with experience in developing and maintaining cancer registries, studying cancer incidence, diagnosing and treating cancer, and firefighting. L.2019, c.113, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-83 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-83
Minimum safety standards for tanning facilities established.
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall, by regulation, establish minimum safety standards for tanning facilities. The standards shall include, but not be limited to: a. Establishment of a maximum safe time of exposure to radiation and a maximum safe temperature at which tanning devices may be operated; b. A requirement that a patron at a tanning facility wear protective eye glasses when using tanning equipment and that a patron be supervised as to the length of time the patron uses tanning equipment at the facility; c. A requirement that the facility operator post easily legible, permanent warning signs near the tanning equipment which state: "DANGER-ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS"; d. A requirement that the facility have protective shielding for tanning equipment in the facility; and e. A requirement that the facility operator post a sign in conspicuous view at or near the reception area which states: "PERSONS UNDER AGE 14 SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE SPRAY TANNING IN THIS TANNING FACILITY. PERSONS WHO ARE AT LEAST 17 YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO USE A TANNING BED IN THIS FACILITY PROVIDED THAT A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN IS PRESENT FOR THE INITIAL CONSULTATION." L.1989, c.234, s.3; amended 2006, c.48, s.2; 2012, c.17, s.148; 2013, c.39, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-90 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-90
Notification of death to procurement organization.
Status: in_force

14. A person who seeks to facilitate the making of an anatomical gift, for the purposes of transplantation or therapy, from a decedent who was not a hospital patient at the time of death shall notify the procurement organization at or around the time of the person's death in order to allow the organization to at least initially evaluate the potential donation and coordinate the donation process, as applicable. L.2008, c.50, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-41 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-41
Contents of reports secret; exceptions
Status: in_force

No person shall disclose the name or address or the identity of any person known or suspected to have a venereal disease except to the person's physician or to a health authority, or, in the event of a prosecution under this article or under the criminal law of this State, to a prosecuting officer or to the court; provided, however, that the person's physician or a health authority may disclose the name, address or identity of such person when and only when the physician or health authority shall deem such disclosure necessary in order to protect the health or welfare of the person or of his family or of the public; and provided further, that nothing herein shall be construed as in any way restricting such disclosures to the State Department of Health. Documents, records or reports which contain or would reveal the name, address or identity of a person known or suspected to have a venereal disease or treated for such a disease shall not be open to inspection except by an authorized representative of the State Department of Health or, in the event of a prosecution under this article or under the criminal laws of this State, by a prosecuting officer or the court; provided, however, that the custodian of any such documents, records or reports may permit inspection of them by a licensed physician or a health official whenever said custodian shall deem such inspection necessary in order to protect the health or welfare of the person or of his family or of the public and the custodian of any hospital record shall permit examination of such record in connection with any claim for compensation or damages for personal injury or death resulting therefrom by any person authorized by any other law to make such examination. Amended by L.1945, c. 103, p. 446, s. 1; L.1952, c. 78, p. 409, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-6
Prohibiting attendance of teachers or pupils
Status: in_force

Any body having control of a school may, on account of the prevalence of any communicable disease, or to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, prohibit the attendance of any teacher or pupil of any school under their control and specify the time during which the teacher or scholar shall remain away from school. a. (Deleted by amendment.) b. (Deleted by amendment.) c. (Deleted by amendment.) Amended by L.1974, c. 150, s. 4, eff. Nov. 11, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-53 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-53
Expiration of terms of existing State Board of Health members
Status: in_force

The terms of office of all the members of the present State Board of Health shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1947, c. 177, p. 813, s. 53.
N.J. Stat. § 26:9-12.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.2
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. L.1949, c. 89, p. 407, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-47.4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-47.4
Revocation of certification
Status: in_force

4. The commissioner, after notice and hearing, may revoke the certification granted pursuant to section 2 of this act for a violation of any provision of this act or any rule or regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this act. L.2003,c.1.s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:5B-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-5
Findings, declarations relative to sickle cell anemia.
Status: in_force

9. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder characterized primarily by chronic anemia and periodic episodes of pain; b. The clinical course of sickle cell anemia does not follow a single pattern, for the symptoms can range from mild to very severe; c. Sickle cell anemia affects millions of people throughout the world but in this country affects approximately 72,000 people, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, most of whom are African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans of Caribbean ancestry; d. Approximately two million Americans, or one in 12 African-Americans, carry the sickle cell trait; and the disease occurs in approximately one in 500 African-Americans and one in every 1,000-1,400 Hispanic-Americans; e. All newborn infants born in New Jersey and in most other states are screened for sickle cell anemia; however, there is currently no known means of prevention or cure for the disease, although promising new methods of treatment have emerged from clinical studies in recent years, including drug therapy, bone marrow transplants from matched siblings, and umbilical cord blood transplants; and f. There is a widespread need for information among those populations who are at greatest risk for carrying the sickle cell trait about the genetic risk factors associated with sickle cell anemia and the symptoms and treatment of the disease. L.2011, c.210, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-50 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-50
Establishment of districts; district State health officers; civil service; duties
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, subject to approval by the Public Health Council, from time to time establish such health districts as he may deem necessary. He shall, subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, relating to civil service, appoint, for each of such districts, a district State health officer who shall be a person qualified in public health administration. All such persons thus appointed shall be in the classified service of the civil service of the State, unless otherwise provided by law. The commissioner shall, subject to approval by the Public Health Council, and within the limits of available appropriations therefor, fix the compensation of each of the district State health officers thus appointed. Each district State health officer, under the direction of the commissioner and subject to the provisions of the State Sanitary Code, shall, in addition to such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the commissioner, perform the following duties: a. Keep himself informed as to the work of each local health department within his health district; b. Aid each local health officer within his health district in the performance of his duties, and particularly during the prevalence of any contagious disease; c. Assist each local health officer within his health district in making an annual health survey of the territory within his jurisdiction, and in maintaining therein a continuous sanitary supervision; d. Call together the local health officers within the district or any portion of it from time to time for conference; e. Adjust questions of jurisdiction arising between local health officers within his district; f. Study the causes of excessive mortality from any disease in any portion of his district; g. Promote efficient registration of births and deaths; h. Endeavor to enlist the co-operation of all the organizations concerned or interested in public health activities within his district, in the improvement of public health therein; i. Disseminate information to the general public in all matters pertaining to public health; and j. Act as the representative of the commissioner, and under his direction, in securing the enforcement within his district of the provisions of the State Sanitary Code and of the laws of this State pertaining to public health. L.1947, c. 177, p. 811, s. 50.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-12 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-12
Approval of appointment by state department
Status: in_force

The appointment of a local registrar shall be immediately certified to the state department, but shall not become effective until thirty days from the date of filing of the certificate, unless sooner approved in writing by the department. If within the thirty days the department shall disapprove of the appointment, the office shall be deemed vacant.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8A-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-6
Obligations of domestic partners.
Status: in_force

6. a. The obligations that two people have to each other as a result of creating a domestic partnership shall be limited to the provisions of this act, and those provisions shall not diminish any right granted under any other provision of law. b. Upon the termination of a domestic partnership, the domestic partners, from that time forward, shall incur none of the obligations to each other as domestic partners that are created by this or any other act. c. A domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the partnership was created, shall be valid in this State. d. Any health care or social services provider, employer, operator of a place of public accommodation, property owner or administrator, or other individual or entity may treat a person as a member of a domestic partnership, notwithstanding the absence of an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership filed pursuant to this act. e. Domestic partners may modify the rights and obligations to each other that are granted by this act in any valid contract between themselves, except for the requirements for a domestic partnership as set forth in section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4). f. Two adults who have not filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership shall be treated as domestic partners in an emergency medical situation for the purposes of allowing one adult to accompany the other adult who is ill or injured while the latter is being transported to a hospital, or to visit the other adult who is a hospital patient, on the same basis as a member of the latter's immediate family, if both persons, or one of the persons in the event that the other person is legally or medically incapacitated, advise the emergency care provider that the two persons have met the other requirements for establishing a domestic partnership as set forth in section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4); however, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit the two adults to be treated as domestic partners for any other purpose as provided in P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.) prior to their having filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership. g. A domestic partner shall not be liable for the debts of the other partner contracted before establishment of the domestic partnership, or contracted by the other partner in his own name during the domestic partnership. The partner who contracts for the debt in his own name shall be liable to be sued separately in his own name, and any property belonging to that partner shall be liable to satisfy that debt in the same manner as if the partner had not entered into a domestic partnership. L.2003,c.246,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-8.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-8.2
Notification.
Status: in_force

1. If the attending physician, registered professional nurse, physician assistant, or the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner who makes the actual determination and pronouncement of death determines or has knowledge that the deceased person was HIV positive or infected with hepatitis B virus or that the deceased person suffered from AIDS, or any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Health, the attending physician, registered professional nurse, physician assistant, or the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner shall immediately place with the remains written notification of the condition and shall provide written notification of the condition to the funeral director who is responsible for the handling and the disposition of the body. L.1988, c.125, s.1; amended 2015, c.224, s.14; 2018, c.62, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 26:17-1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-1
Findings and declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The New Jersey Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system is the national abbreviated dialing code for free access to health and human services information and referral; b. New Jersey's current Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system is out of date with regards to information relating to current available modes of public transit, that mainly directs people with disabilities to use private transit services that are expensive and not feasible for routine travel; c. New Jersey's Statewide 2-1-1 system should include all pertinent transportation information, especially information pertaining to Access Link, county paratransit, voluntary drivers, or agencies that cater to the transportation needs of persons with disabilities; and d. The Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system needs to be updated to include all current modes of public transit available in New Jersey, as well as updated to provide information on how to access and use the various services. L.2021, c.361, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-9
Issuance of certificate of need.
Status: in_force

9. Certificates of need shall be issued by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) and based upon criteria and standards therefor promulgated by the commissioner. The commissioner may approve or deny an application for a certificate of need. If an application is denied, the applicant may request a hearing pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). Requests for a hearing shall be made to the Department of Health and Senior Services within 30 days of receipt of notification of the commissioner's action. The department shall arrange within 60 days of a request, for a hearing and after such hearing the commissioner or his designee shall furnish the applicant in writing the hearing examiner's recommendations and reasons therefor. The commissioner within 30 days of receiving all appropriate hearing records shall make his determination, which shall be a final agency decision. L.1971,c.136,s.9; amended 1978, c.83, s.6; 1991, c.187, s.32; 1992, c.31, s.3; 1998, c.43, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-11
Annual open enrollment period
Status: in_force

a. After a health maintenance organization has been in operation 24 months, it shall have an annual open enrollment period of at least one month during which it accepts enrollees up to the limits of its capacity, as determined by the health maintenance organization, in the order in which they apply for enrollment. A health maintenance organization may apply to the commissioner for authorization to impose such underwriting restrictions upon enrollment as are necessary to preserve its financial stability, to prevent excessive adverse selection by prospective enrollees, or to avoid unreasonably high or unmarketable charges for enrollee coverage for health care services. The commissioner shall approve or deny such application within 30 days of the receipt thereof from the health maintenance organization. The Commissioner of Insurance shall certify to the commissioner the appropriateness of any requested underwriting restrictions. b. Health maintenance organizations providing or arranging for services exclusively on a group contract basis may limit the open enrollment provided for in subsection a. to all members of the group or groups covered by such contracts. c. A health maintenance organization shall notify its enrollees in writing at the time of enrollment, and include a notice in the promotional material which it distributes to prospective enrollees, that a person's choice of health benefits plan will determine his coverage until the next annual open enrollment period, regardless of the continued availability of a particular health care provider who contracts with that health maintenance organization, unless the enrollee moves his place of residence outside of the organization's designated service area. L.1973, c.337, s.11; amended 1989,c.321,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-23 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-23
Register of reported cases; inspection
Status: in_force

The facts contained in the report of a communicable disease shall be entered by the officer to whom the report is delivered in a register kept for that purpose. The register shall be subject to the inspection of the local board and its proper officers and to the state department and its officers only.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-22 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-22
Delegates to annual conference; expenses
Status: in_force

Each local board of health may appoint one or more of its members, officers, or employees as a delegate or delegates to attend the annual conference. The actual traveling and hotel expenses of each delegate shall be paid by the treasurer or other disbursing officer of the municipality within which the local board has jurisdiction, upon presentation by each delegate of a certificate of his appointment and a bill of his expenses duly verified by affidavit. L.1947, c. 177, p. 802, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-32 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-32
Completion of details by local registrar
Status: in_force

In case the person filing a certificate of birth is unable, by diligent inquiry, to obtain any item or items contemplated in section 26:8-29 of this Title, the local registrar shall secure from the person so reporting, or any other person having the required knowledge, such information as will enable said person to complete the certificate. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 53.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-19
Transfer of certain powers, functions and duties of state board of control, commissioner and department of institutions and agencies and its hospital licensing board
Status: in_force

All of the functions, powers and duties of the State Board of Control, the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies and the Department of Institutions and Agencies and its Hospital Licensing Board related to administration of law governing and concerning residential health care facilities, private mental hospitals, convalescent homes, private nursing homes and private hospitals, and relating to the planning, construction and licensing of health care facilities as defined in this act and the power to receive, allocate, expend, and authorize the expenditure of Federal moneys available for health care facility construction and renovation are hereby transferred and assigned to, assumed by and devolved upon the State Department of Health. To effectuate such transfer there shall also be transferred such officers and employees as are necessary, all appropriations or reappropriations, to the extent of remaining unexpended or unencumbered balances thereof, whether allocated or unallocated and whether obligated or unobligated, and all necessary books, papers, records and property. All rules, regulations, acts, determinations and decisions in force at the time of such transfer and proceedings or other such matters undertaken or commenced by or before the Department of Institutions and Agencies or the Hospital Licensing Board pertaining to the planning, construction, licensing and operation of such health care facilities, and the administration of Federal moneys for health care facility construction, and renovation pending at the time of such transfer, shall continue in force and effect until duly modified, abrogated or completed by the Department of Health. L.1971, c. 136, s. 19. Amended by L.1979, c. 496, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2B-28 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2B / Section 2B-28
Transfer of property, moneys, obligations, and officers and employees under prior law to division; retention of supervisory powers by department
Status: in_force

22. All books, papers, records, documents, and equipment in the custody of or maintained for the use of the Department of Health pursuant to sections 1 through 5, inclusive, of P.L.1948, c.453 (C.26:2B-1 through C.26:2B-5) are hereby transferred to the custody and control of the division created by this act. All moneys heretofore appropriated for the Department of Health for activities authorized by said sections 1 through 5, inclusive, of P.L.1948, c.453 (C.26:2B-1 through C.26:2B-5) and remaining unexpended on the effective date of this act are hereby transferred to, and shall remain immediately available for expenditure by, the division created by this act. All duly existing contracts, leases, and obligations of the Department of Health entered into pursuant to said sections 1 through 5, inclusive, of P.L.1948, c.453 (C.26:2B-1 through C.26:2B-5) shall remain in effect and shall be performed by the division created by this act. This act shall not affect any renewal provisions or option to renew contained in any such lease in existence on the effective date of this act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all approvals of plans, projects, and Federal and State financial aid applications heretofore granted shall remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent said division from withdrawing such approval if such action is otherwise in accordance with law. All gifts and special grants made to the Department of Health under sections 1 through 5 of P.L.1948, c.453 (C.26:2B-1 through C.26:2B-5) and remaining unexpended on the effective date of this act shall be available for expenditure by the division created by this act in accordance with the conditions of the gift or grant without specific appropriation. All hospital and clinic facilities established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1948, c. 453 (C.26:2B-3) shall remain subject to the control and supervision of the department. All officers and employees of the Department of Health engaged in activities authorized by sections 1 through 5, inclusive, of P.L.1948, c.453 (C.26:2B-1 through C.26:2B-5) who immediately prior to the effective date of this act hold permanent appointment in positions classified under Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, or have tenure in their positions by reason of law are hereby transferred to the division created by this act, every such transfer to be without impairment of civil service status, seniority, retirement, and other rights of the employee, without interruption of service, and without reduction in compensation and salary grade, notwithstanding any change in his title or duties made as a result of such transfer; subject, however, to the provisions of Title 11, and the rules and regulations established thereunder. All such officers and employees who immediately prior to the effective date do not hold permanent appointment in such positions, or do not hold such tenure, are hereby transferred to the division created by this act without impairment of seniority, retirement and other rights, without interruption of service, and without reduction in compensation and salary grade. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer upon an officer or employee any rights not held prior to the transfer or to prohibit any subsequent reduction in compensation or salary grade not prohibited prior to the transfer. L.1975, c. 305, s. 22; amended 2023, c.177, s.63.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.89 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.89
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Health shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.498, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18.60c — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18.60c
Required procedures by hospitals for charity care.
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Health shall require the use of procedures by hospitals to ensure their uniform collection from applicants for charity care pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.60) and the transmission to the Department of Health of demographic and financial information as the commissioner requires pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1995, c.133 (C.26:2H-18.59c) and any other information that the commissioner determines necessary to ensure the efficient, cost-effective operation of the hospital charity care subsidy program and to prevent and detect fraudulent charity care claims. L.2007, c.217, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.231.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.6b — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.6b
Definitions relative to emergency contraception for sexual assault victims.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.2005, c.50 (C.26:2H-12.6b et seq.): "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Division on Women" means the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families. "Emergency care to sexual assault victims" means a medical examination, procedure, or service provided by an emergency health care facility to a sexual assault victim following an alleged sexual offense. "Emergency contraception" means one or more prescription drugs to prevent pregnancy, used separately or in combination, administered to or self-administered by a patient within a medically recommended time after sexual intercourse, dispensed for that purpose in accordance with professional standards of practice and determined to be safe by the United States Food and Drug Administration. "Emergency health care facility" means a general hospital or satellite emergency department licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). "Medically and factually accurate and objective" means verified or supported by the weight of research conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods and standards, published in peer-reviewed journals and recognized as accurate and objective by leading professional organizations and agencies with relevant expertise in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. "Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program" means the Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety, established pursuant to P.L.2001, c.81 (C.52:4B-50 et seq.). "Sexual assault victim" means a female who alleges or is alleged to have suffered a personal, physical, or psychological injury as a result of a sexual offense. "Sexual offense" means sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault as set forth in N.J.S.2C:14-2, criminal sexual contact and aggravated criminal sexual contact as set forth in N.J.S.2C:14-3, fourth degree lewdness as set forth in subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:14-4 and endangering the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct which would impair or debauch the morals of the child as set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-4. L.2005, c.50, s.1; amended 2012, c.16, s.45; 2012, c.17, s.182.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-7.21 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-7.21
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

8. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2002, c.25, s.8; amended 2012, c.17, s.176.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-131 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-131
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

9. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry out the purposes of this act. L.2001, c.376, s.9; amended 2012, c.17, s.109.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.46 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.46
Hospital to inform pregnant patients of option to donate umbilical cord blood, placental tissue.
Status: in_force

1. a. A general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.) shall, upon admission, advise every patient of the hospital who is known to be pregnant of the option to donate, to a public umbilical cord blood bank affiliated with the National Marrow Donor Program, or NMDP, blood extracted from the umbilical cord or the placental tissue of her newborn child. b. If the patient elects to donate umbilical cord blood or placental tissue as provided in subsection a. of this section: (1) The patient shall provide to the hospital the collection kit supplied by the NMDP-affiliated public umbilical cord blood bank to collect the blood or placental tissue and shall arrange for the kit to be transported to the umbilical cord blood bank at no cost to the hospital; and (2) The donation shall be made without monetary expense to the woman or the hospital for the collection or storage of the blood or placental tissue. c. If the patient elects to store her newborn child's umbilical cord blood or placental tissue for family use with a private umbilical cord blood bank: (1) The patient shall provide to the hospital the collection kit supplied by the private umbilical cord blood bank to collect the blood or placental tissue and shall arrange for the kit to be transported to the blood bank at no cost to the hospital; and (2) The hospital shall collect the blood or placental tissue in accordance with the patient's directions. d. The provisions of subsections a., b., and c. of this section shall not be construed to: (1) require a hospital to collect umbilical cord blood or placental tissue if, in the professional judgment of the patient's attending physician, the collection would threaten the health of the mother or newborn child; or (2) apply to a physician, nurse, or other hospital employee or contractor who, or a hospital that, is directly affiliated with a religious denomination that adheres to the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral principles which the denomination considers to be an essential part of its beliefs and practices. The physician, nurse, other hospital employee or contractor, or hospital, as applicable, shall record, in writing, its refusal to participate in the activity provided in subsections a., b., and c. of this section, and include a copy of the refusal in the patient's medical record. L.2007, c.247, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.83 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.83
Review of plans, authority of department.
Status: in_force

5. a. The Department of Health shall review each hospital and physician incentive plan filed with the department at least once every six years to determine whether the plan is operated in compliance with this act and other relevant State and federal laws and regulations, and whether the hospital and physician incentive plan has resulted in a degradation of quality of health care provided to patients attributable to the hospital and physician incentive plan. b. The department shall have authority to terminate a hospital and physician incentive plan if the department's review finds that the hospital and physician incentive plan fails to comply with State or federal law, or if it results in a degradation of quality of patient care. c. A hospital and physician incentive plan shall not expire or otherwise be terminated solely as a result of the department's failure to conduct a review required pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.2017, c.46, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-71 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-71
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

19. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) the Department of Health shall establish rules and regulations: a. For the annual reporting by health care institutions, and the gathering of such additional data as is reasonably necessary to oversee and evaluate the implementation of this act. The department shall seek to minimize the burdens of record-keeping imposed by the rules and regulations and shall seek to assure the appropriate confidentiality of patient records. b. Requiring health care institutions to adopt policies and practices designed to: (1) Make routine inquiry, at the time of admission and at such other times as are appropriate under the circumstances, concerning the existence and location of an advance directive; (2) Provide appropriate informational materials concerning advance directives to all interested patients and their families and health care representatives, and to assist patients interested in discussing and executing an advance directive; (3) Educate patients and their families and health care representatives about the availability, benefits and burdens of rehabilitative treatment, therapy and services, as appropriate; (4) Inform physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals of their rights and responsibilities under this act, to assure that the rights and responsibilities are understood, and to provide a forum for discussion and consultation regarding the requirements of this act; and (5) Otherwise comply with the provisions of this act. L.1991,c.201,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-125 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-125
Intentional disregard for act, professional misconduct; fines; fourth degree crime for certain acts relative to advance directives.
Status: in_force

25. a. A mental health care professional who intentionally fails to act in accordance with the requirements of this act is subject to discipline for professional misconduct pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21). b. A psychiatric facility that intentionally fails to act in accordance with the requirements of this act shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense. For the purposes of this subsection, each violation shall constitute a separate offense. Penalties for violations of this act shall be recovered in a summary civil proceeding, brought in the name of the State in a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). c. It shall be a crime of the fourth degree for a person to: (1) willfully conceal, cancel, deface, obliterate or withhold personal knowledge of an advance directive for mental health care, or a modification, revocation or suspension thereof, without the declarant's consent; (2) falsify or forge an advance directive for mental health care of another person, or a modification, revocation or suspension thereof; (3) coerce or fraudulently induce the execution of an advance directive for mental health care, or a modification, revocation or suspension, thereof; or (4) require or prohibit the execution of an advance directive for mental health care, or a modification, revocation or suspension thereof, as a condition of coverage under any policy of health insurance, life insurance or annuity, or governmental benefits program, or as a condition of the provision of health care. d. The sanctions provided in this section shall not be construed to repeal any sanctions applicable under other law. L.2005,c.233,s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-19
Report of persons affected with communicable diseases in institutions
Status: in_force

Every physician, superintendent or other person having control or supervision over a State, county or municipal hospital, sanatorium or other public or private institution in which any person ill or infected with any disease required by law or the State Sanitary Code to be reported is received for care or treatment shall, within 24 hours after any such patient has been received into the institution, report the fact to the health officer or other officer or employee designated to receive such reports by the local board of health having jurisdiction over the territory in which the institution is located. The report shall be in writing in the name of the physician, superintendent or other person having charge over the institution and shall set forth the name and age of the ill or infected person and the exact place of his residence or the name of the place from which he was received into the institution, together with the date upon which he was received and such other information as may be required by regulation of the State Department of Health. Amended by L.1954, c. 263, p. 950, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-20.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-20.3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Confidential case report" means a report created by a local overdose fatality review team summarizing the data collected and analyzed regarding a confirmed fatal drug overdose. "De-identifiable data" means data or information not containing personally identifiable information. "Health care provider" means a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant acting within the scope of a valid license or certification issued pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. "Local team" means a local overdose fatality review team. "Mental health provider" means a psychiatrist, a psychologist, an advanced practice nurse practitioner with a specialty in psychiatric mental health, a clinical social worker, a professional counselor, or a marriage and family therapist who is licensed to provide mental health services pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. "Overdose" means "drug overdose" as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.2013, c.46 (C.24:6J-3). "Personally identifiable information" means any information about an individual that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, including, but not limited to, an individual's name, address, social security number, date and place of birth, mother's maiden name, biometric records, and medical, educational, financial, and employment information. "Public health purpose" means a purpose of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. "Public health purpose" includes, but is not limited to, implementing educational programs, recommending policies, administering services, conducting research, and promoting healthcare equity, in an effort to protect the health of entire populations. "Substance use disorder" shall have the same meaning prescribed by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, and any subsequent editions, and shall include the symptoms of withdrawal from a substance use disorder. "Substance use disorder treatment provider" means any individual or entity licensed, registered, or certified pursuant to the laws of this State to treat substance use disorders or who holds a current and valid waiver under the federal Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-310) from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to treat individuals with substance use disorder using medications approved for that indication by the United States Food and Drug Administration. L.2021, c.430, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5s — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5s
Provision of palliative care services for patients treated in the emergency department.
Status: in_force

1. The emergency department of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall develop and implement a plan to integrate the provision of palliative care services for patients treated in the emergency department for whom palliative care is appropriate. The plan shall include: (1) the adoption of a standardized screening tool , as recommended by the Department of Health, for use by health care professionals in the emergency department to facilitate the identification of patients who present to the emergency department for acute symptom management, pain relief, or otherwise, who would benefit from palliative care services; (2) the provision of patient-centered information , as developed by the Department of Health, concerning the benefits of palliative care, the conditions, diagnoses, and disease stage for which palliative care is generally appropriate, and referrals to providers of outpatient palliative care services, when appropriate; and (3) consideration of the unique needs of patients with intellectual or developmental disabilities or behavioral health issues who present to the emergency department and for whom palliative care may be indicated. L.2019, c.421, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-36.12 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-36.12
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that the development of health promotion and health-risk reduction programs will serve the best interests of the public welfare by encouraging health care consumers to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors which will result in a reduction of the long-term costs of providing health care. To this end, participation in healthy lifestyles should be encouraged by requiring that health insurance benefits and health care services be provided for wellness health examinations and counselling. L.1993,c.327,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2B-19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2B / Section 2B-19
Rights of juveniles
Status: in_force

All rights afforded any person under this act shall apply to juveniles as may be consistent with present statutory law applying to minors. L.1975, c. 305, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.5
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Health shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1986, c. 11, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-33 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-33
Indorsement and return of burial or removal papers
Status: in_force

The person in charge of any premises on which an interment is made shall indorse, over his signature upon the burial or removal permit, or transit permit, the date of interment and shall return the permit so indorsed or the detachable portion of the transit permit, if any, to the local registrar of his district within 10 days from the date of interment, or within the time fixed by the local board. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-58 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-58
Liability of local board for costs
Status: in_force

In case no such nuisance shall be found to exist, costs shall be awarded against the local board which caused the action to be brought, but only in case it shall appear to the court that no probable cause existed for bringing the action. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 469, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-8
Vital record facilities
Status: in_force

Suitable quarters shall be provided for the registration of vital records, which quarters shall be properly equipped with fire resistant area and filing cases for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and retained under this chapter and chapter 6 of this Title (s. 26:6-1 et seq.) as well as Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Revised Statutes. Amended by L. 1965, c. 78, s. 35; L. 1985, c. 194, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 26:12-15 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15
Inapplicability of act to curriculum, program or ministry of youth camp
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall authorize the commissioner or any other official acting under this act to restrict, determine, or influence the curriculum, program or ministry of any youth camp. L.1973, c. 375, s. 15, eff. Jan. 9, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-35 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-35
Procedure when no person in charge of cemetery
Status: in_force

The funeral director when burying a body in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge shall sign the burial or removal permit, or transit permit, giving the date of burial, and shall write across the face of the permit or transit permit the words, "No person in charge," and file the permit or transit permit within 10 days with the registrar of the district in which the place of burial is located. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2G-42 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2G / Section 2G-42
County advisory councils, national opioid litigation resolution, disbursement, received moneys.
Status: in_force

4. A county that directly receives moneys as a result of a national opioid litigation resolution shall establish an advisory council to provide input, advice, and recommendations on the disbursement of such moneys and, if requested by a municipality within the county, on the disbursement of moneys from a national opioid litigation resolution received by the municipality. Each county advisory council shall, at a minimum, consist of a member possessing expertise in substance use disorder treatment or prevention, a member representing a provider of behavioral health or substance use disorder treatment in the community, a member with personal experience with substance use and substance use disorder issues, the county prosecutor or the county prosecutor's designee, and an individual authorized to appropriate funds on behalf of the governing body of the county or such individual's designee. A county advisory council may include any additional members as the county deems necessary and appropriate. L.2023, c.25, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-72 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-72
Jurisdiction of proceedings to recover penalties; process
Status: in_force

Every municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of any provision of a health ordinance or code of a local board, if the violation occurs within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.); process shall issue at the suit of such local board and shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 470, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2A-10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2A / Section 2A-10
Enforcement by commissioner; authority; obstruction of performance
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this act and may make complaints against persons violating its provisions or the rules or regulations issued thereunder and prosecute violations of same. The commissioner shall have the power and authority to enter and inspect any blood bank and to make such investigation of the premises and the books and records as is reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. It shall be a violation of this act for any person to obstruct, hinder, delay or interfere, by force or otherwise, with the performance by the commissioner of any duty under the provisions of this act. L.1963, c. 33, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-158 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-158
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) establishing procedures for the collection of the surcharge. L. 1987,c.370, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-92 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-92
Powers, duties and jurisdiction of regional health commission
Status: in_force

Each regional health commission shall have jurisdiction in matters of public health within the geographic area of the participating municipalities. It shall succeed to all powers and perform all the duties conferred and imposed upon the municipal boards of health which it shall have superseded and, in addition, shall have all the powers and perform all the duties within the geographic area of the participating municipalities which by law are conferred and imposed upon any township, city or other local board of health in this State. L.1970, c. 60, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-20.4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-20.4
Local overdose fatality review team established, county health department; membership requirements.
Status: in_force

2. a. (1) A county health department may establish a local overdose fatality review team to conduct a comprehensive review of confirmed overdose fatalities, or a sample thereof using an approach authorized by the Department of Health in consultation with the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner, in order to better understand the individual and population circumstances and the resources and characteristics of potential overdose victims for the purposes of preventing future overdose deaths and related harms in a locality. (2) A local drug overdose fatality review team may be established to serve one or more counties. The Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner may direct a local overdose fatality review team to establish a municipal subcommittee to focus on a municipality with a population of 100,000 persons or more; or a municipality with a high overdose rate as determined on annual basis by the Department of Health and the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner. (3) A local overdose fatality review team shall be under the direction of the county health department and shall be subject to the regulation of the Department of Health. A local team shall work cooperatively with the Local Advisory Committee on Alcohol Use Disorder and Substance Use Disorder, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.531 (C.26:2B-33), if one exists within the local team's jurisdiction. A local team shall cooperate with and provide any information as may be requested by the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner or the Department of Health for public health purposes. b. A local overdose fatality review team shall consist of individuals with experience and knowledge regarding health, social services, law enforcement, education, emergency medicine, mental health, juvenile delinquency, and substance use disorders. (1) At a minimum, each local overdose fatality review team shall include: (a) the county health officer, or a designee; (b) the regional or county medical examiner, or a designee; (c) a member of the Local Advisory Committee on Alcohol Use Disorder and Substance Use Disorder, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.531 (C.26:2B-33), if one exists within the local team's jurisdiction; (d) a State, county, or municipal law enforcement officer or county prosecutor; (e) a substance use disorder health care professional; and (f) the county or municipal director of behavioral health services, or a designee. (2) A local overdose fatality review team may also include any of the following: (a) the superintendent of schools, or a designee; (b) an emergency medical services provider; (c) a representative of a health care facility, including a hospital, health system, or federally qualified health center; (d) a representative of a county jail, detention center, or corrections department; (e) a representative of a county social services agency; (f) an individual with access to the Prescription Monitoring Program established pursuant to section 25 of P.L.2007, c.244 (C.45:1-45); (g) a representative of the local office of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families; (h) a representative of a county healthcare facility; (i) a representative of a harm reduction center, if one is located in a municipality or county over which the local team exercises jurisdiction; (j) any individual deemed necessary for the work of the local team, as recommended by the chair and approved by a majority vote of the team members and by the Department of Health; and (k) a representative of the office of county probation and parole services. L.2021, c.430, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-41 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-41
Rules, regulations for monitoring, reporting emissions.
Status: in_force

5. a. No later than 18 months after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.197, the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations establishing a greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and reporting program to monitor and report Statewide greenhouse gas emissions. b. The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall identify all significant sources of Statewide greenhouse gas emissions including short-lived climate pollutants, and shall provide for, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) monitoring and reporting of existing emissions and changes in emissions over time from the sources identified by the department; (2) reporting the levels of those emissions and changes in those emissions levels annually, commencing 18 months after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.197; and (3) monitoring progress toward the 2020 limit and the 2050 limit and any interim limits. c. Pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the department shall require reporting of the greenhouse gas emissions: (1) associated with fossil fuels used in the State, as reported by entities that are manufacturers and distributors of fossil fuels, which may include, but need not be limited to, oil refineries, oil storage facilities, natural gas pipelines, and fuel wholesale and retail distributors; (2) from any entity generating electricity in the State and from any entity that generates electricity outside the State that is delivered for end use in the State. With respect to electricity generated outside the State and imported into the State, the department shall determine the emissions from that generation by subtracting the kilowatt-hours of electricity generated in the State from the kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed in the State, and multiplying the difference by a default emissions rate determined by the department; (3) from any gas public utility as defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51); and (4) from any additional entities that are significant emitters of greenhouse gases, as determined by the department, and as appropriate to enable the department to monitor compliance with progress toward the 2020 limit and the 2050 limit. d. No later than 18 months after the department prepares and transmits the report as required pursuant to subsection c. of section 6 of P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-42), the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations establishing interim benchmarks necessary to achieve the 2050 limit, and measures necessary to achieve the 2050 limit and the established interim benchmarks. L.2007, c.112, s.5; amended 2019, c.197, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-10.6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-10.6
Vision care provider, choice of sources, providers.
Status: in_force

3. No contract between a carrier or vision care plan and a vision care provider shall restrict or limit, either directly or indirectly, the vision care provider's choice of sources and suppliers of services or materials or use of optical labs provided by the vision care provider to an enrollee. L.2017, c.264, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-30
Training programs.
Status: in_force

7. a. The program of diagnostic x-ray technology shall be at least a 24-month course or its equivalent, as determined by the board. The curriculum for this course may follow the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) standards; provided that the standards are not in conflict with board policies. b. The program of radiation therapy technology shall be at least a 24-month course of study or its equivalent, as determined by the board. The curriculum for the course may follow the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) standards; provided that the standards are not in conflict with board policies. c. The board shall establish criteria and standards for programs of chest radiography, podiatric radiography, orthopedic radiography, urologic radiography, dental radiography, and radiologist assistants and approve the programs upon a finding that the standards and criteria have been met. d. An approved program of radiologic technology may be offered by a medical or educational institution or other public or private agency or institution, and, for the purpose of providing the requisite clinical experience, shall be affiliated with one or more hospitals that, in the opinion of the board, are likely to provide the experience. L.1981, c.295, s.7; amended 1984, c.242, s.5; 1985, c.540, s.5; 2017, c.281, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:16-7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-7
Conditions to be considered qualified terminally ill patient.
Status: in_force

7. A patient shall not be considered a qualified terminally ill patient until a consulting physician has: a. examined that patient and the patient's relevant medical records; b. confirmed, in writing, the attending physician's diagnosis that the patient is terminally ill; and c. verified that the patient is capable, is acting voluntarily, and has made an informed decision to request medication that, if prescribed, the patient may choose to self-administer pursuant to P.L.2019, c.59 (C.26:16-1 et al.). L.2019, c.59, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:18-9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-9
Reports.
Status: in_force

9. a. Within one year after its organization, and annually thereafter, the committee shall prepare, and submit to the Department of Health, to the Governor, and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, a report containing the committee's findings on the rates and causes of maternal deaths occurring in the State during the preceding year, and providing recommendations for legislative or other action that can be undertaken to: (a) improve the quality of maternal care and reduce adverse maternal outcomes in the State; (b) increase the availability of, and improve access to, social and health care services for pregnant women; and (c) reduce or eliminate racial and other disparities in maternal care and treatment, both during, and in the year after, pregnancy. Each annual report, with the exception of the first report prepared under this section, shall additionally identify the extent to which the committee's prior recommendations have been successfully implemented in practice, and the apparent impact that the implementation of such recommended changes has had on maternal care in the preceding year. b. The report that is annually prepared pursuant to this section shall be based on: (1) the case summaries that were prepared by the committee over the preceding year, pursuant to subsection b. of section 8 of this act; (2) the statistical data that was forwarded to the committee, during the preceding year, by the Maternal Data Center, pursuant to section 14 of this act; and (3) any other relevant information, including information from the committee's prior annual reports, or information on any collaborative maternal health arrangements that have been established by health care providers, professional organizations, local government units, or other relevant actors or entities in the preceding year, in response to the committee outreach authorized by subsection c. of section 8 of this act, or by paragraph (9) of subsection a. of section 6, of this act. c. Upon receipt of the committee's annual report pursuant to this section, the department shall post a copy of the report at a publicly accessible location on its Internet website, and shall take appropriate steps to otherwise broadly publicize the committee's findings and recommendations. The Commissioner of Health shall also adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to implement the recommendations contained in the report, to the extent that such recommendations can be implemented through administrative rule-making action. L.2019, c.75, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-59 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-59
20-year time horizon for calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases.
Status: in_force

1. a. Whenever the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency calculates a global warming potential for the purposes of assessing the global warming impact of a greenhouse gas, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or other State agency shall use a 20-year time horizon. b. Whenever relevant to assessing global warming impacts, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency shall use the most recent version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Assessment Report, or a substantially similar, more recent report that addresses global warming impacts at a comparably rigorous level. c. Whenever the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency performs a socio-economic impact analysis pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-4), and that analysis involves the socio-economic impact of global warming, the agency shall use the lowest discount rates that are consistent with federal guidelines, including the federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-94, or successor guidance. L.2019, c.319, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-12.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-12.1
Hospitals in certain municipalities, requirements for provision of emergency medical services.
Status: in_force

1. a. (1) A hospital which has been issued a certificate of need by the Department of Health to operate a Level 1 trauma center shall be exclusively authorized to develop and maintain advanced life support services in the municipality in which the trauma center is located, and shall have the right of first refusal to provide both advanced life support and basic life support services in the municipality, provided that the services are provided at no charge to the municipality, and the municipality does not provide basic life support services as a municipal service or as part of a shared services agreement. (2) A hospital that develops and maintains advanced life support services pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be subject to the same level of oversight by the Department of Health as would apply to an entity that holds a certificate of need for advanced life support services, as provided by regulation at N.J.A.C.8:33. b. A hospital which has been issued a certificate of need by the Department of Health to operate a Level 1 trauma center shall have the right to apply under expedited review to provide advanced life support services in additional municipalities in which an acute care hospital that, as of July 1, 2015, is part of the same health system as the Level 1 trauma center is located, provided such application for expedited review is submitted on or before December 31, 2016. L.2015, c.70, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:9-13 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-13
Extermination commission; appointment
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of each county shall appoint a board of commissioners to be known as "the (here insert name of county) county mosquito extermination commission" for the county. Amended by L.1948, c. 383, p. 1564, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-2
Definitions
Status: in_force

a. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health. b. "Basic health care services" means those services, including but not limited to emergency care, inpatient hospital and physician care, and outpatient medical services, designated by regulations promulgated by the commissioner. c. "Health care services" includes basic health care services and any additional services designated by regulations promulgated by the commissioner. d. "Enrollee" means an individual who has been enrolled with a health maintenance organization. e. "Evidence of coverage" means any booklet, certificate, agreement, or contract issued to an enrollee setting out the services and other benefits to which he is entitled. f. "Health maintenance organization" means any person which directly or through contracts with providers furnishes at least basic comprehensive health care services on a prepaid basis to enrollees in a designated geographical area. g. "Person" means any natural or artificial person including but not limited to individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, or corporations. h. "Provider" means any physician, hospital, or other person which is licensed or otherwise authorized in this State to furnish health care services. i. "Health care facility" means the facility or institution whether public or private, engaged in providing services for health maintenance organizations, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital, special hospital, mental hospital, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, extended care facility, skilled nursing home, nursing home, intermediate care facility, tuberculosis hospital, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, outpatient clinic, dispensary, home health care agency, boarding home or other home for the sheltered care of adult persons and bio-analytical laboratory or central services facility serving one or more such institutions but excluding institutions that provide healing solely by prayer. L.1973, c. 337, s. 2, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.57 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.57
Written informational sheet for assisted living facilities.
Status: in_force

2. The Department of Health, in consultation with the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, shall prepare a written informational sheet for assisted living facilities that explains eligibility for participation in a federally approved 1915(c) Medicaid waiver program that provides assisted living services. The informational sheets shall be available on the website of the Department of Health and shall be updated by the Department of Health as necessary to reflect a change in eligibility for the programs. L.2009, c.61, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.208.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-61 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-61
State Department of Health, references as meaning; powers of Commissioner of Health
Status: in_force

Whenever the terms "State Board of Health," "State Department of Health" and "Department of Health" occur or any reference is made to any of said terms, in any law, they, and each of them, shall be deemed to mean or refer to the State Department of Health as described in this act. The Commissioner of Health shall, except as may be otherwise provided by this act, have all powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed by law upon the State Board of Health, or any member, committee or officer thereof, including the secretary. L.1947, c. 177, p. 814, s. 61.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3E-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3E / Section 3E-3.1
Posters provided by Department of Health
Status: in_force

The Department of Health, through local boards of health, shall make available to school districts, instructional posters and pamphlets prepared pursuant to P.L.1983, c.488 (C.26:3E-1 et seq.). L.1989, c.302, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-10
Application for certificate of need; fee.
Status: in_force

10. Application for a certificate of need shall be made to the department, and shall be in such form and contain such information as the department may prescribe. The department shall charge a nonreturnable fee for the filing of an application for a certificate of need. The minimum fee for the filing of an application shall be $7,500. For a project whose total cost is greater than $1 million, the fee shall be $7,500 plus 0.25% of the total project cost. Upon determination that an application is complete, copies thereof shall be referred by the department to the State Health Planning Board for review, when applicable. The board shall provide adequate mechanisms for full consideration of each application submitted to the board and for developing recommendations thereon. Such recommendations, whether favorable or unfavorable, shall be forwarded to the commissioner within 90 days of the date of referral of the application. A copy of the recommendations made shall be forwarded to the applicant. Recommendations concerning certificates of need shall be governed and based upon the principles and considerations set forth in section 8 of P.L.1971, c.136 (C:26:2H-8). No member, officer or employee of the State Health Planning Board shall be subject to civil action in any court as the result of any act done or failure to act, or of any statement made or opinion given, while discharging his duties under this act as such member, officer, or employee, provided he acted in good faith with reasonable care and upon proper cause. L.1971,c.136,s.10; amended 1978, c.83, s.7; 1991, c.187, s.36; 1997, c.392; 1998, c.43, s.10; 2003, c.117, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-25 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-25
Duties, responsibilities of local registrar.
Status: in_force

26:8-25. The local registrar, under the supervision and direction of the State registrar, shall: a. Strictly and thoroughly enforce the law relative to the disposal of dead bodies and the registration of vital records in his registration district; b. Supply blank forms of certificates to such persons as require them; c. Supply to every physician, midwife, and funeral director a copy of the law relative to the registration of vital records and the disposal of dead bodies, together with such rules and regulations as may be prepared by the State registrar relative to their enforcement; d. Sign his name and insert the date of filing on each certificate of birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership and death or otherwise authenticate the local registrar's identity through the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar; e. Examine each certificate of birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death when presented for record in order to ascertain whether or not it has been made in accordance with law and the instructions of the State registrar; and if incomplete and unsatisfactory, have the same corrected; f. At the expense of the municipality make a complete and accurate copy of each birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership and death certificate registered by him on a form or in a manner prescribed by the State registrar, to be preserved in his office as the local record or in the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar; g. On the tenth day of each month or sooner if requested by the department, transmit to the State registrar all original birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership and death certificates received by him for the preceding month, except that a record created on the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar shall be deemed to have been transmitted. If no births, marriages, civil unions, domestic partnerships or deaths occurred in any month, he shall, on or before the tenth day of the following month, report that fact to the State registrar on a card provided for such purpose; h. Make an immediate report to the State registrar of any violation of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.) coming to his knowledge; i. In the case of any birth in his registration district to parents who are residents of another registration district or of the marriage or civil union in his registration district of any couple who obtained the marriage or civil union license in another registration district, or of the death in his registration district of any person who at the time of death was a resident of another registration district notify the registrar of the other registration district, within five days of the birth, marriage, civil union, or death, on forms prescribed by the State registrar. All entries relating to cause of death on the original certificate shall be entered on the death form sent to the registrar of the other registration district. A record created on the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar shall be deemed to have been transmitted to the registrar of the other registration district; j. Mark the birth certificate of a missing child born in his registration district when notified by the State registrar pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1995, c.395 (C.52:17B-9.8c); and k. Make computer facilities with access to the NJ-EDRS available to funeral directors and physicians registered with the NJ-EDRS, within the regular established business hours of the local registrar, for the purpose of providing information necessary to complete a death record. Amended 1948, c.126, ss.1,2; 1965, c.78, s.47; 1995, c.395, s.6; 2003, c.221, s.19; 2003, c.246, s.19; 2006, c.103, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-45 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-45
Power to define nuisance
Status: in_force

The local board may pass, alter or amend ordinances and make rules and regulations to declare and define what shall constitute a nuisance in lots, streets, docks, wharves, vessels and piers, and all public or private places within its jurisdiction.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-46.4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-46.4
Regulations adopted; authorization.
Status: in_force

4. The department may adopt any regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act on an expedited basis, which regulations shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law for a period not to exceed 18 months, and may, thereafter, be amended, adopted or readopted in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2021, c.457, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-9.1
Agreements with federal government; assumption of regulatory authority by state
Status: in_force

The Governor, on behalf of the State, may enter into agreements with the Federal Government providing for discontinuance by the Federal Government and assumption by the State of the authority, in the interest of the protection of the public from radiation hazards, to regulate sources of radiation including by-product materials, source materials and special nuclear materials in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass. Subject to the terms of such agreements, regulatory authority assumed by the State by virtue of such agreements shall be exercised by the department in the manner provided in this act and as may be further provided by codes, rules and regulations of the commission promulgated pursuant to this act. L.1961, c. 124, p. 745, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-48 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-48
Certified dispatch agreement facility eligible to purchase allowances, price.
Status: in_force

4. A dispatch agreement facility that has been certified pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-49) shall be eligible to purchase allowances at the price of $2 per allowance, pursuant to subsection a. of this section. a. At least once each year, the department shall notify the owners and operators of dispatch agreement facilities of the opportunity to purchase allowances at the price of $2 per allowance. Any offer by the department to sell allowances shall be for the quantity of allowances equal to the average annual carbon dioxide emissions for the dispatch agreement facility for the prior three-year period as determined by the department. b. Within 30 days after receiving the notice required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, an owner or operator of a dispatch agreement facility shall notify the department whether it will accept the offer to purchase allowances and specify the quantity of allowances to be purchased up to the quantity determined pursuant to subsection a. of this section. c. For any allowances not purchased by an owner or operator of a dispatch agreement facility pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section, an owner or operator of a dispatch agreement facility shall purchase such allowances in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-47). d. Any allowances purchased from the department pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section and that are unused by a dispatch agreement facility for compliance at the end of a compliance period shall be assigned thereafter to the department. e. The opportunity to purchase allowances pursuant to this section shall be limited to dispatch agreement facilities with power agreements that were executed prior to January 1, 2002, and the offer to purchase allowances shall expire upon termination or expiration of such agreement or when the services under a new contract become effective, whichever occurs earlier. L.2007, c.340, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-21.1
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

28. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2003, c.221, s.28; amended 2012, c.17, s.348.
N.J. Stat. § 26:13-30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-30
Construction of act relative to Highway Traffic Safety Act.
Status: in_force

30. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to abrogate the effect or status of the "New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987," P.L.1987, c.284 (C.27:5F-18 et seq.). L.2005,c.222,s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.11
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Health is authorized to adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1989,c.170,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-141 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-141
Public awareness campaign, targeted consumer education program, Legionella bacteria; report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

7. a. The Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall develop a public awareness campaign and targeted consumer education program to educate consumers, especially vulnerable populations, concerning the environmental sources of Legionella bacteria, the movement of Legionella bacteria through water distribution systems, the notification requirements of P.L.2024, c.66 (C.58:12A-12.10 et al.) and how the requirements impact consumers, and the methods to control Legionella bacteria in a person's home. The public awareness campaign and education program shall include, but not be limited to, information on the relationship between the risks of the proliferation of Legionella bacteria and hot water, the temperature requirements for medical devices, expansion tanks, hot tubs, whirlpools, spas, pools, air conditioning systems, ornamental fountains, or other equipment or devices that release water aerosols in a person's home or on a person's property, and the related risks associated with the inhalation by vulnerable populations of water droplets containing Legionella bacteria. b. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L.2024, c.66 (C.58:12A-12.10 et al.), and annually thereafter, the Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall submit a report to the Governor, and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, which shall include: (1) the number of cases of Legionnaires' disease in the State reported in each of the previous 10 years; (2) the number of reported water sampling results in public community water systems in the past year received by the Department of Environmental Protection that indicate the presence of Legionella bacteria; (3) the number and type of violations of the provisions of P.L.2024, c.66 (C.58:12A-12.10 et al.) for which penalties were assessed; (4) recommendations as to whether the minimum detectable disinfectant targets established pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2024, c.66 (C.58:12A-12.11) should be increased in order to minimize the growth and transmission of Legionella bacteria; and (5) any recommendations for legislative action as may be necessary to further control Legionella bacteria in the public water supply and affected buildings. L.2024, c.66, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-65 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-65
Written standards for certification as EMT-Basic.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Health shall establish written standards which a person shall successfully complete in order to be certified as an EMT. b. A person who possesses a current EMT certification in good standing from another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may obtain an EMT certification from the commissioner to provide basic life support and may make application therefor on forms prescribed by the commissioner. c. The commissioner shall make a determination regarding applications of candidates for certification as an EMT within 30 days of the receipt of a complete application and background check. The determination may provide that the commissioner requires more time to adequately review the application. An application may be denied if the application is incomplete, contains false or fraudulent information, or the applicant has been suspended or revoked in any other state or jurisdiction or would otherwise be ineligible for EMT certification, as determined by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve an application upon determining that the certification standards of the applicant's certifying jurisdiction exceed or are equivalent to the EMT certification standards established by the commissioner and the applicant is not disqualified pursuant to P.L.2023, c.229 (C.26:2K-65.1 et al.). d. Applicants for EMT certification, who have equivalent military training or experience in any branch of the active duty or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state, shall be certified by the commissioner if the commissioner determines that the applicant's military training and experience exceed or are equivalent to the certification standards established by the commissioner. L.2013, c.101, s.1; amended 2023, c.229, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-70 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-70
Existing law preserved; emergency care
Status: in_force

18. a. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter, amend or revoke the rights and responsibilities under existing law of health care institutions not governed by the provisions of this act. b. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to require emergency personnel, including paid or volunteer fire fighters; paramedics; members of an ambulance team, rescue squad, or mobile intensive care unit; or emergency room personnel of a licensed health care institution, to withhold or withdraw emergency care in circumstances which do not afford reasonable opportunity for careful review and evaluation of an advance directive without endangering the life of the patient. L.1991,c.201,s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-38 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-38
Prescription drug benefit carrier contracts, opioid antidote coverage.
Status: in_force

1. a. A carrier shall ensure that every contract to provide prescription drug benefits, or to authorize the purchase of a contract to provide prescription drug benefits, shall provide coverage for an opioid antidote to covered persons without the imposition of any prior authorization or other utilization management requirements, provided that the drug is: (1) prescribed or administered to the covered person by a licensed medical practitioner who is authorized to prescribe or administer that treatment pursuant to State and federal law; or (2) dispensed to the covered person by a licensed pharmacist under a standing order to dispense an opioid antidote pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2017, c.88 (C.45:14-67.2). b. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the coverage of an opioid antidote only when administered by a medical practitioner. c. As used in this section: "Carrier" means an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to issue health benefits plans in this State. "Opioid antidote" means naloxone hydrochloride, or any other similarly acting drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for self-administration for the treatment of an opioid overdose. L.2021, c.157, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.87a — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.87a
Statewide nursing home infection control, prevention infrastructure assessment.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Health shall conduct a Statewide nursing home infection control and prevention infrastructure assessment, which assessment shall include, at a minimum: (1) a count of the total number of single-resident rooms in nursing homes, a determination as to what percentage of the total number of authorized nursing home beds in New Jersey are utilized in single-resident rooms, and a review of the ability of nursing homes to convert multiple-resident rooms to single-resident rooms or otherwise expand the number of single-resident rooms; (2) a survey of the maintenance status of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems in nursing homes; (3) a study of the utilization of negative pressure rooms and other physical plant features that are designed or may be implemented to increase infection control and prevention capability in nursing homes; and (4) any other infrastructure-related infection control or prevention considerations as are recommended for assessment by the New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Safety established pursuant to P.L.2020, c.88. No later than 30 days after the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall request that the New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Safety provide the department with recommendations for infrastructure-related infection control and prevention considerations to be assessed pursuant to this section, which recommendations shall be provided by the task force to the department no later than 30 days after the date of the request. b. The assessment required under subsection a. of this section shall be completed no later than one year after the effective date of this act. c. No later than 180 days after completing the assessment required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the department shall develop a Statewide nursing home infection control and prevention infrastructure improvement plan, which plan shall: (1) establish standards and requirements for improvements to the infrastructure in nursing homes to improve infection control and prevention and to ensure the nursing homes are primarily focused on resident safety and the quality of services provided to residents; (2) establish a long-term strategy to redesign the nursing home industry in New Jersey to ensure the system is primarily focused on resident safety and the quality of services provided to residents, which strategy shall include design and construction standards for new facilities and facilities undergoing significant modifications; (3) review and seek to incorporate best practice standards in place in other states; and (4) establish specific goals and timelines for improvements, which shall take into account the age of the facilities, the availability of land for expansion or new construction, the costs of improvements, and the authorizations that would be required. In developing the Statewide nursing home infection control and prevention infrastructure improvement plan pursuant to this subsection, the department shall consult with representatives from the nursing home industry, including representatives from for-profit and non-profit facilities, groups representing nursing home workers, including both direct care providers and support staff, resident advocates, and the families of residents. L.2021, c.277.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-57 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-57
Appropriations transferred
Status: in_force

All appropriations available and to become available to the present State Department of Health and all appropriations available and to become available to the offices abolished by this act are hereby transferred to the State Department of Health established under this act. L.1947, c. 177, p. 814, s. 57.
N.J. Stat. § 26:18-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-5
Committee; organization, meetings, support staff.
Status: in_force

5. a. The committee shall organize as soon as practicable following the appointment of a majority of its members, and shall annually elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members. The chairperson may appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the committee. b. The committee shall meet pursuant to a schedule to be established at its first meeting, and it shall additionally meet at the call of its chairperson or the Commissioner of Health; however, in no case shall the committee meet less than four times a year. c. A majority of the total number of members appointed to the committee shall constitute a quorum for the conducting of official committee business. A vacancy in the membership of the committee shall not impair the right of the committee to exercise its powers and duties, provided that a majority of the currently appointed members are available to conduct business. Any recommendations of the committee shall be approved by a majority of the members present. d. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purposes. e. The Department of Health shall employ, at a minimum, the following support staff for the committee: a program manager, a clinical nurse case abstractor; two maternal child health epidemiologists, a case abstraction manager, and any other staff the Commissioner of Health shall deem necessary. The Department of Health shall also provide such administrative staff support to the committee as shall be necessary for the committee to carry out its duties. L.2019, c.75, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-14.2
Heat emergency action plan.
Status: in_force

2. a. Every nursing home as defined in section 2 of P.L.1976, c.120 (C.30:13-2) or licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), every residential health care facility as defined in section 1 of P.L.1953, c.212 (C.30:11A-1) or licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), and every dementia care home as defined in section 17 of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.26:2H-148) shall establish by written policy a heat emergency action plan which shall include those procedures to be followed in the event of a heat emergency in order to protect the health and welfare of its residents, and which shall be approved by the department. The department shall review a heat emergency action plan established pursuant to this act at least once in each year. b. A health care facility included within the provisions of this act shall be required to notify the department immediately in the event of a heat emergency. L.1984, c.114, s.2; amended 2015, c.125, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-177 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-177
Public awareness campaign.
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Health shall establish a public awareness campaign to inform the general public about the nature and causes of postpartum depression and its health implications, including its symptoms, methods of coping with the illness, and the most effective means of treatment. L.2000, c.167, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.131.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-39 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-39
Complaint; contents
Status: in_force

The complaint shall: a. (1) Set forth material facts showing that there exists in the boarding or nursing home a condition or conditions in substantial violation of the standards of health, safety or resident care established under Federal or State law or regulations or any other conditions dangerous to life, health or safety or (2) that there exists in the boarding or nursing home a pattern and practice of habitual violation of the standards of health, safety or patient care established under Federal or State law or regulations. b. Set forth that the facts set forth in subsection a. of this section have been brought to the attention of the owner and licensee of the home and that the condition or conditions have not been remedied within a reasonable period of time or that the condition or conditions although periodically remedied habitually exists in the home as pattern and practice. c. Set forth a brief description of what is necessary to remedy the condition and an estimate of the cost thereof. d. State the relief sought. L.1977, c. 238, s. 4, eff. Sept. 29, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-94 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-94
Cooperation of medical examiner with procurement organization.
Status: in_force

18. a. Each medical examiner shall cooperate with any procurement organization to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. b. A part shall not be removed from the body of a decedent under a medical examiner's jurisdiction for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, nor delivered to a person for research or education, unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to preclude a medical examiner from performing an investigation as provided in P.L.2018, c.62 (C.26:6B-1 et al.) of a decedent under the medical examiner's jurisdiction. c. Upon the request of a procurement organization, the medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the medical examiner's jurisdiction. If the decedent's body or part is medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, the medical examiner shall release the post-mortem examination results to the procurement organization. The procurement organization shall make a subsequent disclosure of the post-mortem examination results or other information received from the medical examiner only if relevant to transplantation, therapy, research, or education. L.2008, c.50, s.18; amended 2018, c.62, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 26:9-28 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-28
Funds provided by bond issue
Status: in_force

When the board of freeholders of any county, by resolution approved by a majority of the members of the board, shall declare that it is expedient or necessary to eliminate breeding places of mosquitoes within the county, the board may issue bonds, in the corporate name and under the corporate seal of the county, to provide moneys for such work. Such bond issue shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-160 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-160
Findings, declarations relative to minority and multicultural health
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There are dramatic differences in death, disease and injury rates between White and racial and ethnic minority populations in the State, with especially wide and persistent disparities in the incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke, chemical dependency, diabetes, asthma, homicide, suicide, accidental injury, infant mortality, child immunization rates and HIV/AIDS; b. There is a clear need for a collaborative State effort to address the wide disparity in death, disease and injury rates through a New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health, renamed from the New Jersey Office on Minority Health established pursuant to P.L.1991, c.401 (C.26:2-160 et seq.); and c. The New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health shall seek to identify and develop innovative projects which will eliminate the gap between the health status of White and racial and ethnic minority populations in this State, and to coordinate current State programs which seek to address minority racial and ethnic health concerns, with the ultimate goal of enabling all members of racial and ethnic minority populations in this State to have access to high-quality health care. L.1991,c.401,s.1; amended 2001, c.205, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.13 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.13
Posting of drinking water test reports by general hospitals.
Status: in_force

3. a. The owner or operator of a general hospital who is required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996," (42 U.S.C.s.300f et al.), or who receives a Consumer Confidence Report from the owner or operator of a public community water system, shall post each Consumer Confidence Report it prepares or receives in the area of each major entrance and in each admitting room in the hospital. b. The owner or operator of a general hospital who is a supplier of water but is not required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996," and who is required to conduct tests of its drinking water by the Department of Environmental Protection, shall post a chart setting forth the results of the water tests, including the level of detection and, as appropriate for each contaminant, the maximum contaminant level, highest level allowed, action level, treatment technique, or other expression of an acceptable level, for each contaminant, in the area of each major entrance and in each admitting room in the general hospital. The chart also shall include in bold print the statement required to be included in a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to 40 CFR s.141.154(a). The chart shall not include contaminants that are not detected. c. As used in this section, "general hospital" shall mean any general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). d. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Department of Health. The Department of Health shall not be required to conduct on-site inspections to determine compliance with this section more frequently than any on-site inspections of general hospitals are conducted by the department pursuant to any other law. L.1999, c.362, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.185.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-36.7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-36.7
Early intervention services established.
Status: in_force

2. The Department of Health, in conjunction with the Departments of Education and Human Services, shall establish a Statewide system of early intervention services for eligible infants and toddlers from birth to age two, inclusive, with physical, cognitive, communication, social, or emotional, and adaptive developmental delays or disabilities in accordance with Part H of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," Pub.L.91-230 (20 U.S.C. s.1471 et seq.). L.1993, c.309, s.2; amended 2007, c.172, s.1; 2012, c.17, s.96.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-5
Powers of health maintenance organizations
Status: in_force

a. The powers of a health maintenance organization include the following: (1) the purchase, lease, construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of health care facilities, and their ancillary equipment, and such property as may reasonably be required for its principal office or for such other purposes as may be necessary in the transaction of the business of the organization; (2) the receiving of funds by loan or otherwise; (3) the making of loans to a medical group under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the making of loans to a corporation or corporations under its control for the purpose of acquiring or constructing health care facilities or in furtherance of a program providing health care services to enrollees; (4) the assumption of responsibility for the furnishing of health care services through providers which are under contract with or employed by the health maintenance organization to persons including but not limited to enrollees; (5) the contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain functions such as marketing, enrollment and administration; (6) the contracting with an insurance company licensed in this State, or with a hospital or medical service corporation authorized to do business in this State, for the provision of insurance, indemnity, or reimbursement against the cost of health care services provided by the health maintenance organization which may include provisions for reasonable classifications for the purpose of establishing rates and reasonable restrictions based on underwriting consideration; and (7) the offering, in addition to basic health care services, of: (a) additional health care services; (b) indemnity benefits covering out-of-area or emergency services; and (c) indemnity benefits, in addition to those relating to out-of-area and emergency services, provided through insurers or hospital or medical service corporations. b. (1) A health maintenance organization shall file notice, with adequate supporting information, with the commissioner prior to the exercise of any power granted in subsection a. (1) or (2) of this section. The commissioner shall disapprove such exercise of power if in his opinion it would substantially and adversely affect the financial soundness of the health maintenance organization and endanger its ability to meet its obligations. If the commissioner does not disapprove within 30 days of filing, it shall be deemed approved. (2) The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations exempting from the filing requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection those activities having a de minimis effect. L.1973, c. 337, s. 5, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.70 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.70
Department to ensure compliance.
Status: in_force

3. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall, in conjunction with its periodic inspection of a health care facility, ensure that the health care facility has established and is implementing a policy, procedure, plan, or practice for the proper disposal of unused prescription medications in accordance with section 2 of this act. L.2012, c.62, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-67 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-67
Findings, declarations relative to organ and tissue donation initiatives.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. For over three decades, the State of New Jersey has supported organ and tissue donation as a public policy, because one individual can save up to eight lives by donating his or her vital organs and enhance more than 50 lives by donating tissue; b. Although 95% of the national population indicates support for donation, a far smaller percentage have actually made a legally binding decision to be organ and tissue donors, the result of which has been the deaths of over 74,186 people nationally and 2,470 New Jersey residents since 1997 because life-saving organs were not available to them for transplant; c. A public policy supporting organ donation is no longer adequate, given the health crisis faced by more than 98,000 people awaiting life saving organ transplants nationally, of whom more than 4,000 are New Jersey residents; d. A new public policy of advocacy which encourages positive donation decisions is now imperative in order to save more lives; e. The health and welfare of New Jersey's residents requires a more dynamic, comprehensive framework regarding organ donation, one with mandated educational and decisional components; f. This comprehensive framework must incorporate the federal government's charge to organ procurement organizations to work with states in educating the public so that more individuals make positive donation decisions and document those decisions; g. In order to insure that more New Jersey residents become donors, it is necessary to provide curriculum in both secondary schools and institutions of higher education, as well as establish educational requirements for physicians and nurses, to dispel myths associated with organ donation, provide accurate information about the donation and recovery process, and emphasize the fundamental responsibility of individuals to take appropriate action, when able to do so, to help save another person's life; h. It is further necessary to provide residents with an accessible, secure means using the Internet, to register as organ donors in a way that ties the donation decision to a routine but necessary function, such as the receipt of a driver's license or personal identification card, so that an interaction on the issue of organ donation occurs at or around the time New Jersey residents reach the age of majority; and i. The combined initiatives provided for in this act will effectively achieve the State's public policy goal to increase the number of organ and tissue donors in the State so that more lives can be saved or enhanced. L.2008, c.48, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-51 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-51
Inapplicability of act to facility operated by and for those who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to any skilled or intermediate care nursing facility operated by and for those who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing in accordance with the levels and practices of any well recognized church or religious denomination. L.1977, c. 387, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.25c — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.25c
General hospital prohibited from seeking payment for certain conditions; notification to patients.
Status: in_force

2. a. A general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall not seek to obtain payment from a patient or any third party payer for costs associated with any of the following conditions or events subject to the hospital acquired condition payment policy for the Medicare program established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: transfusion reaction; air embolism; foreign body left during the procedure; surgery on the wrong side, wrong body part, or wrong person; or wrong surgery performed on a patient. Notwithstanding the payment prohibition in this subsection, the hospital shall file claim information that accurately reflects all services provided. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a hospital from seeking to obtain payment from a patient or any third party payer for any services that the hospital provides for which it is otherwise permitted to seek to obtain payment. b. A general hospital shall be required to notify its patients of the provisions of this section. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny any party access to any existing payment appeals process. d. In any civil action alleging professional negligence against a general hospital, the provisions of this section shall not modify the requirement, where applicable, for expert testimony in accordance with the established case law of this State. e. The Commissioners of Health and Senior Services and Banking and Insurance shall collaborate in developing standards for general hospitals and third party payers to implement the provisions of this section. L.2009, c.122, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-103 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-103
Removal to quarantine station
Status: in_force

The local board may, whenever in its judgment the protection of the public health requires it, order the master or commander of any vessel within its jurisdiction to remove the vessel to a place of safety to be designated by the board, and to order any person, baggage, merchandise or materials which have been landed from the vessel to be seized and returned to the vessel or taken to some other place of safety to be designated by the board.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.35 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.35
HMO to provide coverage for oral anticancer medications.
Status: in_force

8. a. A health maintenance organization contract for health care services that is delivered, issued, executed, or renewed in this State pursuant to P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.), or approved for issuance or renewal in this State by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, on or after the effective date of this act, shall provide health care services for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis no less favorable than the contract provides for covered intravenously administered or injected anticancer medications. b. Pursuant to subsection a. of this section, coverage for expenses for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells shall not be subject to any prior authorization, dollar limit, copayment, deductible or coinsurance provision that does not apply to intravenously administered or injected anticancer medications. c. A health maintenance organization contract shall not achieve compliance with the provisions of this section by imposing an increase in patient cost sharing, including any copayment, deductible or coinsurance, for anticancer medications, whether intravenously administered or injected or orally administered, that are covered under the contract as of the effective date of this act. d. This section shall apply to those contracts for health care services under which the right to change the schedule of charges for enrollee coverage is reserved. L.2011, c.188, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-37.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-37.3
Liability for furnishing information or data
Status: in_force

No person may be held liable for damages or otherwise prejudiced in any manner by reason of furnishing information or data pertaining to the health of any person to the State Department of Health for use in connection with research studies described in section 1 of this act. L.1963, c. 68, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-116 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-116
Construction of act; severability.
Status: in_force

15. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to supersede any court order relating to, or the provisions of any other statute governing, commitment or admission to a psychiatric facility or the provision of mental health care, including, but not limited to, P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.1 et seq.). Any conflict between a court order or the provisions of another statute and the provisions of an advance directive for mental health care, which renders those provisions of the advance directive invalid, shall not be deemed to invalidate any other provisions of the advance directive that do not conflict with the court order or statute. L.2005,c.233,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 26:10-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-3
Contents, color of label; "secondhand" defined.
Status: in_force

26:10-3. The label required by R.S.26:10-2 shall: a. If the materials used in the manufacture of the article to which it is to be attached are entirely new, contain the following statement: "The materials used in the manufacture of this bed spring" (or other article as the case may be) "are entirely new". b. If the materials used are in whole or in part secondhand, the label shall be yellow in color, and shall contain the following statement: "The materials used in the manufacture of this bed spring" (or other article as the case may be) "are in whole or in part secondhand"; which statement must be followed by a specific enumeration and description of the secondhand materials used. The term "secondhand" as here used shall include any material which has been used before in any of the articles above enumerated or in any article of household or wearing apparel, however afterwards treated. amended 2015, c.183, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.62 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.62
Definitions relative to qualifications for employment as surgical technologist.
Status: in_force

1. For purposes of this act: "Health care facility" means a hospital or other health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). "Surgical technologist" means a person who is authorized to practice surgical technology pursuant to the provisions of this act. "Surgical technology" means surgical patient care that includes, but is not limited to, the following tasks or functions: (1) preparing the operating room for surgical procedures by ensuring that surgical equipment is functioning properly and safely; (2) preparing the operating room and the sterile field for surgical procedures by preparing sterile supplies, instruments, and equipment using sterile technique; (3) anticipating the needs of the surgical team based on knowledge of human anatomy and pathophysiology and how they relate to the surgical patient and the patient's surgical procedure; and (4) as directed, performing tasks at the sterile field including: (a) passing supplies, equipment or instruments; (b) sponging or suctioning an operative site; (c) preparing and cutting suture material; (d) transferring and irrigating with fluids; (e) transferring and administering drugs within the sterile field, according to applicable law; (f) handling specimens; (g) holding retractors and other instruments; (h) applying electrocautery to clamps on bleeders; (i) connecting drains to suction apparatus; (j) applying dressings to closed wounds; and (k) performing sponge, needle, supply and instrument counts with the registered nurse circulator. L.2011, c.148, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-115 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-115
Duties of commissioner; programs of education; secondary screening programs
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Health shall establish: a. A program to educate the public and health care professionals involved in primary screening about the potential hazards and afflictions which may be related to exposure to diethylstilbestrol and the symptoms and prevention of associated malignancies. The program shall include a public information campaign on diethylstilbestrol to encourage persons exposed to the drug to seek medical care for the prevention or treatment of any malignant condition. b. Secondary screening programs for diethylstilbestrol exposed persons through contract with licensed health care facilities. In contracting for the secondary screening programs, consideration shall be given to the location of the facility in relation to the concentration of population within the State and the capacity of the facility to properly conduct a secondary screening program. Each contract for a secondary screening program shall be upon such terms and conditions as the Commissioner of Health determines; but each facility shall charge each person receiving services a fee as determined by the commissioner. Where provided, all third party payors shall be accepted and utilized in securing payment for services. c. Continuing education programs for health care professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of diethylstilbestrol exposed persons. L.1981, c. 288, s. 3, eff. Sept. 23, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-20.8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-20.8
Pursuit of available funds for implementation.
Status: in_force

6. a. The Department of Health, the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner, applicable county and local health departments, applicable county medical examiner offices, and local overdose fatality review teams may pursue all sources of federal funding, matching funds, and foundation funding available to implement the provisions of this act. b. The Department of Health, the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner, county medical examiner offices, and local overdose fatality review teams may accept such gifts, grants, and endowments, from public or private sources, as may be made, in trust or otherwise, or any income derived according to the terms of a gift, grant, or endowment, to implement the provisions of this act. L.2021, c.430, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2L-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2L / Section 2L-2
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that recent medical research has shown that the therapeutic use of certain Schedule I controlled dangerous substances may alleviate the nausea and ill-effects of certain medical treatment, such as cancer chemotherapy, and, additionally, may alleviate the ill-effects of certain diseases, such as glaucoma. The Legislature further recognizes that there is a need for further therapeutic research with regard to the use of such controlled dangerous substances for these purposes under strictly controlled circumstances. It is for this purpose that the "Controlled Dangerous Substances Therapeutic Research Act" is hereby enacted. L.1981, c. 72, s. 2, eff. March 23, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2R-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2R / Section 2R-6
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. The commissioner, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997,c.191,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4A-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-6
Signs posted at specially exempt facility.
Status: in_force

3. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a specially exempt facility which does not voluntarily comply with the first aid and lifeguard requirements of N.J.A.C.8:26-5 et seq., shall post a sign not less than three feet by four feet, which shall be prominently displayed at the entrance to each swimming area, stating: "No lifeguard on duty. Persons under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. No swimming alone." In the case of a campground, hotel, motel, mobile home park or retirement community, the sign shall also state: "This pool (or swimming area) shall be closed when the owner or manager is not on the premises." The notice shall also be posted on a sign not less than eight inches by 10 inches at the registration desk of the campground, hotel or motel, and in each room or suite of the campground, hotel or motel used for occupancy by guests. b. A health club which is a specially exempt facility and does not voluntarily comply with the first aid and lifeguard requirements of N.J.A.C.8:26-5 et seq., shall post a sign not less than three feet by four feet, which shall be prominently displayed at the entrance to its swimming pool, stating: "No lifeguard on duty. Persons under the age of 16 are not permitted to use this pool." The sign shall also state: "This pool shall be closed when the owner or manager is not on the premises." This information shall also be posted on a sign not less than eight inches by 10 inches at the member service desk of the health club. L.1991, c.135, s.3; amended 2009, c.31, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-40.10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-40.10
Foreign births and adoptions
Status: in_force

The birth of any child which has occurred or which may hereafter occur outside of the United States, where such child is a citizen of the United States by reason of the citizenship of a parent or the parents of such child, and which is not recorded with the State registrar under the provisions of chapter 8 of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes or with the appropriate State official in any other state within the United States, may be recorded by filing a certificate of the birth of such child issued by a public official of the place where such child was born, accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the facts showing such citizenship and, in the case of a child adopted outside of this State or the United States, the decree or certificate of adoption of such child, which affidavit and decree or certificate shall be a part of the record of the birth. In case any such foreign birth certificate is or shall be in a foreign language, there shall be attached to it the translation into the English language of the same, verified by the affidavit of the person making the translation. Any such birth certificate may be recorded as herein provided upon the request of a parent of such child or by any person on behalf of such child, provided that the parent or other person is a New Jersey resident, where the child is or shall become a resident of this State. The State registrar shall, upon the request of a parent of any such child who is adopted outside of this State or the United States or the request of any person on behalf of such child, issue a new certificate of birth for such child, showing (a) the name of such child as changed by the decree or certificate of adoption, if changed, (b) the date and place of birth, (c) the names of the adopting parents or parent, and (d) the date of recording of the foreign birth certificate. L.1957, c. 154, p. 566, s. 1. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 58; L.1977, c. 288, s. 1, eff. Nov. 30, 1977; L.1979, c. 236, s. 1, eff. Dec. 3, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8A-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-5
Notice of termination of domestic partnerships to third parties; requirements.
Status: in_force

5. a. A former domestic partner who has given a copy of the Certificate of Domestic Partnership to any third party to qualify for any benefit or right and whose receipt of that benefit or enjoyment of that right has not otherwise terminated, shall, upon termination of the domestic partnership, give or send to the third party, at the last known address of the third party, written notification that the domestic partnership has been terminated. A third party that suffers a loss as a result of failure by a domestic partner to provide this notice shall be entitled to seek recovery from the partner who was obligated to send the notice for any actual loss resulting thereby. b. Failure to provide notice to a third party, as required pursuant to this section, shall not delay or prevent the termination of the domestic partnership. L.2003,c.246,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:10-20 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-20
Requirements for lease, sale, delivery, consignment of used mattresses, box springs.
Status: in_force

2. a. No person shall sell, lease, offer to sell, lease or deliver, or consign in sale or lease, or possess with intent to sell, lease, deliver, or consign in sale or lease, a used mattress or box spring unless that mattress or box spring is encased in plastic, polyethylene film, or similar material designed to prevent the transfer of insects or other contaminants. b. No person shall sell a used mattress or box spring unless that mattress or box spring has been cleaned and disinfected using a reasonable process approved by the Commissioner of Health. L.2015, c.183, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.19
Coverage for certain dental procedures for the severely disabled or child age five or under by HMO.
Status: in_force

6. a. A certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in this State pursuant to P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.), shall not be issued or continued by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance on or after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act unless the health maintenance organization provides health care services to an enrollee who is severely disabled or a child age five or under for: (1) general anesthesia and hospitalization for dental services; or (2) a medical condition covered by the enrollee agreement which requires hospitalization or general anesthesia for dental services rendered by a participating dentist regardless of where the dental services are provided. b. A health maintenance organization may require prior authorization of hospitalization for dental services in the same manner that prior authorization is required for hospitalization for other covered diseases or conditions. c. This section shall apply to all contracts for health care services in which the health maintenance organization has reserved the right to change the schedule of charges. L.1999, c.49, s.6; amended 2012, c.17, s.270.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-38 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-38
Report of private cases to state department
Status: in_force

The physician, nurse, or other person treating a venereal disease shall report the case immediately to the state department.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2A-21 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2A / Section 2A-21
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

5. a. Any person who operates a human milk bank that is not accredited and registered pursuant to this act, or who has used fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining accreditation or registration or in the subsequent operation of a human milk bank, or who violates any other provision of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for the first offense and not less than $500 or more than $5,000 for the second or any subsequent offense. b. The department shall have the jurisdiction to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of this act in a summary proceeding in accordance with the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). Process shall be in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue only at the suit of the commissioner as plaintiff. c. A penalty recovered pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be recovered by the commissioner and paid into the State treasury. L.2017, c.247, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2FF-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2FF / Section 2FF-2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health "Public Health Institute" means an entity designated by the Department of Health as the State's Public Health Institute pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2025, c.46 (C.26:2FF-3). L.2025, c.46, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-16 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-16
Vacancy in township of over 20,000
Status: in_force

If a vacancy shall occur in the board of any township having a population of more than twenty thousand inhabitants, which is subject to the provisions of this subdivision of this article, it shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made, but for the unexpired portion of the term only. Amended by L.1953, c. 349, p. 1921, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-20 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-20
License necessary for appointment.
Status: in_force

26:3-20. No local board shall appoint any person to a position for which a license is required under section 41 of P.L.1947, c.177 (C.26:1A-41) nor employ a person to do work ordinarily performed by a person required to hold a license under that section, who is not the holder of a proper license as such. Amended 1947, c.181; s.2; 1950, c.119, s.6; 1997, c.416, s.11
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-136 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-136
Loans to local boards
Status: in_force

The department may set aside up to 10% of the funds appropriated pursuant to this act for the purpose of providing loans to local boards of health to abate lead paint nuisances pursuant to section 9 of P.L. 1971, c. 366 (C. 24:14A-9). The department shall establish criteria for making the loans and procedures for repayment of the loans to the department. L. 1985, c. 84, s. 7, eff. March 25, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-58 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-58
Advice of Governor's advisory council for emergency services
Status: in_force

In implementing the provisions of this act, the department and the division shall seek the advice of the Governor's Advisory Council for Emergency Services established pursuant to P.L.1972, c. 133. L.1981, c. 302, s. 22, eff. Oct. 27, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-31 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-31
Duty of suspected person to be examined; sex of examining physician
Status: in_force

Any person requested by the local board or health officer to be examined under the authority of section 26:4-30 of this title shall submit to examination and permit necessary specimens of blood or bodily discharges to be taken for laboratory examination. The examination shall be made by a physician of the same sex as the person being examined if the latter so requests.
N.J. Stat. § 26:5D-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 5D / Section 5D-2
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, the sudden and unexpected death of apparently healthy babies, commonly known as "SIDS" or "Crib Death," is the major cause of death of infants between the ages of one month and one year and is responsible for the deaths of approximately 7,000 infants in the United States each year. b. Although the cause of SIDS is not known, there is evidence that it may be caused by an infectious agent, hypoglycemia, a neuroendocrine defect, or poor socioeconomic conditions. SIDS has also been associated with apnea, the temporary stoppage of breathing; however, there are no data firmly linking SIDS to apnea, and preliminary data suggest that the number of infants who have had a history of apneic episodes may account for not more than 5% of SIDS fatalities. c. Because of the nature of SIDS and the inability to discover the cause of death, parents of victims of SIDS often experience trauma and shock and have a need for counseling and other support services. d. Research regarding the detection, treatment, cure or prevention of SIDS has not been afforded the attention given to other areas of medicine, and many health care professionals are not familiar with the symptoms, diagnosis or treatment of SIDS; and e. Therefore, it is imperative that a program be established for identifying and treating infants who are potential victims of SIDS, referring potential SIDS victims and their families to sources of treatment and counseling, referring families whose children have been victims of SIDS to counseling and other support services and providing an educational program to health care professionals to heighten their awareness in detecting potential SIDS victims and in preventing SIDS. L. 1987,c.331, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-13 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-13
Incomplete certificate of death
Status: in_force

No certificate of death shall be held to be complete and correct that does not supply all of the items of information called for therein, or satisfactorily account for their omission.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-30
Representative at health convention
Status: in_force

A local board in cities of the second class may appoint and send its health officer to any medical convention meeting for the purpose of discussing the improvement of the health and sanitary condition of municipalities, and pay his necessary expenses while attending the convention.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3
Consolidation of districts
Status: in_force

The state department, or the local boards having jurisdiction of the territory in question, may combine two or more registration districts when desirable to facilitate registration.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2SS-20 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2SS / Section 2SS-20
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

20. Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to an entity providing or administering a self-funded health benefits plan which is subject to the "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," except as provided in subsection d. of section 9 of this act for such an entity to elect to be subject to certain provisions of the act. L.2018, c.32, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-29 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-29
Determination of infectiousness; review
Status: in_force

A case of venereal disease shall be regarded as infectious until a physician licensed to practice medicine has examined the case and reported to the local board that the case is not infectious, but if in the opinion of the local board of the jurisdiction the protection of the public health requires it, the board may review the case and cause a medical examination of any such case to be made by a physician designated by the board, and the opinion of such physician as to the infectiousness or noninfectiousness of the case shall be final.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-19
Submission of information and issuance of certificate
Status: in_force

a. Any person seeking to obtain such a certificate shall submit to the department, not less than 7 business days prior to the storage or transporting of any of the materials specified in section 1 of this act, the following information: (1) Name of shipper, (2) Name of carrier, (3) Type and quantity of radioactive material, (4) Date and time of shipment, (5) Starting point, scheduled route, and destination, (6) Location and manner of storage, and (7) Other information required by the department. b. The department, after consultation with the Chief of the State Police, shall issue the "certificate of handling" upon a finding that the storage or transporting of such material shall be accomplished in a manner necessary to protect public health and safety of the citizens of the State. The department, in its discretion, may require changes in the location or manner of storage or changes in dates, routes or time of transporting such material if necessary to maximize protection to public health and safety. L.1977, c. 233, s. 2, eff. Sept. 26, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-39 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-39
Examinations for applicants for licensure.
Status: in_force

39. The commissioner in consultation with the Public Health Council shall cause examinations to be conducted in such manner and at such times and places as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the qualifications of applicants for licenses set forth in section 41 of P.L.1947, c.177 (C.26:1A-41). Applications for examination for any of the licenses enumerated in section 41 of P.L.1947, c.177 (C.26:1A-41), must be made in writing upon forms supplied by the department. L.1947,c.177,s.39; amended 1949, c.210; 1950, c.119, ss.3,10; 1956, c.171, s.1; 1971, c.157, s.1; 1997, c.416, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-77 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-77
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act." b. Whenever the term "Uniform Anatomical Gift Act" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the "Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act." L.2008, c.50, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-18 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-18
Subregistrar; appointment
Status: in_force

When it appears necessary for the convenience of the people in any registration district, the local registrar may, with the approval of the State registrar, appoint one or more suitable persons to act as subregistrars, who shall be authorized to receive certificates of births and deaths and to issue burial or removal permits and transit permits in or for such portions of the district as may be designated. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 42.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-11.1
Embargo of articles with radiation hazards; tagging; prohibition of use, sale or disposal, or impoundment; disposal or return; conditions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other remedy available to the department, whenever an agent of the department finds or has probable cause to believe that any material, machine, appliance, apparatus or device, or any part thereof, is a radiation hazard or danger of such nature as to constitute a threat to public health or welfare, or is being operated in a manner as to result in such a threat, he may embargo such article by affixing thereto a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected to be, a radiation hazard or danger and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to use, remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until permission for use, removal or disposal is given by the department, or he may cause any material, machine, appliance, apparatus or device to be secured or impounded. It shall be a violation of this act for any person to remove or dispose of such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such permission. Within 10 days after embargoing or impounding any source of radiation, the department shall give notice to the person causing the violation or hazardous condition prescribing circumstances under which the source of radiation will be returned to the custody of the person. If the person, within a reasonable time as may be fixed by the department, does not furnish satisfactory evidence to the department of present and intended future compliance with the conditions, the rights of the person, with respect to the source of radiation so secured or impounded, shall become the property of the State to be disposed of by the department on behalf of the State in any manner consistent with public health and safety. L.1971, c. 372, s. 4, eff. Dec. 30, 1971. Amended by L.1981, c. 296, s. 5, eff. Oct. 9, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-93 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-93
Requirements relative to donations from individuals having an advance directive.
Status: in_force

17. If a hospital patient who is a prospective donor has executed an advance directive for health care, or has otherwise specified by record the circumstances under which the patient would want life support to be withheld or withdrawn from that person, and the terms of the advance directive or other record are in conflict with the option of making an anatomical gift by precluding the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the following requirements shall apply: a. If the patient is determined to have decision making capacity pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.201 (C.26:2H-53 et seq.), then the patient shall, after consultation with the patient's attending physician about the donor option and all other relevant factors in end-of-life decision making, make a determination concerning the withholding or withdrawing of treatment pursuant to existing law; b. If the patient is determined to lack decision making capacity pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1991, c.201 (C.26:2H-60), then an agent acting pursuant to the patient's advance directive or other record or, if no such agent has been designated by the patient or the agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized by law other than this act to make decisions on behalf of the patient with regard to the patient's health care shall act for the patient to resolve the conflict. The parties specified in this subsection shall seek to resolve the conflict as set forth therein as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict shall be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the patient pursuant to section 9 of this act. Measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part shall not be withheld or withdrawn from the patient prior to resolution of the conflict if the withholding or withdrawing is not contraindicated by the requirements of providing appropriate end-of-life care. L.2008, c.50, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-26 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-26
Fee for cases reported to state department
Status: in_force

Upon presentation of a certificate of the number of cases reported to the State Department pursuant to section 26:4-24 of the Revised Statutes at least once per year the officer shall be entitled to receive from the proper disbursing officer of the municipality within the limits of which the sickness reported occurred, the sum of ten cents ($0.10) for each case certified as having been reported. Amended by L.1953, c. 325, p. 1872, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2I-18 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2I / Section 2I-18
Annual report and audit
Status: in_force

On or before March 31 in each year, the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor and the Legislature. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the authority's operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and cause a copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State and the Comptroller of the Treasury. L.1972, c. 29, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2BB-12 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2BB / Section 2BB-12
Supersedure, repeal of inconsistent acts.
Status: in_force

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, superseded and repealed. L. 1989, c. 51, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-153 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-153
Waiver of certain requirements for certain facilities.
Status: in_force

22. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner may grant, to a dementia care home that is operating as a rooming or boarding house that provides services to residents with special needs, including, but not limited to, persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders or other forms of dementia, on the effective date of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.55:13B-5.1 et al.), a temporary or permanent waiver of one or more requirements established by regulation of the commissioner for health care facilities licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) that the commissioner has determined are otherwise applicable to the dementia care home, if the dementia care home can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that: (1) the granting of the waiver would not pose a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of its residents; and (2) the failure to grant such a waiver would pose a serious financial hardship to the facility. b. A dementia care home that is seeking a waiver pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall apply for the waiver on a form and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. L.2015, c.125, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-27.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-27.2
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. Within one year of the date of enactment of P.L.2013, c.119 (C.26:2D-27.1 et seq.), the Commission on Radiation Protection shall establish rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act" P.L.1968, c.140 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), for the licensing of nuclear medicine technologists to operate hybrid fusion imaging technology pursuant to section 1 of this act. L.2013, c.119, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:7-18.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-18.3
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Health may promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1983, c. 385, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-108 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-108
Operative date of advance directive for mental health care.
Status: in_force

7. a. An advance directive for mental health care shall become operative: (1) when it is transmitted to the responsible mental health care professional or the psychiatric facility; and it is determined pursuant to section 8 of this act that the patient lacks capacity to make a particular mental health care decision; or (2) at an earlier date if stipulated by the declarant in the advance directive. b. Treatment decisions pursuant to an advance directive for mental health care shall not be made and implemented until there has been a reasonable opportunity to establish, and where appropriate confirm, a reliable diagnosis and prognosis for the patient. L.2005,c.233,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-14.13 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-14.13
Certain retaliatory actions against health care worker prohibited.
Status: in_force

6. A covered health care facility shall not take any retaliatory action against any health care worker because that worker refuses to perform a patient handling task due to a reasonable concern about worker or patient safety, or the lack of appropriate and available patient handling equipment or aids. In the event the health care worker refuses to perform a patient handling task pursuant to this section, the worker shall promptly notify his supervisor of the refusal and the reason therefor. As used in this section, "retaliatory action" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 2 of P.L.1986, c.105 (C.34:19-2). L.2007, c.225, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-112 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-112
Appointment of staff, compensation.
Status: in_force

6. The Commissioner of Human Services may appoint such professional, technical, and clerical assistants and employees as may be necessary to enable the division and the commission to perform the duties imposed upon it by this act and their compensation shall be fixed within the limits of available appropriations and as shall be provided by law. The assistants and employees, together with the director of the division, shall be deemed to be the staff of the division and the commission. The advisory commission shall meet at regular intervals and at least 4 times annually. The times and places for the said meetings shall be fixed by the commission and special meetings may be called by the director on not less than 10 days' written notice to each member, and any such notice shall specify the object of the meeting. L.1957, c.72, s.6; amended 1959, c.143, s.3; 2012, c.17, s.103.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-4
Commissioners' terms
Status: in_force

Commissioners appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a term of four years commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment, except that of those first appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and one for a term of four years, which terms shall commence on July 1, 1958. Of the two commissioners first appointed to the commission pursuant to the provisions of this 1986 amendatory act, one commissioner shall serve a term of four years and one commissioner shall serve a term of two years. Each commissioner shall hold over after the expiration of his term until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms only in the manner provided for the original appointments. L. 1958, c. 116, p. 593, s. 4. Amended by L. 1986, c. 28, s. 3, eff. June 17, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-42.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-42.1
Identification of nursing homes in financial distress, risk of bankruptcy.
Status: in_force

5. The Department of Health shall as necessary, with assistance from the Department of Human Services, identify nursing homes that may be in acute financial distress or at risk of filing for bankruptcy protection by requiring each nursing home to report, within five business days, any default in the punctual payment when due of any: debt service payment where the debt is secured by real estate or assets of the nursing home; rent payment; payroll; or payroll tax obligation. The department may, as appropriate: a. provide, at the nursing home's expense, or direct such nursing home to management support services and resources, as well as any other supports as may be necessary and appropriate to avoid bankruptcy proceedings or cessation of operations; b. if the nursing homes does not take sufficient and timely action to avoid an impending bankruptcy or closure, and if the department finds the bankruptcy or closure would have a significant adverse effect on the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the nursing home or would leave the area in which the nursing home is located lacking sufficient nursing home services after assessing the need for and availability of other nursing home services in the area, initiate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver for the nursing home, which receiver shall have the powers and authorities conferred by the order of receivership, which may include, but shall not be limited to, the authority to: (1) hire any consultants or to undertake any studies of the nursing home the receiver deems appropriate; (2) make any repairs or improvements as are necessary to ensure the safety of nursing home residents and staff; (3) hire or discharge any employees, including the administrator or manager of the nursing home; (4) receive or expend in a reasonable and prudent manner the revenues of the nursing home due on the date of the entry of the order of receivership and to become due under such order; (5) continue the business of the nursing home and the care of the residents of the nursing home in all its aspects; (6) do all acts necessary or appropriate to conserve the property and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the nursing home; and (7) exercise such other powers as the receiver deems necessary or appropriate to implement the court order; and c. Take such other steps and actions as may be available to ensure continuity of care for, and the safety of, residents of the nursing home. L.2021, c.95, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-157 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-157
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

26. The commissioner and the Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt, notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such rules and regulations as the commissioners deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.55:13B-5.1 et al.), which shall be effective for a period not to exceed 12 months following the effective date of P.L.2015, c.125. The regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as the commissioner or the Commissioner of Community Affairs determine necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.55:13B-5.1 et al.). L.2015, c.125, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.53 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.53
"Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund"; money credited, use.
Status: in_force

28. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a special, nonlapsing fund to be known as the "Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund." The fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer and shall be credited with: (1) constitutionally dedicated moneys; (2) such moneys as are appropriated by the Legislature; and (3) any return on investment of moneys deposited in the fund. b. Moneys in the fund may be used by the Department of the Treasury solely for: (1) reimbursements to owners of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment to reimburse the cost of required retrofit devices and the installation thereof; (2) the administrative costs incurred by the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) up to $900,000 per year; and (3) the administrative costs incurred by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to implement the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) up to $250,000 per year. c. No moneys in the fund may be made available for any costs associated with requirements imposed by P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), unless the State Treasurer certifies that the constitutionally dedicated moneys have been deposited in the fund in that year. If the moneys provided for the administrative costs of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission are not required by the commission in a given year because they exceed the amount of the administrative costs of the commission in that year, the State Treasurer shall provide those moneys unexpended for that purpose to the Department of Environmental Protection for administrative costs, provided that the administrative costs paid from the constitutionally dedicated moneys deposited in the fund do not exceed $1,150,000. d. Any owner of a regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment is eligible for reimbursement from the fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Local Budget Law" (N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq.) to the contrary, a county, municipality, or an authority as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-3) required to comply with the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) may anticipate in its annual budget or any amendments or supplements thereto those sums to be reimbursed from the fund for the costs of retrofit devices and their installation that are required to be used in or on any regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment in a given year in which the county, municipality, or authority incurs the cost. For the purposes of subsection 1. of section 3 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.3) and subsection g. of section 4 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.4), the costs of retrofit devices and their installation shall be considered an amount to be received from State funds in reimbursement for local expenditures and therefore exempt from the limitation on local budgets imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.2). L.2005,c.219,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-75 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-75
Fee schedule
Status: in_force

The department shall establish a fee schedule to cover the costs of the certification programs established pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of this act. L. 1986, c. 83, s. 6, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-31 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-31
Annual budget; submission by county health officer; tax levy; determination by board of chosen freeholders
Status: in_force

The county health officer shall prepare and submit annually to the board of chosen freeholders, subject to the advice of the county board, in each year, a budget setting forth in detail the amounts of money necessary for the operation of the county department of health for environmental health purposes, during the ensuing year. The board of chosen freeholders shall include annually in the tax levy the amount of money which it believes will best meet the environmental health needs of the county. L.1977, c. 443, s. 13, eff. March 2, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-20 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-20
Transfer of certain employees of bureau of community institutions
Status: in_force

Employees of the present Bureau of Community Institutions in the Department of Institutions and Agencies responsible for administration of laws governing and concerning residential health care facilities, private mental hospitals, convalescent homes, private nursing homes and private hospitals are hereby transferred to the State Department of Health. Persons so transferred shall be assigned such duties as the State Commissioner of Health shall determine. L.1971, c. 136, s. 20. Amended by L.1979, c. 496, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-35 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-35
Services of local or Federal officials, acceptance of
Status: in_force

Subject to approval by the Public Health Council, the commissioner may accept the services of any local or Federal official or agency in such manner and in such capacities as he may deem appropriate. L.1947, c. 177, p. 805, s. 35.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.15 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.15
Regulations on use of unlicensed assistive personnel.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt regulations governing the use of unlicensed assistive personnel in licensed health care facilities, in consultation with at least the following: the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, the New Jersey Hospital Association, the New Jersey Association of Health Care Facilities, the Medical Society of New Jersey, and the New Jersey State Nurses Association. As used in this section, "unlicensed assistive personnel" means any unlicensed or uncertified personnel employed by a licensed health care facility that perform nursing tasks which do not require the skill or judgment of a registered professional nurse and which are assigned to them by, and carried out under the supervision of, a registered professional nurse. b. The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall require, at a minimum, that: (1) unlicensed assistive personnel employed by a health care facility meet the standards and requirements for education and competency evaluation prescribed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing pursuant to paragraph (26) of subsection d. of section 2 of P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-24); and (2) a health care facility, prior to implementing the use of unlicensed assistive personnel, establish a multidisciplinary committee, including representation from registered professional nurses, physicians, administrative staff, and unlicensed assistive personnel, to evaluate the need for using these personnel, formulate and adopt a plan to implement their use, and monitor the implementation of the plan. c. The plan for implementing the use of unlicensed assistive personnel pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section shall, at a minimum: (1) require the use and specify the composition of multidisciplinary patient care teams operating under the plan; (2) prescribe materials and protocols for the orientation and training of health care facility staff with respect to implementing the plan; (3) provide for the periodic monitoring and evaluation of the use of unlicensed assistive personnel by the multidisciplinary committee established pursuant to subsection b. of this section; and (4) require in-service training and educational programming for both registered professional nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel which include subject matter relating to the delegation of nursing tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel and the supervision of these personnel by registered professional nurses. L.1999, c.436, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.187.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-113 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-113
Instruction directive legally operative, conditions.
Status: in_force

12. a. If the patient has executed an instruction directive but has not designated a mental health care representative, or if neither the designated mental health care representative or any alternate designee is able or available to serve, the instruction directive shall be legally operative. If the instruction directive provides clear and unambiguous guidance under the circumstances, it shall be honored in accordance with its specific terms by a legally appointed guardian, if any, family member, mental health care professional and psychiatric facility involved with the patient's mental health care, and any other person acting on the patient's behalf, except as provided in subsection c. of this section. b. If the instruction directive is, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, not specific to the patient's mental health condition and the treatment alternatives, the responsible mental health care professional, in consultation with a legally appointed guardian, if any, family member, or other person acting on the patient's behalf, shall exercise reasonable judgment to effectuate the wishes of the patient, giving full weight to the terms, intent and spirit of the instruction directive. c. Departure from the specific provisions of the instruction directive shall be permitted only if the responsible mental health care professional determines that compliance with those terms or provisions would: (1) violate the accepted standard of mental health care or treatment under the circumstances of the patient's mental health condition; (2) require the use of a form of care or treatment that is not available to the mental health care professional responsible for the provision of mental health services to the patient; (3) violate a court order or provision of statutory law; or (4) endanger the life or health of the patient or another person. L.2005,c.233,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-36 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-36
Interrogation of informant
Status: in_force

Any person reporting a birth, or who may be interrogated in relation thereto, shall answer correctly and to the best of his knowledge all questions put to him by the local registrar which may be calculated to elicit any information needed to make a complete record of the birth as contemplated by this chapter, and the informant as to any statement made in accordance herewith shall verify the statement by his signature, when requested so to do by the local registrar.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-89 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-89
Repeal
Status: in_force

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed. L.1948, c. 444, p. 1756, s. 25.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2N-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2N / Section 2N-8
Definitions relative to vaccinations.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Antibody titer" means a test to measure the presence and amount of antibodies in a blood sample against a particular type of tissue, cell or substance. "Health care provider" means any licensed health care professional or public or private health care facility in this State that administers vaccinations. L.2003,c.257,s.1.