N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.40 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.40
Health maintenance organization to provide coverage regardless of gender identity, expression.
Status: in_force

8. a. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, a health maintenance organization contract that provides hospital and medical expense benefits and 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 not contain any provision that discriminates, and the health maintenance organization shall not discriminate, on the basis of a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression or on the basis that the covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person. b. The discrimination prohibited by this section shall include: (1) denying, cancelling, limiting or refusing to issue or renew a contract on the basis of a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression, or for the reason that the covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person; (2) demanding or requiring a payment or premium that is based in whole or in part on a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression, or for the reason that the covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person; (3) designating a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression, or the fact that a covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person, as a preexisting condition for which coverage will be denied or limited; or (4) denying or limiting coverage, or denying a claim, for services including but not limited to the following, due to a covered person's gender identity or expression or for the reason that the covered person is a transgender person: (a) health care services related to gender transition if coverage is available for those services under the contract when the services are not related to gender transition, including but not limited to hormone therapy, hysterectomy, mastectomy, and vocal training; or (b) health care services that are ordinarily or exclusively available to individuals of one sex when the denial or limitation is due only to the fact that the covered person is enrolled as belonging to the other sex or has undergone, or is in the process of undergoing, gender transition. c. For the purposes of this section: "Gender expression" means a person's gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth. "Gender identity" means a person's internal sense of their own gender, regardless of the sex the person was assigned at birth. "Gender transition" means the process of changing a person's outward appearance, including physical sex characteristics, to accord with the person's actual gender identity. "Transgender person" means a person who identifies as a gender different from the sex assigned to the person at birth. d. The provisions of this section shall apply to those contracts for health care services under which the health maintenance organization has reserved the right to change the schedule of charges for enrollee coverage. e. Nothing in this section shall preclude the health maintenance organization from performing utilization review, including periodic review of the medical necessity of a particular service. L.2017, c.176, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6B-11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6B / Section 6B-11
Determination of necessity for autopsy.
Status: in_force

11. a. The Chief State Medical Examiner, a county or intercounty medical examiner, an assignment judge of the Superior Court, a county prosecutor, the Attorney General, or the commissioner may deem an autopsy necessary after a preliminary death investigation is performed. b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no dissection or autopsy shall be performed, in the absence of a compelling public necessity, if a member of the decedent's immediate family or, in the absence thereof, a friend of the decedent objects to the procedure on the grounds that it is contrary to the religious belief of the decedent, or if there is an obvious reason to believe that a dissection or autopsy is contrary to the decedent's religious beliefs. c. If, in the opinion of a medical examiner, there is a compelling public necessity to perform a dissection or autopsy, and a member of the decedent's immediate family or, in the absence thereof, a friend of the decedent objects to the procedure on the grounds that it is contrary to the religious beliefs of the decedent, or if there is an obvious reason to believe that the dissection or autopsy is contrary to the religious beliefs of the decedent, no dissection or autopsy shall be performed until 48 hours after notice thereof is given by the medical examiner to the objecting party, or, if there is no objecting party, to such other party as the court may name. During that 48-hour period, the objecting party or the party named by the court may institute action in the Superior Court to determine the propriety of the dissection or autopsy; however, the court may dispense with the waiting period upon ex parte motion if it determines that the delay may prejudice the accuracy of the dissection or autopsy, or may precipitate or prolong an immediate and substantial threat to public health or safety. d. (1) If, in the opinion of a medical examiner, there is a compelling public necessity to perform a dissection or autopsy for reasons not otherwise provided in this act, and a member of the decedent's immediate family or, in the absence thereof, a friend of the decedent objects that the dissection or autopsy is contrary to the religious beliefs of the decedent, or there is an obvious reason to believe that the dissection or autopsy is contrary to the religious beliefs of the decedent, the medical examiner may institute an action in the Superior Court for an order authorizing the dissection or autopsy. The action shall be instituted by an order to show cause on notice to the member of the decedent's immediate family or friend of the decedent, or, if no such individual is known, to such other party as the court may direct. (2) An action brought pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall have preference over all other cases and shall be determined summarily upon the petition and oral or written proof, if any, offered by the parties. The court shall permit the dissection or autopsy to be performed if it finds that the medical examiner established a compelling public necessity, for reasons not otherwise provided for in this act, for the autopsy or dissection under all of the circumstances of the case, or if the objecting party or party named by the court fails to swear or affirm that an autopsy or dissection would be contrary to the decedent's religious beliefs. If permission to perform a dissection or autopsy is denied and no stay is granted by the court or by the appellate division, the decedent's body shall be immediately released for burial. e. Bodies shall be treated with dignity and respect commensurate with the goals of this act. L.2018, c.62, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-136 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-136
New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission.
Status: in_force

5. a. There is established the New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the commission is established within the Department of Health, but, notwithstanding the establishment, the commission shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or any board or officer thereof. b. The commission shall collaborate with the Office for e-HIT established pursuant to section 8 of this act (C.17:1D-1), concerning all activities related to the development, implementation, and oversight of the plan. The commission shall be responsible for approving the Statewide health information technology plan. c. In providing advice on the development of the plan, the commission shall, at a minimum, consider the following: (1) the importance of the education of the general public and health care professionals about the value of an electronic health infrastructure for improving the delivery of patient care; (2) the means for the creation of an effective, efficient, Statewide use of electronic health information in patient care, health care policymaking, clinical research, health care financing, and continuous quality improvements; (3) the means for the promotion of the use of national standards for the development of an interoperative system, including provisions relating to security, privacy, data content, structures and format, vocabulary, and transmission protocols; (4) the nature of proper strategic investments in equipment and other infrastructure elements that will facilitate the ongoing development of a Statewide infrastructure; (5) funding needs for the ongoing development of health information technology projects; (6) actions needed to incorporate existing health care information technology initiatives into the plan in order to avoid incompatible systems and duplicative efforts; (7) the proper means for the review and integration of the recommendations, findings, and conclusions of the New Jersey Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration; (8) the importance of recommending steps for the proper resolution of issues related to data ownership, governance, and confidentiality and security of patient information; (9) the importance of promoting the deployment of health information technology in primary care provider settings; and (10) the roles that the development and use of open-source electronic medical record software and the use of application service provider software can play in effectuating the purposes of paragraph (9) of this subsection. d. The commission shall review the plan submitted by the Office for e-HIT and notify it of any changes needed to approve the plan. L.2007, c.330, s.5; amended 2012, c.17, s.110.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-24 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24
Reports of local boards to state department
Status: in_force

The officer to whom the report of a communicable disease is delivered and whose duty it is to make a record of the same, shall, at least once each week, and daily when required by the state department, transmit by mail the facts stated therein to the state department and shall upon request by the state department give full information concerning the measures employed by the local board to prevent the spread of the diseases mentioned in the reports, which facts and information shall be conveyed to the state department in writing. Proof that the state department has not received the report of such facts and information from any officer shall be prima facie evidence that the same has not been transmitted to the department by the officer.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-130 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-130
Proceedings for recovery of penalties; disposition
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any penalty incurred for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be sued for and recovered by the State department, or by the local board of the municipality within which the violation occurred. Every municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any such penalty, if the violation has occurred 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 be either in the nature of a summons or warrant. The court may cause any defendant who shall fail to pay forthwith the amount of the judgment rendered against him, and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for any period not exceeding ninety days. All moneys recovered in any such proceedings shall be paid to the plaintiff therein and applied by such plaintiff to any purpose for which it may be legally authorized to expend money. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 476, s. 48.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-82 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-82
Destruction of marihuana weed; exceptions.
Status: in_force

2. Upon certification by the Department of Health of the existence of Marihuana weed at the location examined by the Department of Health, then the county prosecutor is hereby empowered to dispatch one of the prosecutor's agents to the location so certified and the agent shall destroy the Marihuana weed and the county prosecutor or the agent shall not be civilly responsible in any manner whatsoever for destruction of the Marihuana weed. "Marihuana" shall not mean hemp or a hemp product cultivated, handled, processed, transported, and sold pursuant to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act," P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.). L.1939, c.248, s.2; amended 2018, c.139, s.10; 2019, c.238, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-19.5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-19.5
Rules, regulations; unavailability of affirmative defense
Status: in_force

5. a. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations that establish limitations upon the maximum frequency and duration of violations resulting from equipment malfunctions, equipment start-ups, equipment shut-downs, and the performance of necessary equipment maintenance operations for which an affirmative defense may be asserted pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1993, c.89 (C.26:2C-19.2). The limitations shall be based upon the operating history of similar sources on an industry basis. b. The affirmative defense established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1993, c.89 (C.26:2C-19.2), shall not be available with respect to violations arising from equipment malfunctions, equipment start-ups, or equipment shut-downs, or during necessary equipment maintenance operations, that occur more frequently or persist for a longer duration than the maximum limitations established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.1993,c.89,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-34 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-34
Suspension, revocation, censure, or other discipline.
Status: in_force

11. a. The license of a radiologic technologist may be suspended for a fixed period, or may be revoked, or the technologist may be censured, reprimanded, or otherwise disciplined, in accordance with the provisions and procedures defined in P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-25 et seq.), if after due hearing it is determined that the technologist: (1) Is guilty of any fraud or deceit in the person's activities as a radiologic technologist or has been guilty of any fraud or deceit in procuring a license; (2) Has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without this State, of a crime involving moral turpitude, except that if the conviction has been reversed and the holder of the license discharged or acquitted, or if the person has been pardoned or the person's civil rights restored, the license may be restored; (3) Has or had any medical problem, disability, or substance use disorder which, in the opinion of the board, would impair the person's professional competence; (4) Has aided and abetted a person who is not a licensed radiologic technologist or otherwise authorized pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-27) in engaging in the activities of a radiologic technologist; (5) Has undertaken or engaged in any practice beyond the scope of the authorized activities of a radiologic technologist pursuant to P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-24 et seq.); (6) Has falsely impersonated a duly licensed or former duly licensed radiologic technologist or is engaging in the activities of a radiologic technologist under an assumed name; (7) Has been guilty of unethical conduct as defined by rules promulgated by the commission; (8) Has continued to practice without obtaining a license renewal as required by P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-24 et seq.); (9) Has applied ionizing radiation to a human being without the specific direction of a duly licensed practitioner as defined herein; or to any person or part of the human body outside the scope of the specific authorization; (10) Has acted or is acting as an owner, co-owner, or employer in any enterprise engaged in the application of ionizing radiation to human beings for the purpose of diagnostic interpretation, chiropractic analysis, or the treatment of disease; (11) Has expressed to a member of the public an interpretation of a diagnostic x-ray film or fluorescent image; (12) Has used or is using the prefix "Dr.," unless entitled to do so pursuant to a degree granted, the word "doctor" or any suffix or affix to indicate or imply that the radiologic technologist is a duly licensed practitioner as defined herein when not so licensed; or (13) Is or has been guilty of incompetence or negligence in the person's activities as a radiologic technologist. b. Proceedings against any radiologic technologist under this section shall be instituted by filing with the board a written charge or charges under oath against the radiologic technologist. The charges may be preferred by any person, corporation, association or public officer, or by the board in the first instance. A copy thereof, together with a report of the investigation as the board shall deem proper, shall be referred to the commission for its recommendation to the commissioner. If the commissioner determines the matter to be a contested case, the commissioner shall either designate three or more members of the board as a committee to hear and report on the charges and shall set a time and place for the hearing or shall refer the matter to the Office of Administrative Law for hearing before an administrative law judge, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). For the purpose of this section, the board, its committee, or the administrative law judge shall have power to issue subpenas for the appearance of witnesses, and to take testimony under oath. Upon review of the record of the hearing, the commissioner may affirm, modify, or reject the written report and recommendation of the committee or the administrative law judge. If the commissioner finds that the charges have not been proved, the commissioner shall order them dismissed. If the charges are found to be true, the commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, issue an order suspending or revoking the license of the accused, or otherwise disciplining the accused. c. When the license of any person has been revoked or annulled, as herein provided, the board may, after the expiration of two years, accept an application for restoration of the license. L.1981, c.295, s.11; amended 2017, c.131, s.84.
N.J. Stat. § 26:10-12 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-12
Labeling secondhand mattress, box spring.
Status: in_force

26:10-12. In addition to the requirements of R.S.26:10-10, every secondhand mattress and box spring shall have printed on the yellow label in the manner prescribed in R.S.26:10-10 the following: a. Date of sterilization and disinfection for bedbugs and other contaminants. b. Name of person performing same. c. Address of person performing same. amended 2015, c.183, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-58.5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-58.5
Transplant recovery technician's recovery of human body part.
Status: in_force

6. A technician as defined in section 2 of P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-78) may recover a human body part for any purpose specified in P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-77 et al.). A physician shall not be required to be present during the recovery procedure. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a physician or other person authorized by law to recover human body parts pursuant to law. L.1995, c.257, s.6; amended 2008, c.50, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7
Contents of death certificate.
Status: in_force

26:6-7. a. The certificate of death shall contain such items as shall be listed on death certificate forms or in the NJ-EDRS provided or approved by the department under the authority of subsection c. of R.S.26:8-24. The death certificate forms or the record in the NJ-EDRS shall include, but not be limited to, the following items: (1) name of the decedent; (2) county or municipality in which the death occurred; (3) date of death; (4) sex of the decedent, as provided for in subsection b. of this section; (5) date of birth; and (6) date of issuance and manner of death, provided this information is available. b. The sex of the decedent shall be recorded to reflect the decedent's gender identity, as reported by the person or persons with the right to control the funeral and disposition as established by section 22 of P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-22), unless the person completing the death certificate is presented with a document that memorializes the decedent's gender transition. In the event that these sources provide conflicting information concerning the sex of the decedent, the death certificate shall be based on documentation that memorializes the decedent's gender transition. If documentation is not available, it shall be based on information provided by the person or persons with the right to control the funeral and disposition as established by section 22 of P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-22). Documents that may memorialize a gender transition may include, but shall not be limited to: written instructions from the decedent; a court order approving a name or gender change; an advance health care directive; proof of clinical treatment for gender transition; or documentation of a change to the gender marker on a birth certificate or a state or federally issued identification card. c. If a document specified in subsection b. of this section is not present and the person named executor of the decedent's will does not agree with the gender identity of the decedent as reported by the person or persons with the rights to control the funeral and disposition, that person may file a petition in the Superior Court naming as a party to the action the person or persons with the rights to control the funeral and disposition and seeking an order of the court determining, as appropriate, who among those parties shall determine the gender identity of the decedent. d. A person or persons with the right to control the funeral and disposition and the responsibility to provide the funeral director with the decedent's gender identity warrants the truth of the facts stated and of their authority to provide the funeral director with the necessary information to complete the death certificate. A funeral director shall not be liable for any damages or costs arising from a claim related to a decedent's gender identity or expression on the death certificate unless the funeral director had reasonable notice that the representations were untrue or notice that the person or persons providing the decedent's gender identity lacked the right to control disposition. amended 1945, c.253; 1951, c.84, s.1; 1965, c.78, s.5; 1983, c.308, s.1; 2003, c.221,s.4; 2018, c.59.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3D-61.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3D / Section 3D-61.1
Prohibitions, penalties for smoking in certain outdoor public places.
Status: in_force

5. The Department of Environmental Protection, a municipality, or a county in this State having jurisdiction over a public park or beach on which smoking is prohibited pursuant to this act, P.L.2018, c.64 (C.26:3D-61.1 et al.), may take measures to educate the public about the prohibitions and penalties herein established, to support smoke-free parks and beaches. The Department of Environmental Protection is directed to provide information and assistance to counties and municipalities, as determined appropriate by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and within the limits of resources available to the department for this purpose, to support smoke-free public parks and beaches. L.2018, c.64, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2R-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2R / Section 2R-3
Establishment of osteoporosis prevention and education program.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish an osteoporosis prevention and education program in the Department of Human Services. The purpose of the program is to promote: public awareness of the causes of osteoporosis; options for prevention; the value of early detection; and possible treatments, including the benefits and risks of those treatments. The department may accept, for that purpose, any special grant of money, services, or property from the federal government or any of its agencies, or from any foundation, organization, or medical school. b. The program shall include the following: (1) Development of a public education and outreach campaign to promote osteoporosis prevention and education, including, but not limited to, the following subjects: (a) The cause and nature of the disease; (b) Risk factors; (c) The role of hysterectomy; (d) Prevention of osteoporosis, including nutrition, diet, and physical exercise; (e) Diagnostic procedures and appropriate indications for their use; (f) Hormone replacement, including the benefits and risks; (g) Environmental safety and injury prevention; and (h) Availability of osteoporosis diagnostic treatment services in the community. (2) Development of educational materials to be made available for consumers, particularly targeted to high-risk groups, through local boards of health, physicians, other health care providers, including, but not limited to, health maintenance organizations, hospitals, and clinics, and women's organizations. (3) Development of professional education programs for health care providers to assist them in understanding research findings and the subjects set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection. (4) Development and maintenance of a list of current providers of specialized services for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Dissemination of the list shall be accompanied by a description of diagnostic procedures, appropriate indications for their use, and a cautionary statement about the current status of osteoporosis research, prevention, and treatment. The statement shall also indicate that the department does not license, certify, or in any other way approve osteoporosis programs or centers in this State. L.1997, c.191, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.292.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18.54a — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18.54a
New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission abolished
Status: in_force

16. a. The New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission created pursuant to P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.) is abolished and all of its functions, powers and duties, except as herein otherwise provided, are transferred to the Department of Health on the effective date of this act. b. Whenever, in any rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission or the officers thereof, the same shall mean and refer to the Department of Health or the officers thereof. c. This transfer shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1995,c.133,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-10.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-10.2
Clinical laboratory services at outpatient regional hemophilia care center, required coverage
Status: in_force

2. A carrier which offers a managed care plan shall provide payment for services to the clinical laboratory at a hospital with a State-designated outpatient regional hemophilia care center regardless of whether the hospital's clinical laboratory is a participating provider in the managed care plan, if the covered person's attending physician determines that use of the hospital's clinical laboratory is necessary because: a. the results of laboratory tests are medically necessary immediately or sooner than the normal return time for the carrier's participating clinical laboratory; or b. accurate test results need to be determined by closely supervised procedures in venipuncture and laboratory techniques in controlled environments that cannot be achieved by the carrier's participating clinical laboratory. The carrier shall pay the hospital's clinical laboratory for the laboratory services at the same rate it would pay a participating clinical laboratory for comparable services. The carrier shall retain the right to review all services provided pursuant to this section for medical necessity. L.2000,c.121,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:5C-4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 5C / Section 5C-4
Resource center.
Status: in_force

4. Rutgers, The State University shall, in coordination with the State Department of Health and Senior Services, serve as a resource center and may offer diagnostic procedures, medical treatment, counseling, as well as any other services that may be necessary to assist AIDS victims and their families. L.1984, c.126, s.4; amended 2012, c.45, s.116.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-8
Duty to furnish particulars; verification.
Status: in_force

26:6-8. In the execution of a death certificate, the personal particulars shall be obtained by the funeral director from the person best qualified to supply them. The death and last sickness particulars shall be supplied by the attending, covering, or resident physician; or if there is no attending, covering, or resident physician, by an attending registered professional nurse licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing under P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-23 et seq.); or if there is no attending, covering, or resident physician or attending registered professional nurse, by the county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner. Within a reasonable time, not to exceed 24 hours after the pronouncement of death, the attending, covering, or resident physician, the attending advanced practice nurse pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-49), or the county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner shall execute the death certification. The burial particulars shall be supplied by the funeral director. The attending, covering, or resident physician, the attending advanced practice nurse, the attending registered professional nurse, or the county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner and the funeral director shall certify to the particulars supplied by them by signing their names below the list of items furnished, or by otherwise authenticating their identities and the information that they have provided through the NJ-EDRS. If a person acting under the direct supervision of the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, a county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering, or resident physician, attending advanced practice nurse, or licensed health care facility or other public or private institution providing medical care, treatment, or confinement to persons, which is registered with the NJ-EDRS, is not authorized to authenticate the information required on a certificate of death or fetal death, that person may enter that information into the NJ-EDRS in anticipation of its authentication by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering, or resident physician, attending advanced practice nurse, local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, as applicable. amended 1965, c.78, s.6; 1971, c.2, s.13; 1983, c.308, s.2; 2003, c.221, s.5; 2015, c.38, s.1; 2018, c.62, s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-14 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-14
Penalty for violation of prohibition
Status: in_force

Any person upon whom any such order of prohibition has been served who shall, prior to the removal of the prohibition, transport or sell any milk, cream, skimmed milk or other dairy product contrary to such prohibition, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars; and any other person who shall knowingly transport or sell any such dairy product so prohibited shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4C-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-2
Availability of lactation rooms in certain facilities.
Status: in_force

2. a. Every health care facility; federally qualified health center; county or municipal welfare office or agency; Medical Assistance Customer Center (MACC); One-Stop Career Center operated by, or under the authority of, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; adoption agency or center operated by, or under the authority of, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families; foster care services agency contracted by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency; or local office of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, shall, where practicable, make at least one lactation room available, upon request, to any mother who is utilizing on-site services. The presence of any such lactation room shall not abrogate or otherwise limit the mother's right to breast feed her baby in public, as provided by section 2 of P.L.1997, c.101 (C.26:4B-4). b. The department shall create signage that: (1) contains information about breast feeding; (2) affirms a mother's right to nurse in public, as provided by section 2 of P.L.1997, c.101 (C.26:4B-4); and (3) indicates that lactation rooms are being made available for the privacy and comfort of nursing mothers, pursuant to this act. Such signage shall be distributed directly to the various facilities identified in subsection a. of this section, and shall additionally be posted, in a printable format, on the department's Internet website. A facility that is required to provide a lactation room pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall display the signage prepared under this subsection in a clear and conspicuous manner in the facility's public waiting room, as well as in any lactation room that is made available pursuant to this act. c. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the department shall establish, and shall post at a publicly accessible location on its Internet website, a list of all facilities that have made lactation rooms available pursuant to this section. Thereafter, the department shall make regular updates to the list, as may be necessary to ensure that it reflects the most up-to-date information on the availability of lactation rooms in the State. The list established pursuant to this subsection shall additionally include a hyperlink to the reports on school lactation-related policies that have been posted on the Department of Education website in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this act. d. The department may adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to implement the provisions of this section, including rules and regulations that establish guidelines for the location and placement of lactation rooms within a facility, and rules and regulations that establish training requirements for staff who are employed at a facility where a lactation room is required. L.2019, c.242, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-192 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-192
Completion, retention of Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening professional development module.
Status: in_force

2. a. A physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who performs annual physical examinations of children 19 years of age or younger shall complete the Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening professional development module developed pursuant to subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41d). b. Upon the first renewal of a certification, biennial registration, or renewal of a license by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant after completing the Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening professional development module as required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who performs annual physical examinations of children 19 years of age or younger shall attest to the completion of the module to the Board of Medical Examiners or the Board of Nursing, as appropriate. An application for renewal of a certification, biennial registration, or renewal of a license shall include a check box for attestation regarding compliance with subsection a. of this section for a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who performs annual physical examinations of children 19 years of age or younger. c. A physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who completes the Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening professional development module as required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall retain on file at that person's professional office a hard copy of the certificate of completion of the module. The hard copy of the certificate of completion of the module shall be made available upon request. L.2015, c.37, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-168 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-168
Commissioner, Human Services, State plan amendments, waivers, implementation.
Status: in_force

6. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for any State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and to secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. L.2023, c.163, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act, unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent: (a) "Commission" means the Commission on Radiation Protection created pursuant to this act; (b) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; (c) "Unnecessary radiation" means the use or presence of electromagnetic radiation including microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gammaray; sonic, infrasonic, or ultrasonic waves; and particle radiation including alphas, betas, high energy electrons, neutrons, protons and other atomic or nuclear particles in such manner as to be or tend to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the people or the industrial or agriculture potential of the State, or to the ecology of the State and its wildlife. L.1958, c. 116, p. 592, s. 2. Amended by L.1971, c. 372, s. 1, eff. Dec. 30, 1971; L.1981, c. 296, s. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 26:5C-15 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 5C / Section 5C-15
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus or any other related virus identified as a probable causative agent of AIDS. L.1995, c.174, s.1; amended 2007, c.218, s.1; 2012, c.17, s.342.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-85 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-85
Assumption of cost of background checks.
Status: in_force

4. The Department of Health shall assume the cost of the criminal history record background check conducted on an applicant for nurse aide or personal care assistant certification, or a certified nurse aide or personal care assistant, as the case may be, pursuant to sections 2 through 6 and section 14 of P.L.1997, c.100 (C.26:2H-83 through 87 and C.53:1-20.9a). L.1997, c.100, s.4; amended 1997, c.284, s.4; 2000, c.20, s.3; 2012, c.17, s.242.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2B-26 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2B / Section 2B-26
Laws, ordinances or regulations of local government on public intoxication or inconsistent with act; prohibition; exemptions
Status: in_force

No county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State shall adopt any law, ordinance, bylaw, resolution or regulation having the force of law a. rendering public intoxication or being found in any place in an intoxicated condition an offense, a violation or the subject of criminal or civil penalties or sanctions of any kind; b. inconsistent with the provisions and policies of this act. Nothing herein contained shall affect any laws, ordinances, bylaws, resolutions or regulations against driving after drinking alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol, or other similar offenses that involve the operation of motor vehicles, machinery or other hazardous equipment. L.1975, c. 305, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 26:16-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-2
Findings, declarations relative to medical aid in dying for the terminally ill.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Recognizing New Jersey's long-standing commitment to individual dignity, informed consent, and the fundamental right of competent adults to make health care decisions about whether to have life-prolonging medical or surgical means or procedures provided, withheld, or withdrawn, this State affirms the right of a qualified terminally ill patient, protected by appropriate safeguards, to obtain medication that the patient may choose to self-administer in order to bring about the patient's humane and dignified death. b. Statistics from other states that have enacted laws to provide compassionate medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients indicate that the great majority of patients who requested medication under the laws of those states, including more than 90 percent of patients in Oregon since 1998 and between 72 percent and 86 percent of patients in Washington in each year since 2009, were enrolled in hospice care at the time of death, suggesting that those patients had availed themselves of available treatment and comfort care options available to them at the time they requested compassionate medical aid in dying. c. The public welfare requires a defined and safeguarded process in order to effectuate the purposes of this act, which will: (1) guide health care providers and patient advocates who provide support to dying patients; (2) assist capable, terminally ill patients who request compassionate medical aid in dying; (3) protect vulnerable adults from abuse; and (4) ensure that the process is entirely voluntary on the part of all participants, including patients and those health care providers that are providing care to dying patients. d. This act is in the public interest and is necessary for the welfare of the State and its residents. L.2019, c.59, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2Q-10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2Q / Section 2Q-10
Nonapplicability of act
Status: in_force

10. The provisions of sections 1 through 12 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C.26:2Q-1 through C.26:2Q-12) shall not apply to a property owner who personally performs his own lead abatement in a dwelling unit that he occupies as his primary place of residence. L.1993,c.288,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 26:16-12 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-12
Disposal of medication if patients chooses not to self-administer.
Status: in_force

12. Any medication dispensed pursuant to P.L.2019, c.59 (C.26:16-1 et al.) that a qualified terminally ill patient chooses not to self-administer shall be disposed of by lawful means, including, but not limited to, disposing of the medication consistent with State and federal guidelines concerning disposal of prescription medications, or surrendering the medication to a prescription medication drop-off receptacle. The patient shall designate a person who shall be responsible for the lawful disposal of the medication. L.2019, c.59, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-36.3d — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-36.3d
Farmers market vendor to participate in WIC.
Status: in_force

1. The WIC Services Unit in the Department of Health shall authorize a farmers market vendor to participate as a vendor for the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children if the vendor is authorized to participate as a farmers market in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and has not been deficient in its participation as specified by State and federal law and regulation. The WIC Services Unit shall grant the authorization immediately upon receipt of documentation that the vendor is an authorized farmers market participant in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and shall not require any further documentation from the farmers market. The WIC Services Unit shall not issue the authorization where doing so would be contrary to federal regulations or would jeopardize federal financial participation. L.2017, c.278, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.27 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.27
Findings, declarations relative to designation of stroke centers.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Despite significant advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention, stroke remains a common disorder; an estimated 700,000 to 750,000 new and recurrent strokes occur each year in this country; and with the aging of the population, the number of persons who have strokes is projected to increase; b. Although new treatments are available to improve the clinical outcomes of stroke, many acute care hospitals lack the necessary staff and equipment to optimally triage and treat stroke patients, including the provision of optimal, safe and effective emergency care for these patients; c. Two levels of stroke centers should be established for the treatment of acute stroke. Primary stroke centers should be established in as many acute care hospitals as possible. These centers would evaluate, stabilize and provide emergency care to patients with acute stroke and then, depending on the patient's needs and the center's capabilities, either admit the patient and provide inpatient care or transfer the patient to a comprehensive stroke center. Comprehensive stroke centers should be established in hospitals that meet the criteria set forth in this act, to ensure coverage for all patients throughout the State who require this level of care. These centers would provide complete and specialized care to patients who experience the most complex strokes, which require specialized testing, highly technical procedures and other interventions. Also, these centers would provide education and guidance to affiliated primary stroke centers; d. There is a public health need for acute care hospitals in this State to establish stroke centers to ensure the rapid triage, diagnostic evaluation and treatment of patients suffering a stroke. This should result in increased survival and a decrease in the disabilities associated with stroke; and e. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the residents of this State to establish a program to designate stroke centers throughout the State, to provide specific patient care and support services criteria that stroke centers must meet in order to ensure that stroke patients receive safe and effective care, and to provide financial support to acute care hospitals to encourage them to develop stroke centers in all areas of the State. L.2004,c.136,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5.18 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5.18
Findings, declarations relative to prevention of violence against health care workers.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Violence is an escalating problem in many health care settings in the State and across the nation, and although violence is an increasing problem for many workers, health care workers are at a particularly high risk; b. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the incidence of injury from nonfatal assaults of health service workers is significantly higher than that of other workers; c. The actual incidence of violence is likely higher than reported for various reasons, including inadequate reporting mechanisms and because victims under-report incidents out of fear of reprisal, isolation and embarrassment; d. Violence against health care workers exacts a significant toll on victims, their co-workers, patients, families and visitors; e. Insurance claims, lost productivity, disruptions to operations, legal expenses and property damage are only a few of the negative effects that workplace violence has on health care facilities; f. Preventing workplace violence is essential for creating a safe and therapeutic environment for patients; g. Health care professionals who leave their occupations because of assaults or threats of assault contribute to the general shortage of health care professionals; and h. It is possible to reduce and mitigate the effects of violence in health care settings through employer-based violence prevention programs. L.2007,c.236,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-54 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-54
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund Act." L.1992,c.143,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-2
Disposal of human excrement
Status: in_force

No person, corporation or municipality shall maintain, use or permit to be used any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, title disposal field or other means of disposal of human excrement which allows flies to gain access to the excremental matter contained therein, or from which excremental matter or liquid containing excremental matter flows over or upon the surface of the ground or gains access to the source of any public water supply or to any well or spring, used as a private potable water supply. L.1945, c. 192, p. 653, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-40.22 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-40.22
Confidential reports of abortions of fetus with or infant affected by birth defect or severe neonatal jaundice.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Public Health Council, shall require the confidential reporting to the Department of Health of all cases where an infant is diagnosed with severe hyperbilirubinemia, and where a pregnancy results in a naturally aborted fetus or infant affected by a birth defect, and an electively aborted fetus that exhibits or is known to have a birth defect after 15 weeks of gestation. The reporting requirement shall apply to all infants from birth through five years of age. b. The Commissioner of Health shall determine the health care providers and facilities which shall be required to report all birth defects and all cases of severe hyperbilirubinemia, the types of conditions or defects that shall be reported, the type of information that shall be contained in the confidential report and the method for making the report. In reports concerning all fetuses with anomalies, the name of the mother shall not be submitted. L.1983, c.291, s.3; amended 2005, c.176, s.3; 2012, c.17, s.352.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3E-1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3E / Section 3E-1
"Restaurant" defined
Status: in_force

As used in this act "restaurant" means any facility or part thereof in which food is prepared and provided or served for consumption on the premises but shall not include mobile food establishments or any temporary food establishment which operates at a fixed location for a limited period of time in connection with a fair, carnival, public exhibition or similar transitory gathering or charitable fund raising event. L.1983, c. 488, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-99 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-99
Right to refuse medical examination, diagnosis or treatment on religious grounds
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any person to undergo any medical screening, examination, diagnosis, or treatment or to accept any other health care (other than for the purpose of discovering and preventing the spread of infection or contagious disease or for the purpose of protecting environmental health), if the child or his parent or guardian objects thereto on religious grounds. L.1972, c. 193, s. 7, eff. Dec. 20, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-15.1
Annual report to carrier by managed behavioral health care organization.
Status: in_force

4. a. A carrier that owns, wholly or in part, or contracts with a managed behavioral health care organization shall require the managed behavioral health care organization to provide the carrier and the commissioner with an annual report, no later than March 15th of each year and covering the preceding calendar year, which includes the following information: (1) the payments made by the managed behavioral health care organization to health care providers for the provision of behavioral health care services to covered persons during the preceding calendar year, which shall be separately identified in the report from the other information that is required to be included pursuant to this subsection; (2) the total expenses incurred by the managed behavioral health care organization for quality assurance and utilization management activities and treatment plan reviews, whether administrative or clinical in nature, during the preceding calendar year, which shall be separately identified in the report; (3) the total expenses incurred by the managed behavioral health care organization for other administrative functions, including, but not limited to, accounting and financial reporting, billing and collection, data processing, debt or debt service, legal services, promotion and marketing, or provider credentialing, during the preceding calendar year, which shall each be separately identified in the report; and (4) the amount of any premiums or other fees received by the managed behavioral health care organization during the preceding calendar year. b. A carrier shall make available to a subscriber or other covered person, upon request, a copy of the report that is required pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The carrier may charge a fee, in an amount to be established by the commissioner, for furnishing a copy of the report or form to a subscriber or other covered person, which shall reasonably reflect the cost of preparation and the actual cost of postage and handling. L.2005,c.172,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-5
Divisions; directors
Status: in_force

There shall be within the department such divisions as the commissioner may, subject to approval by the Public Health Council, from time to time establish. Each division shall be under the supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work assigned to it; and two or more divisions may be consolidated by the commissioner. The commissioner may authorize one of the division directors to act for him and in his place, as his deputy during his absence or disability. The commissioner may delegate such of his powers, as he may deem desirable for the efficient administration of the department, to be exercised under his direction and supervision by one or more of the division directors. Each division director shall devote his entire time and attention to the performance of his duties. L.1947, c. 177, p. 794, s. 5. Amended by L.1950, c. 29, p. 60, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18.68 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18.68
Appropriation from "Uncompensated Care Reduction - Pilot Program" account
Status: in_force

36. The monies in the "Uncompensated Care Reduction--Pilot Program" account of the New Jersey Uncompensated Care Trust Fund established pursuant to P.L.1989, c.1, as that account was continued in section 18 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.40), are appropriated to the Essential Health Services Commission for the New Jersey SHIELD program established pursuant to this act. L.1992,c.160,s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-85 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-85
Composition of commission
Status: in_force

A regional health commission shall consist of two members from each board of health participating therein except that when more than seven boards of health participate, the commission shall consist of one member, or a designated representative, from each board. When an independent local board of health is in place, the members or representatives to serve on a regional commission shall be appointed by the board of health. In municipalities having no independent local board of health, members of regional health commissions shall be appointed by the local governing body. Members shall serve on regional health commissions at the pleasure of the appointing authority. L.1938,c.67,s.3; amended 1991,c.127.
N.J. Stat. § 26:16-20 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-20
Form for request of medication.
Status: in_force

20. A written request for a medication as authorized by P.L.2019, c.59 (C.26:16-1 et al.) shall be in substantially the following form: REQUEST FOR MEDICATION TO END MY LIFE IN A HUMANE AND DIGNIFIED MANNER I, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , am an adult of sound mind and a resident of New Jersey. I am suffering from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , which my attending physician has determined is a terminal illness, disease, or condition and which has been medically confirmed by a consulting physician. I have been fully informed of my diagnosis, prognosis, the nature of medication to be prescribed and potential associated risks, the expected result, and the feasible alternatives, including concurrent or additional treatment opportunities, palliative care, comfort care, hospice care, and pain control. I request that my attending physician prescribe medication that I may self-administer to end my life in a humane and dignified manner and to contact any pharmacist as necessary to fill the prescription. INITIAL ONE: . . . . I have informed my family of my decision and taken their opinions into consideration. . . . . . I have decided not to inform my family of my decision. . . . . . I have no family to inform of my decision. INITIAL ALL THAT APPLY: . . . . .My attending physician has recommended that I participate in a consultation concerning concurrent or additional treatment opportunities, palliative care, comfort care, hospice care, and pain control options, and provided me with a referral to a health care professional qualified to discuss these options with me. . . . . .I have participated in a consultation concerning concurrent or additional treatment opportunities, palliative care, comfort care, hospice care, and pain control options. . . . I am currently receiving palliative care, comfort care, or hospice care. I understand that I have the right to rescind this request at any time. I understand the full import of this request, and I expect to die if and when I take the medication to be prescribed. I further understand that, although most deaths occur within three hours, my death may take longer and my physician has counseled me about this possibility. I make this request voluntarily and without reservation, and I accept full responsibility for my decision. Signed:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dated:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DECLARATION OF WITNESSES By initialing and signing below on or after the date the person named above signs, we declare that the person making and signing the above request: Witness 1 Witness 2 Initials Initials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Is personally known to us or has provided proof of identity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Signed this request in our presence on the date of the person's signature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Appears to be of sound mind and not under duress, fraud, or undue influence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Is not a patient for whom either of us is the attending physician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name of Witness 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signature of Witness 1/Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name of Witness 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signature of Witness 2/Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTE: At least one witness shall not be a relative by blood, marriage, or adoption of the person signing this request, shall not be entitled to any portion of the person's estate upon death, and shall not own, operate, or be employed at a health care facility, other than a long term care facility, where the person is a patient or resident. L.2019, c.59, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.74 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.74
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2013, c.67, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-24 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-24
Provision of environmental health services by department
Status: in_force

The county department shall provide environmental health services, which meet the performance and administrative standards authorized in section 10 of this act, for the territorial area of the county, under the direction of a full-time employee trained and experienced in managing environmental health programs, provided, however, that such environmental health services shall be provided by any municipal or regional health agency certified by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 15 within its area of jurisdiction. L.1977, c. 443, s. 6, eff. March 2, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-27 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article: "Venereal disease" includes syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum and granuloma inguinale. "Treating a venereal disease" includes the treatment of or attempt to treat a venereal disease by prescription, formula, patented or proprietary medicine or compound or otherwise, or the sale or gift, for the purpose of treating or attempting to treat such a disease, of any prescription, formula, patented or proprietary medicine or compound which either by itself or in connection with any other treatment, medicine, or compound is claimed to be useful, or to cure, relieve, or arrest in any way any venereal disease. "Licensed health officer" shall mean and include only a person holding office as a local health officer who holds a valid health officer's license issued by the State Department of Health. Amended by L.1945, c. 104, p. 448, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-10.1
Coverage provided by health maintenance organization for subscriber's child.
Status: in_force

13. a. A health maintenance organization contract or certificate in which dependent coverage is available shall continue to make that coverage available for an adult child until the child turns 26 years of age. A contract or certificate shall not deny coverage for an enrollee's child for health care services on the grounds that: (1) The child was born out of wedlock; (2) The child is not claimed as a dependent on the enrollee's federal tax return; (3) The child does not reside with the enrollee or in the health maintenance organization's service area, provided that the child complies with the terms and conditions of the coverage with respect to the use of specified providers; (4) The child is married; (5) The child has or adopts a child; or (6) The child starts or leaves school. b. If a child has coverage through a health maintenance organization plan of a noncustodial parent, the health maintenance organization shall: (1) Provide such information to the custodial parent as may be necessary for the child to obtain health care services through the child's noncustodial parent's coverage; (2) Permit the custodial parent, or the health care provider with the authorization of the custodial parent, to submit claims for health care services without the approval of the noncustodial parent; and (3) Make payments on claims submitted in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection directly to the custodial parent, the health care provider or the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services which administers the State Medicaid program, as appropriate. c. When a parent who is the enrollee is eligible for dependent coverage and is required by a court or administrative order to provide health insurance coverage for his child, the health maintenance organization shall: (1) Permit the parent to enroll his child as a dependent, without regard to any open enrollment restrictions; (2) Permit the child's other parent, or the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services as the State Medicaid agency or the Division of Family Development as the State IV-D agency, in the Department of Human Services, to enroll the child if the parent who is the enrollee fails to enroll the child; and (3) Not terminate coverage of the child unless the parent who is the enrollee provides the health maintenance organization with satisfactory written evidence that: the court or administrative order is no longer in effect; or the child is or will be enrolled in a comparable health benefits plan whose coverage will be effective on the date of the termination of coverage. L.1995, c.288, s.13; amended 2019, c.356, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-42.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-42.1
Preparation, adoption of fee schedule.
Status: in_force

19. The commissioner shall prepare a fee schedule to cover the reasonable administrative costs associated with examination and licensing procedures and submit the fee schedule to the Legislature for review. The commissioner shall subsequently adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the fee schedule. These fees shall be maintained in a separate account and used only for the purposes set forth in this section. L.1997,c.416,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2A-30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2A / Section 2A-30
Notice, hearing.
Status: in_force

8. a. The department, before denying, suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew a license, shall give notice to the operator personally, or by certified or registered mail to the last known address of the operator with return receipt requested. The notice shall afford the operator with an opportunity to be heard in person or by an attorney, and to offer evidence pertinent to the subject of the hearing. b. The hearing shall take place within 60 days from the issuance or mailing of the notice and shall be conducted in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2019, c.268, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2FF-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2FF / Section 2FF-3
Public Health Institute, purpose, objectives.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Health shall designate a nonprofit entity to serve as the Public Health Institute pursuant to criteria established by the commissioner in accordance with this act. b. The purpose and objective of the Public Health Institute shall be to: (1) coordinate among national, State, and local agencies including, but not limited to, local and county health departments, Regional Health Hubs designated pursuant to P.L. 2019, c.517 (C.30:4D-8.16 et seq.), licensed health care facilities, public health-related advocacy and membership organizations, and private organizations for the purposes of promoting equitable public health services in New Jersey; (2) provide timely and nimble administrative, operational, and fiscal support to public and private health agencies, community-based organizations, and other strategic partners; (3) develop and implement projects, programs, initiatives, or services designed to improve public health outcomes, address racial disparities in public health, including the underlying systemic root causes of health disparities and inequities, and bridge gaps between public and private sector health care and community services; (4) promote, support, and fund programs related to workforce development, education, applied research, policy development, and other initiatives that advance the purposes of the Public Health Institute; (5) enter into contracts for the purchase of medical countermeasures, supplies or therapeutics, or other products or service agreements as may be necessary to aid the department in advancing or protecting the public health; and (6) engage in charitable programs dedicated to the purposes and objectives of the Public Health Institute. c. The commissioner shall establish criteria that an entity must satisfy to be designated as a Public Health Institute, which criteria shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) be a nonprofit organization located in New Jersey which is exempt from federal taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3)); (2) be recognized by the National Network of Public Health Institutes or any successor accreditation body for public health institutes; (3) possess the capacity to integrate and coordinate public health functions on a local, county, and Statewide level; (4) maintain a network of personnel with expertise in the areas of health care data collection and analysis, health care policy, health care information systems, and public health research; and (5) any other criteria established by the commissioner. d. An entity designated as the Public Health Institute pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall enter into an agreement with the department requiring the entity to: (1) comply with all applicable laws and regulations necessary to qualify for and maintain its nonprofit status, including, but not limited to, the "New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act," N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq., and section 501(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)); (2) regularly consult with and give due consideration to the input and recommendations of the Department of Health and local health departments in carrying out its duties under this act; (3) develop and submit to the department an operational plan that includes a mission statement that supports, complements, and supplements the missions of the department; (4) submit to the department an initial startup plan of certain issues, projects, and action items the Public Health Institute shall pursue in the first three years of its designation; (5) submit periodic planning documents and progress reports to the department at such intervals as may be determined by the commissioner; (6) provide information, assistance, and services as may be required by the department in order to design, plan, implement, or coordinate any projects, programs, initiatives, or services that advance the mutual purposes of the department and the Public Health Institute; (7) report any data collected or maintained by the Public Health Institute to the department, including data related to public health projects, programs, initiatives, or services, and any other information that may advance the mutual purposes of the department and the Public Health Institute, provided that such data is submitted to the department in a manner consistent with any applicable State and federal law, rule, regulation, or agreement; and (8) comply with any other requirements as may be determined by the commissioner. e. The commissioner may, as a condition of a nonprofit entity maintaining its designation as the Public Health Institute, require such nonprofit entity to perform such additional tasks or satisfy additional requirements on a continuing basis. f. The commissioner may rescind the commissioner's designation of the Public Health Institute in accordance with the terms of agreement entered into pursuant to subsection d. of this section. L.2025, c.46, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-64 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-64
Violations, enforcement and penalty.
Status: in_force

5. A person who violates the provisions of sections 2 through 4 of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions of section 19 of P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-19). L.2019, c.507, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-47.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-47.2
Administration, maintenance, disposal of auto-injector device; certification; training; fee.
Status: in_force

2. a. An emergency medical technician who has been certified by the commissioner pursuant to subsection b. of this section to administer an epinephrine auto-injector device shall administer, maintain and dispose of the device in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner. Each administration of an auto-injector device pursuant to this act shall be reported to the Department of Health in a manner determined by the commissioner. b. The commissioner shall establish written standards and application procedures which an emergency medical technician shall meet in order to obtain certification. The commissioner shall certify a candidate who: provides evidence of satisfactory completion of an educational program which is approved by the commissioner and includes training in the administration of epinephrine auto-injector devices; and passes an examination in the administration of the devices which is approved by the commissioner. c. The commissioner shall maintain a registry of all persons certified pursuant to this section, which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the person's name and residence; and (2) the date that certification was granted. d. The commissioner shall annually compile a list of emergency medical technicians who have obtained certification to administer an epinephrine auto-injector device pursuant to this section, which shall be available to the public. e. A fee may be charged to a person enrolled in an educational program approved by the department which includes training in the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector device in order to cover the cost of training and testing for certification pursuant to this section, if the entity that provides the educational program is not reimbursed for the cost of that training and testing from the "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund" established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1992, c.143 (C.26:2K-56). L.2003, c.1, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.280.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.17 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.17
Coverage for treatment of inherited metabolic diseases by health maintenance organization.
Status: in_force

8. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in this State shall not be issued or continued by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance on or after the effective date of this act unless the health maintenance organization provides health care services to each enrollee for the therapeutic treatment of inherited metabolic diseases, including the purchase of medical foods and low protein modified food products, when diagnosed and determined to be medically necessary by the enrollee's physician. For the purposes of this section, "inherited metabolic disease" means a disease caused by an inherited abnormality of body chemistry for which testing is mandated pursuant to P.L.1977, c.321 (C.26:2-110 et seq.); "low protein modified food product" means a food product that is specially formulated to have less than one gram of protein per serving and is intended to be used under the direction of a physician for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease, but does not include a natural food that is naturally low in protein; and "medical food" means a food that is intended for the dietary treatment of a disease or condition for which nutritional requirements are established by medical evaluation and is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under direction of a physician. The health care services shall be provided to the same extent as for any other medical condition under the contract. The provisions of this section shall apply to all contracts for health care services by health maintenance organizations under which the right to change the schedule of charges for enrollee coverage is reserved. L.1997, c.338, s.8; amended 2012, c.17, s.269.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-36.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-36.1
New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program Fund established
Status: in_force

2. a. There is established in the General Fund a special dedicated fund to be known as the New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program Fund which shall be administered by the State Treasurer. The Treasurer shall credit to the fund all moneys received pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1992, c.87 (C.39:3-8.2). Any interest earned on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. b. From the moneys in the fund there shall be annually appropriated an amount necessary to pay the reasonable and necessary expenses of the operation of the New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program created pursuant to P.L.1986, c.106 (C.26:2K-35 et al.). Moneys remaining in the fund, and any unexpended balance of appropriations from the fund, at the end of each fiscal year, shall be reappropriated and deposited in a special capital maintenance reserve account within the fund. Moneys in the special capital maintenance reserve account shall be used exclusively for capital replacement and major maintenance of helicopter equipment. c. Six months after the effective date of this section and every six months thereafter, the Commissioner of Health shall report to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee. The report shall contain, but not be limited to, cost analyses concerning the response program activities including the number of flights, types of accidents, hours spent waiting at accident sites, and fuel and maintenance expenses. L.1992,c.87,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6B-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6B / Section 6B-3
Definitions relative to the "Revised State Medical Examiner Act."
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Compelling public necessity" means one or more of the following: a. that a dissection or autopsy is essential to the criminal investigation of a homicide of which the decedent is the victim; b. that the discovery of the cause of death is necessary to meet an immediate and substantial threat to the public health, and that a dissection or autopsy is essential to ascertain the cause of death; c. that the death was that of an inmate of a prison, jail, or other correctional facility; d. that the death was that of a child under the age of 12 years suspected of having been abused or neglected or suspected of being a threat to public health, and the cause of whose death is not apparent after diligent investigation by the medical examiner; or e. that the need for a dissection or autopsy is established pursuant to the provisions of this act. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Friend" means any person who, prior to the decedent's death, maintained close contact with the decedent sufficient to render that person knowledgeable of the decedent's activities, health, and religious beliefs, and who presents an affidavit stating the facts and circumstances upon which the claim that the person is a friend is based, and stating that the person will assume responsibility for the lawful disposition of the body of the deceased. "Medicolegal death investigator" means a person, other than a medical examiner, who is not a physician, but who is authorized to investigate a death that falls under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner, including all suspicious, violent, unexplained, and unexpected deaths. "Person in interest" means the spouse, civil union partner, domestic partner, adult child, parent, adult sibling, grandparent, or guardian of the person of the deceased at the time of the deceased's death. L.2018, c.62, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-125 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-125
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Health; b. "Department" means the State Department of Health; c. "Program" means the hypertension control program established by the commissioner. L. 1985, c. 5, s. 2, eff. Jan. 10, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-77 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-77
3rd degree crimes
Status: in_force

A person who violates the provisions of section 3, 4, or 5 of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a crime of the third degree. L. 1986, c. 83, s. 8, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:15-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-2
Coverage provided for residents 18 years of age and younger; terms defined.
Status: in_force

2. a. Beginning one year after the date of enactment of this act, all residents of this State 18 years of age and younger shall obtain and maintain health care coverage that provides hospital and medical benefits. The coverage may be provided through an employer-sponsored or individual health benefits plan, the Medicaid program, NJ FamilyCare Program, or the NJ FamilyCare Advantage buy-in program. b. As used in this section: "Medicaid" means the New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "NJ FamilyCare" means the NJ FamilyCare Program established pursuant to P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et al.). "NJ FamilyCare Advantage" means the buy-in program established pursuant to subsection j. of section 5 of P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-12). L.2008, c.38, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-28 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-28
Burial or removal permit for imported bodies
Status: in_force

When a dead body is transported from outside this state into the state for burial or other final disposition, the transit or removal permit, issued in accordance with the law and health regulations of the place where the death occurred, shall be given the same force and effect as a local burial or removal permit.
N.J. Stat. § 26:9-17 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-17
Oath
Status: in_force

Each appointive commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath, before the clerk of the county in and for which he is appointed, to perform faithfully and impartially the duties of his office. The oath shall be filed with such clerk.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.32 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.32
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

6. The Commissioner of Health shall, not later than September 1, 2005, prepare and submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the General Assembly a report indicating, as of June 30, 2005, the total number of hospitals that shall have applied for grants under section 5 of this act and the number of those applicants that shall have been found to be eligible for such grants, the total number of grants awarded, the name and address of each grantee hospital and the amount of the award to each, and the amount of each award that shall have been paid to the grantee. L.2004, c.136, s.6; amended 2012, c.17, s.196.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-57 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-57
Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death
Status: in_force

In case no birth or death is registered during any month, the local registrar shall be paid the sum of twenty-five cents for each report to that effect, if such report be made promptly as required by this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-39 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-39
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Emergency medical service" means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours-a-day by a licensed physician trained in emergency medicine. "Emergency medical technician" means a person trained in basic life support services as defined in section 1 of P.L.1985, c.351 (C.26:2K-21) and who is certified by the Department of Health to perform these services. "EMT-D" means an emergency medical technician who is certified by the commissioner to perform cardiac defibrillation. "First Responder" means a police officer, firefighter or other person who has been trained to provide emergency medical first response services in a program recognized by the commissioner. "First Responder-D" means a First Responder who is certified by the commissioner to perform cardiac defibrillation. "Pre-hospital care" means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients at the scene of a traffic accident or other emergency and during transportation to emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities. L.1989,c.314,s.1; amended 1996,c.136,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-54 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-54
Expiration of term of State Director of Health
Status: in_force

The term of office of the present State Director of Health shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, but he shall continue in office until a State Commissioner of Health is appointed and qualified as provided in section three of this act. L.1947, c. 177, p. 813, s. 54.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.10
Sale, use of reformulated gasoline; program expiration
Status: in_force

5. The department shall not adopt rules and regulations requiring, for gasoline-fueled motor vehicles, the sale and use of reformulated gasoline other than that certified therefor by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to subsection (k) of 42 U.S.C. s.7545 for sale and use in states other than the State of California. If the sale and use of reformulated gasoline other than that so certified is required by federal law, rule, regulation, agency ruling, order, opinion, or other action or court order to be sold for use, and used, in gasoline-fueled motor vehicles in New Jersey because the State has implemented the California Low Emission Vehicle program pursuant to subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.17), the California Low Emission Vehicle program implemented in New Jersey pursuant to P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.15 et al.) shall expire 180 days from the date of enactment of the federal law, adoption of the federal rule or regulation, issuance of the agency ruling, order, opinion, or other action, or issuance of the court order, as the case may be. L.1993,c.69,s.5; amended 2003, c.266, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-132 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-132
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Health Information Technology Act." L.2007, c.330, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18.2
Annual fees
Status: in_force

The Department of Health, to effectuate the provisions and purposes of sections 10 and 11 of this act and to support the functions described therein, may charge health care facilities such reasonable annual fees as shall be provided by law. L.1978, c. 83, s. 13, eff. July 20, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2W-7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2W / Section 2W-7
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

4. Commencing one year after the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter, the department 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, concerning its findings regarding trends in cancer incidence among firefighters in New Jersey, including any recommendations for reducing the cancer rate and risk factors for developing cancer among firefighters, and any recommendations for legislative, administrative, or other action as may be appropriate to reduce cancer incidence among firefighters or to improve the functioning of, and participation in, the cancer registry. L.2019, c.113, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:18-11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-11
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

11. a. (1) Except as otherwise provided by subsection b. of this section, all proceedings and activities of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee; all opinions of the members of the committee, which are formed as a result of the committee's proceedings and activities; and all records obtained, created, or maintained by the committee, including written reports and records of interviews or oral statements, shall be confidential, and shall not be subject to public inspection, discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence in any civil, criminal, legislative, or other proceeding. (2) In no case shall the committee disclose any personally identifiable information to the public, or include any personally identifiable information in a case summary that is prepared pursuant to subsection b. of section 8 of this act, or in an annual report that is prepared pursuant to section 9 of this act. (3) Members of the committee shall not be questioned in any civil, criminal, legislative, or other proceeding regarding information that has been presented in, or opinions that have been formed as a result of, a meeting or communication of the committee; however, nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a committee member from being questioned, or from testifying, in relation to publicly available information or information that was obtained independent of the member's participation on the committee. b. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the committee from publishing, or from otherwise making available for public inspection, statistical compilations or reports that are based on confidential information, provided that those compilations and reports do not contain personally identifying information or other information that could be used to ultimately identify the individuals concerned. L.2019, c.75, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-81.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-81.2
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. 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.2017, c.135, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-28 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-28
Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners.
Status: in_force

5. a. There is created a Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners which shall be an agency of the Commission on Radiation Protection in the Department of Environmental Protection and which shall report to the commission. The board shall consist of two commission members appointed annually to the membership of the board by the chairman of the commission, and 13 additional members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of the members appointed by the Governor, two shall be radiologists who have practiced not less than five years; one shall be a licensed physician who has actively engaged in the practice of medicine not less than five years; one shall be a licensed dentist who has actively engaged in the practice of dentistry for not less than five years; one shall be a licensed podiatrist who has actively engaged in the practice of podiatric medicine for not less than five years; one shall be an administrator of a general hospital with at least five years' experience; one shall be a health physicist who has practiced not less than five years; three shall be practicing radiologic technologists with at least five years of experience in the practice of radiologic technology and holders of current certificates issued pursuant to this act; two shall be members of the general public; and one shall be a representative of the department designated by the Governor pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.2). b. The terms of office of the members appointed by the Governor shall be three years. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term only in the manner provided for the original appointment. c. Members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. d. The commissioner shall designate an officer or employee of the department to act as secretary of the board who shall not be a member of the board. e. The board, for the purpose of transacting its business, shall meet at least once every four months at times and places fixed by the board. At its first meeting each year it shall organize and elect from its members a chairman. Special meetings also may be held at times as the board may fix, or at the call of the chairman or the commissioner. A written and timely notice of the time, place and purpose of any special meeting shall be mailed by the secretary to all members of the board. f. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. L.1981,c.295,s.5; amended 1984, c.242, s.3; 1985, c.540, s.3; 1987, c.121; 2005, c.259, s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-70 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-70
Local board may prescribe penalty
Status: in_force

The local board may prescribe a penalty for the violation of any provision of a health ordinance or code. Such penalty shall not be more than $500.00 nor less than $5.00. Amended by L.1969, c. 253, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-102 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-102
Health funds expenditure
Status: in_force

The State Department of Health shall administer the distribution and expenditure of moneys appropriated for the purposes described in section 6 of this act in such manner and in such amounts as the State Commissioner of Health with the approval of the Director, Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall determine to be most feasible, practicable and beneficial for the recipients thereof and in accordance with the formula of participation determined upon by the State Commissioner of Health but the money shall not be paid to any physician as salary or fee for treatments administered to the chronic sick except where such treatments may be administered for research purposes approved by the State Commissioner of Health, nor shall direct assistance in cash or merchandise for the general support of needy persons be paid therefrom. L. 1952, c. 102, p. 442, s. 11. Amended by L. 1986, c. 88, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:18-23 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-23
Purchases, contracts, agreements, awarded, made, public advertisement, bids.
Status: in_force

7. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, all purchases, contracts, or agreements made pursuant to P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-17 et al.) shall be made or awarded directly by the authority after public advertisement for bids, which shall be submitted in the manner provided by the authority, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary. b. A purchase, contract, or agreement may be made, negotiated, or awarded by the authority without public bid or advertising under the following circumstances: (1) When the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the amount set forth in, or the amount calculated by the Governor pursuant to, section 2 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7), unless other State law sets forth a lower bid threshold in a particular case, in which case the lower threshold shall apply. The authority may not divide a contract into multiple proposed contracts in order to take advantage of this exception and shall, if invoking this exception, certify that it has not done so and maintain a record of that certification; (2) In cases of unforeseen life, safety, or health emergencies where the public exigency requires that services or products be purchased immediately; (3) To acquire subject matter which is described in section 4 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9); (4) To make a purchase or award or make a contract or agreement under the circumstances described in section 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-10); (5) When the contract to be entered into is for the furnishing or performance of services of a professional or technical nature, including legal services, provided that the contract shall be made or awarded directly by the authority; (6) Where a firm has brought an innovative idea to the authority, a request for proposals cannot be constructed without communicating the new idea, and the procurement would not benefit from a competitive selection process; (7) When the authority has advertised for bids and has received no bids in response to its advertisement, or received no responsive bids. Any purchase, contract, or agreement may then be negotiated and may be awarded to any contractor or supplier determined to be responsible, as "responsible" is defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2), provided that the terms, conditions, restrictions, and specifications set forth in the negotiated contract or agreement are not substantially different from those which were the subject of competitive bidding; and (8) When a purchase is to be made through or by the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1959, c.40 (C.52:27B-56.1). L.2023, c.109, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2SS-16 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2SS / Section 2SS-16
Annual audit of managed care plan.
Status: in_force

16. A carrier which offers a managed care plan shall provide for an annual audit of its provider network by an independent private auditing firm. The audit shall be at the expense of the carrier and the carrier shall submit the audit findings to the commissioner. The commissioner shall make the results of the audit available on the department's website. If the audit contains a determination that a carrier has failed to maintain an adequate network of providers in accordance with applicable federal or State law, in addition to any other penalties or remedies available under federal or State law, it shall be a violation of this act and the commissioner may initiate such action as the commissioner deems appropriate to ensure compliance with this act and network adequacy laws. L.2018, c.32, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-40.28 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-40.28
Development of comprehensive policies, procedures.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the State Board of Medical Examiners, the New Jersey Board of Nursing, the State Board of Psychological Examiners, and the State Board of Social Work Examiners, shall develop and prescribe by regulation comprehensive policies and procedures to be followed by health care facilities that provide birthing and newborn care services in the State when a stillbirth occurs. b. The Commissioner of Health shall require as a condition of licensure that each health care facility in the State that provides birthing and newborn care services adhere to the policies and procedures prescribed in this section. The policies and procedures shall include, at a minimum: (1) protocols for assigning primary responsibility to one physician, who shall communicate the condition of the fetus to the mother and family, and inform and coordinate staff to assist with labor, delivery, and postmortem procedures; (2) guidelines to assess a family's level of awareness and knowledge regarding the stillbirth; (3) the establishment of a bereavement checklist, and an informational pamphlet to be given to a family experiencing a stillbirth that includes information about funeral and cremation options; (4) provision of one-on-one nursing care for the duration of the mother's stay at the facility; (5) training of physicians, nurses, psychologists, and social workers to ensure that information is provided to the mother and family experiencing a stillbirth in a sensitive manner, including information about what to expect, the availability of grief counseling, the opportunity to develop a plan of care that meets the family's social, religious, and cultural needs, and the importance of an autopsy and thorough evaluation of the stillborn child; (6) best practices to provide psychological and emotional support to the mother and family following a stillbirth, including referring to the stillborn child by name, and offering the family the opportunity to cut the umbilical cord, hold the stillborn child with privacy and without time restrictions, and prepare a memory box with keepsakes, such as a handprint, footprint, blanket, bracelet, lock of hair, and photographs, and provisions for retaining the keepsakes for one year if the family chooses not to take them at discharge; (7) protocols to ensure that the physician assigned primary responsibility for communicating with the family discusses the importance of an autopsy for the family, including the significance of autopsy findings on future pregnancies and the significance that data from the autopsy may have for other families; (8) protocols to ensure coordinated visits to the family by a hospital staff trained to address the psychosocial needs of a family experiencing a stillbirth, provide guidance in the bereavement process, assist with completing any forms required in connection with the stillbirth and autopsy, and offer the family the opportunity to meet with the hospital chaplain or other individual from the family's religious community; and (9) guidelines for educating health care professionals and hospital staff on caring for families after stillbirth. c. The State Board of Medical Examiners and the New Jersey Board of Nursing shall require physicians and nurses, respectively, to adhere to the policies and procedures prescribed in subsection a. of this section. L.2013, c.217, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3D-58.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3D / Section 3D-58.1
State psychiatric hospital, other facilities, prohibition of smoking, certain conditions.
Status: in_force

1. a. A State psychiatric hospital may prohibit smoking on its grounds, if it offers a smoking cessation program for both employees, and residents and patients, as applicable. b. The smoking cessation program shall be developed in consultation with the Commissioners of Health and Senior Services and Personnel, and shall be initiated one year prior to prohibiting smoking on its grounds and continue to be offered as long as smoking is prohibited. If a smoking cessation program required pursuant to this section was initiated prior to, and is in effect on, the effective date of this act, smoking may be prohibited one year from the date of initiation of the program. c. The Commissioner of Human Services may, by regulation, prohibit smoking on the grounds of other Human Services facilities, subject to the requirements of subsection b. of this section. L.2008, c.7, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:12-1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Youth Camp Safety Act." L.1973, c. 375, s. 1, eff. Jan. 9, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.18 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.18
Zero emission vehicle credit bank.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish a zero emission vehicle credit bank to allow manufacturers to earn and bank vehicle equivalent credits for any advanced technology partial zero emission vehicle or partial zero emission vehicle produced and delivered for sale or lease in the State on or after January 1, 1999 and through December 31, 2008. (1) In establishing the credit bank required by this section, the commissioner shall use the highest multiplier used by the California Air Resources Board for determining the allowable vehicle equivalent credits for each advanced technology partial zero emission vehicle or partial zero emission vehicle delivered for sale or lease in the State by a manufacturer on or after January 1, 1999 until the effective date of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.15 et al.). (2) Beginning on the effective date of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.15 et al.), the commissioner shall use the multiplier used by the California Air Resources Board for the applicable model year for each advanced technology partial zero emission vehicle or partial zero emission vehicle delivered for sale or lease in the State by a manufacturer on or after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.15 et al.) and through December 31, 2008. b. (1) Within 180 days after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.15 et al.), the commissioner shall publish a list in the New Jersey Register of the make and model of those motor vehicles that qualify as advanced technology partial zero emission vehicles or partial zero emission vehicles for the 1999 through 2003 model years. (2) Annually thereafter, the commissioner shall publish a list in the New Jersey Register of the make and model of those motor vehicles that qualify as advanced technology partial zero emission vehicles or partial zero emission vehicles for that respective model year. (3) The commissioner may revise any list published pursuant to this subsection as necessary to comply with the California Air Resources Board vehicle standards for the applicable model year. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the commissioner shall, immediately upon filing the proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law, adopt such temporary rules and regulations as necessary to establish a zero emission vehicle credit bank pursuant to subsection a. of this section. These rules and regulations may include, but need not be limited to, the documentation to be submitted by a manufacturer to determine eligibility and participation in the credit bank established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and fees for administrative services provided to implement the zero emission vehicle credit bank to be assessed to those manufacturers seeking to earn and bank credits. The temporary rules and regulations shall be in effect for a period not to exceed 270 days after the date of the filing, except that in no case shall the temporary rules and regulations be in effect one year after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.15 et al.). The temporary rules and regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted or readopted by the commissioner as the commissioner determines is necessary in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act." d. The provisions of this section shall expire upon the passage of a concurrent resolution by the Legislature directing the department to implement the National Low Emission Vehicle program pursuant to subsection a. of section 6 of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.20). L.2003,c.266,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3E-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3E / Section 3E-5
Violations; penalty; action for recovery
Status: in_force

Any restaurant proprietor, or in the case of a public or nonprofit restaurant, manager or administrator who violates the provisions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $50.00 or more than $100.00 to be sued for and recovered in a civil action commenced by the State in a summary proceeding in the Superior Court pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). L.1983, c. 488, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5.23 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5.23
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. The Commissioners of Health and Human Services 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.2007, c.236, s.7; amended 2012, c.17, s.168.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-82 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-82
Confining animal which has attacked or bitten person
Status: in_force

The local board, within its jurisdiction, may serve notice upon the owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other animal which has attacked or bitten a person, to confine the animal at the expense of the owner or person in charge of it upon the premises of the owner or person in charge or at some other place designated in the notice, for at least ten days after the animal has attacked or bitten a person.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-14.10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-14.10
Definitions relative to health care worker, patient safety.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Assisted patient handling" means patient handling using: mechanical patient handling equipment including, but not limited to, electric beds, portable base and ceiling track-mounted full body sling lifts, stand assist lifts, and mechanized lateral transfer aids; and patient handling aids including, but not limited to, gait belts with handles, sliding boards and surface friction-reducing devices. "Covered health care facility" means a general or special hospital or nursing home licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), a State developmental center and a State or county psychiatric hospital. "Health care worker" means an individual who is employed by a covered health care facility whose job duties entail patient handling. "Patient" means a patient or resident at a covered health care facility. "Patient handling" means the lifting, transferring, repositioning, transporting or moving of a patient in a covered health care facility. "Unassisted patient handling" means patient handling using a health care worker's body strength without the use of mechanical patient handling equipment or patient handling aids. L.2007, c.225, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-67 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-67
Common towels and drinking utensils
Status: in_force

No common towel and no common drinking utensils shall be permitted at any public place except it be thoroughly cleansed after each use and before used by another person. L.1939, c. 261, p. 677, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-9.1
Interference with performance of duties; entrance to premises
Status: in_force

No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay, or interfere with by force or otherwise, the performance by the department or its personnel of any duty under the provisions of this act, or of the act of which this act is amendatory and supplementary, or refuse to permit such personnel to perform their duties by refusing them, upon proper identification or presentation of a written order of the department, entrance to any premises at reasonable hours. L.1962, c. 215, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-162.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-162.2
Regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The office shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2019, c.497, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-75 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-75
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. “Emergency glucagon” means a medication used when a person with diabetes is experiencing severe hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, and cannot take sugar orally. Once injected the medication raises the injected person’s blood sugar. "Emergency medical technician" means a person trained in basic life support services as defined in section 1 of P.L.1985, c.351 (C.26:2K-21) and who is certified by the Department of Health to provide that level of care. “Glucagon” means a hormone that the human body produces to prevent low blood sugar, which comes in several forms including a nasal spray, auto-injectors, prefilled syringes, or a powder that must be mixed with a liquid before injecting. L.2025, c.299, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.75 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.75
Findings, declarations relative to pediatric respite care facilities.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Many children in the State with limited life expectancies or complex, life-limiting illnesses receive care at pediatric medical day care facilities, but the families of these children remain responsible for the overall care of their children and become overwhelmed because they lack the built-in breaks typically available to most families; b. Inadequate support services exist to provide respite for families responsible 24 hours per day for children with limited life expectancies or complex, life-limiting illnesses; c. Community-based, comprehensive, family-centered pediatric respite care facilities established in other states have been shown to enhance the quality of life for children with limited life expectancies or complex, life-limiting illnesses and for their families by providing curative care when possible, pediatric palliative care, respite care, hospice care, and bereavement services, and by addressing their psychological, and spiritual needs; and d. Similar pediatric respite care facilities should be authorized to operate in this State, and in order to ensure that children and their families receive the best possible support, it is appropriate that these facilities be licensed by the Department of Health. L.2013, c.267, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-35.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-35.2
Existence of life threatening condition at nursing home; public notice
Status: in_force

Whenever the Department of Health determines that a life threatening condition exists at any nursing home in this State, the commissioner may as soon as is reasonably possible issue a public notice describing the details of the condition in such a manner as to make members of the public generally aware of the matter. The commissioner may postpone issuing the public notice until such time as the notice would not jeopardize an ongoing investigation of the nursing home. L. 1986, c. 164, s. 2, eff. Dec. 2, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.23 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.23
Definitions relative to MTBE.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "MTBE" means methyl tertiary butyl ether. L.2005,c.192,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-74 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-74
Absence of advance directive, act not applicable
Status: in_force

22. The absence of an advance directive shall create no presumption with respect to a patient's wishes regarding the provision, withholding or withdrawing of any form of health care. The provisions of this act do not apply to persons who have not executed an advance directive. L.1991,c.201,s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-5
Closing public or private schools by reason of epidemic
Status: in_force

Each local board may declare any epidemic or cause of ill health to be so injurious or hazardous as to make it necessary to close any or all of the public or private schools within the jurisdiction of the board. No public school shall be closed except by the direction of the body having the control or direction of such school. Any such body may cause any school under its control to be closed, if, in its judgment, such closing is necessary because of the injurious or hazardous nature of an epidemic or cause of ill health.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-7.7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-7.7
Patient diagnostic categories; inpatient rehabilitation criteria; admission to subacute care, requirements
Status: in_force

4. a. The determination of whether a hospital subacute care unit or a skilled nursing or comprehensive rehabilitation hospital or other type of facility is the preferred non-acute care placement for a patient shall be based on clinical considerations and the preference of the patient and his family; except that, as a condition of licensure of a hospital subacute care unit, clinically stable patients who are being treated in the diagnostic categories listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection and who meet the criteria for inpatient rehabilitation hospital care listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection, except as may be recommended by the comprehensive rehabilitation hospital or acute care hospital that has licensed comprehensive rehabilitation beds pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall not be placed in a hospital subacute care unit. (1) Diagnostic categories include patients with: strokes, congenital anomalies, major multiple trauma, polyarthritis including rheumatoid arthritis, neurological disorders including multiple sclerosis, motor neuron diseases, polyneuropathy, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's disease, brain injury including traumatic or non-traumatic, spinal cord injury, amputations, joint replacements, fracture of the femur including hip fracture and burns. (2) Criteria for inpatient rehabilitation hospital care include patients who meet or require all of the following: (a) close medical supervision by a physician with specialized training or experience in rehabilitation; (b) 24-hour rehabilitation nursing; (c) a relatively intense level of rehabilitation services; (d) a multi-disciplinary team approach to the delivery of the program; (e) a coordinated program of care; (f) significant practical improvement is expected in a reasonable period of time; and (g) realistic goals of self-care or independence in activities of daily living. b. An acute care hospital shall forward information on clinically stable patients to a licensed comprehensive rehabilitation hospital or an acute care hospital that has licensed comprehensive rehabilitation beds. The licensed comprehensive rehabilitation hospital or the acute care hospital that has licensed comprehensive rehabilitation beds shall then make a recommendation, signed by a physician with specialized training or experience in rehabilitation, regarding placement within 24-hours of receipt of the information from the acute care hospital and which, together with the concurring or alternate recommendation from a case manager at the acute care hospital, shall be forwarded to the patient's attending physician. c. A patient in a skilled nursing home who is admitted to and discharged from an acute care hospital shall not be admitted to the hospital's subacute care unit unless the skilled nursing home is unable to readmit the patient within 24 hours after notification by the acute care hospital that the patient is ready for readmission to the skilled nursing home. If a patient is admitted to the hospital's subacute care unit because that patient could not be readmitted to the skilled nursing home, the patient shall be discharged to the skilled nursing facility of origin as soon as the home agrees to accept the patient. d. In addition to the reports required in section 5 of P.L.1996, c.102 (C.26:2H-7.8), an acute care hospital with a subacute care unit shall file an annual report with the Department of Health demonstrating compliance with the provisions of this section. The report shall include information on the number of patients who were admitted to the hospital's subacute care unit when the admission was contrary to the recommendation of a physician with specialized training or experience in rehabilitation, provided however, that the recommendation of the physician was for immediate placement of the patient, that is, within 24-hours, in a licensed comprehensive rehabilitation hospital or an acute care hospital that has licensed comprehensive rehabilitation beds. The report also shall include information on the number of patients admitted to the hospital's subacute care unit pursuant to subsection c. of this section because the patient could not be readmitted to a skilled nursing home. e. The commissioner shall develop a procedure to assess an acute care hospital with a hospital subacute care unit's compliance with the provisions of this section and section 3 of this act. f. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section or section 3 of this act may result in the suspension or revocation of a hospital subacute care license. g. If an acute care hospital which has a subacute care unit plans to transfer a patient from the hospital to the subacute care unit, the hospital shall discharge the patient from the hospital and admit the patient to the subacute care unit. Each admission to a subacute care unit shall be subject to a $35 health care quality fee to be paid to the Department of Health, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a dedicated fund to be established by the commissioner, and designated as the "Health Care Quality Monitoring Fund." L.1996,c.102,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-95 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-95
"Nursing Home Quality of Care Improvement Fund."
Status: in_force

4. The "Nursing Home Quality of Care Improvement Fund" is established as a nonlapsing fund in the Department of the Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services or the commissioner's designee, who shall be responsible for the oversight, coordination, and disbursement of fund monies, and shall be credited with monies received pursuant to section 6 of this act, except for those monies which are deposited into the General Fund in accordance with the provisions of that section. a. The fund shall be comprised of: (1) revenues from assessments paid by nursing homes pursuant to section 5 of this act; (2) matching federal funds received pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s.1396 et seq.) that result from the expenditure of revenues from assessments collected pursuant to section 5 of this act; (3) General Fund revenues, as necessary, to allow for the per diem add-on payments pursuant to subsection d. of section 6 of this act until the revenue from the assessment has been collected. Upon collection of the revenue from the assessment, the General Fund shall be repaid within 90 days; and (4) any interest or other income earned on monies deposited into the fund. b. Any disbursement of monies from the fund shall be used solely for Medicaid nursing home add-ons as provided for under section 6 of this act, which shall not in any manner render the assessment mechanism set forth in section 5 of this act to be in violation of the hold harmless provisions of 42 C.F.R. s.433.68(f). c. The State Treasurer shall provide by regulation for such measures as are required to ensure the integrity of the fund. d. The State Treasurer shall establish separate accounts within the fund as are needed to efficiently manage and disburse fund monies. e. Monies in the fund shall not be used to supplant appropriations from the General Fund to the department for use in securing matching federal funds not otherwise provided for in this act. f. The Director of the Division of Taxation shall be responsible for collecting the assessments. L.2003, c.105, s.4; amended 2012, c.17, s.247.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2A-17 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2A / Section 2A-17
Definitions relative to human milk banks.
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of this act: "Collection" means the obtaining of donated human breast milk. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Distribution" means the removal of donated human breast milk from a human milk bank to any other location for processing or storage or for the purpose of providing breast milk to a hospital or selling breast milk to a parent. "Human milk bank" means an organized service that provides for the selection of a donor of human breast milk, the collection, processing, storage, and marketing of donated human breast milk, and the distribution of donated human breast milk to a hospital for use by low birth weight babies or new mothers with delayed lactation, or directly to a parent, with a physician's prescription order, who is unable to nurse, or is in need of additional breast milk to feed, the parent's child. "Marketing" means the use of suitable media to advertise the availability of, promote the appropriate use of, and provide information on how to safely procure, donated human breast milk.
"Person" means a person, partnership, association, agency, organization, or other similar entity. "Processing" means the technical stages required to prepare and identify donated human breast milk as to its suitability. "Storage" means the holding of donated human breast milk in connection with collection or processing prior to its distribution. L.2017, c.247, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-159 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-159
Statewide voluntary universal newborn home nurse visitation program.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Department of Children and Families shall establish a Statewide voluntary universal newborn home nurse visitation program to provide home visitation services for a newborn infant and the parent or parents of the newborn infant. The purpose of the program shall be to support healthy child development and strengthen families. b. In establishing the newborn home nurse visitation program, the Department of Children and Families shall: (1) appoint an advisory group of stakeholders, which shall organize no later than 30 days after the date of enactment of P.L.2021, c.187 (C.26:2H-158 et al.) and which shall include at least one representative of each of the following entities: an insurance carrier that offers health benefit plans in the State; a hospital; a birthing facility; a local public health authority; a maternal child health consortium; an early childhood home visitation program; a home health agency; a federally qualified health center; a community-based organization; and a social service agency; (2) consult, coordinate, and collaborate with the advisory group established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in the development of the program; (3) have the authority to develop a plan for the managed rollout of the program throughout the State; (4) in consultation with the Departments of Banking and Insurance and Human Services, establish criteria for the coverage of services provided under the newborn home nurse visitation program by insurance carriers offering a health benefits plan in the State; and (5) ensure that the program meets the needs of the residents in the communities in which the program operates. c. The newborn home nurse visitation program shall be implemented in a culturally-competent manner and shall: (1) be voluntary and carry no negative consequences for parents with a newborn infant who decline to participate in the program when applying for other services available to pregnant persons and when applying for other services available to all parents of newborn infants; (2) offer home nurse visitation services in every community in the State and for all newborn infants and all parents of a newborn infant residing in the community in which the program operates, including resource family parents, adoptive parents, and parents experiencing a stillbirth; (3) include at least one home nurse visit in the participating newborn infant's home within two weeks after the birth of an infant; (4) provide the opportunity for no more than two additional visits during the newborn infant's first three months of life, with such additional visits occurring based on the family's choice, as well as need and availability as determined by the program; (5) require that the home nurse visit be conducted by a registered nurse or an advanced practice nurse licensed in this State pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes; (6) improve State outcomes in areas including maternal health, infant health and development, and parenting skills; (7) be based on criteria established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services for an evidence-based early childhood home visiting service delivery model; (8) include an evidence-based evaluation of the physical, emotional, and social factors affecting a parent or parents and the parent's or parents' newborn infant, including, but not limited to, a health and wellness check of the newborn and an assessment of the physical and mental health of a person who has given birth; (9) provide support services to the parent or parents of a newborn infant, including, but not limited to, breastfeeding education and assistance to a person who has recently given birth in recognizing the symptoms of, and coping with, perinatal mood disorder; (10) coordinate with each hospital and birthing facility in the State to ensure that a person who has given birth is advised of the benefits of receiving a home nurse visit within two weeks after the birth of an infant, and to ensure that the program attempts to schedule a home nurse visit prior to the person's discharge from the hospital or facility; (11) develop a method for providing parents, who elect to have a home birth, information about the program; and (12) provide information on, and referrals to, services that address the specific needs of newborn infants and parents of a newborn infant, including linking a person who has given birth and the person's infant to a central intake agency for referrals to community resources, support services, community-based organizations or social service agency programs available to persons who have given birth and their infants, and medically necessary follow-up healthcare. d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require parents of a newborn infant to participate in the newborn home nurse visitation program. e. The Department of Children and Families may contract with one or more third-party vendors or service providers to assist the department in administering the program established pursuant to this section, including hiring and staffing nurses and providing training on the home visiting model utilized by the program. L.2021, c.187, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2T-1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2T / Section 2T-1
Newly diagnosed Hepatitis C cases; information, reports.
Status: in_force

1. The Commissioner of Health shall provide for the inclusion of all newly diagnosed cases of hepatitis C among those communicable diseases which are required to be reported by health care providers or other designated persons to the Department of Health pursuant to N.J.A.C.8:57-1.4 and 8:57-1.5. The commissioner shall require that such information be reported directly to the department, rather than to local health departments, as the commissioner determines necessary to assist the department to develop hepatitis C disease control measures, and shall revise these requirements as necessary to reflect technological advances which improve the ability to diagnose and treat the disease. L.1998, c.116, s.1; amended 2001, c.357, s.6; 2012, c.17, s.305.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-32 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-32
Applicability of act
Status: in_force

2. Except as otherwise specifically provided: a. This act shall apply to all medicare supplement health care services provided pursuant to a medicare supplement contract or evidence of coverage delivered or issued for delivery in this State. b. This act shall not apply to any health maintenance organization contract or evidence of coverage, including group conversion plans, provided to medicare eligible persons that are not advertised, marketed, designed primarily as or otherwise held out to provide medicare supplement health care services. L.1992,c.164,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-38 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-38
Remedy of condition of home in substantial violation of standards of health, safety or resident care; action to appoint receiver; parties
Status: in_force

A proceeding by the State Department of Health, or any other State governmental agency having an interest in the matter, a resident or residents or the guardian of a resident of a boarding or nursing home for a judgment directing the appointment of a receiver for the purposes of remedying a condition or conditions of a home in substantial violation of the standards of health, safety or resident care established under Federal or State law or regulations or of remedying a pattern and practice of habitual violations of the standards of health, safety or resident care established under Federal or State law or regulations may be maintained in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the action is not brought by the department, a copy of the complaint shall be served upon it. L.1977, c. 238, s. 3, eff. Sept. 29, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-2.1
Redesignation as Department of Health, Commissioner of Health.
Status: in_force

93. a. The Department of Health, established pursuant to P.L.1947, c.177 (C.26:1A-1 et seq.), and continued and constituted and redesignated as the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 001-1996, is continued and constituted and redesignated as the Department of Health. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall be redenominated as the Commissioner of Health. b. Whenever the terms "Department of Health and Senior Services" and "Commissioner of Health and Senior Services" occur or any references are made thereto in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the "Department of Health" and the "Commissioner of Health," respectively. c. The Commissioner of Health shall have the power, not inconsistent with section 13 of P.L.1947, c.177 (C.26:1A-13) or the provisions of P.L.2012, c.17 (C.26:1A-2.1 et al.), to organize the work of the Department of Health in such organizational units as the commissioner may determine to be necessary for its efficient and effective operation. L.2012, c.17, s.93.
N.J. Stat. § 26:7-19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-19
Penalties for violations
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act except section six, or who violates any rule or regulation of the State Department made pursuant to this act, or who shall refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of the department, shall be liable to the following penalties: a. For each first offense a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00); b. For each second offense a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00); c. For each third and every subsequent offense a penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00). L.1950, c. 256, p. 896, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:9-1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: "Director" means the director of the state experiment station. "Commission", "county commission", or "county mosquito commission" means the county mosquito extermination commission.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-20.9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-20.9
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

7. a. The Department of Health shall analyze and compile reports from each local overdose fatality review team and submit one Statewide annual overdose fatality report containing information from each local team. The report shall be submitted to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. The report shall be considered a government record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.). Each publication of the Statewide annual report shall be in a format that does not identify any individual or decedent and does not contain personally identifiable or personal identifying information. b. The Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner may direct all local teams to assist with the coordination of all the relevant information necessary to review a specific decedent case. c. The Department of Health may share data containing de-identified data at any time. The department may only share data containing personally identifiable information if the data is being shared for public health purposes, the sharing of the data is permitted by this act and other applicable laws, and the data is in a form and format that is secured to prevent the disclosure of personally identifiable information. Any publication made available to the public shall be in a format that does not identify any individual or decedent and does not contain personally identifiable information. L.2021, c.430, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-100.6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-100.6
Poliomyelitis vaccine; regulation of purchase, sale, distribution and use
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no child shall be denied vaccination against poliomyelitis because of inability to pay the cost thereof. It is hereby found that there exists a shortage of poliomyelitis vaccine (hereinafter referred to as "the vaccine") and that the public interest requires that the purchase, sale, distribution and use of the vaccine shall, so long as the shortage shall exist, be controlled and regulated as herein provided, to the end that fair and equitable distribution may be had and the vaccine be administered to children and others in accordance with priority groups based on the relative susceptibility of various age groups of children and others to poliomyelitis. L.1955, c. 69, p. 230, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-43 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-43
Immunity relative to cardiac defibrillation
Status: in_force

5. An EMT-D, First Responder-D, EMT-intermediate, licensed physician, hospital or its board of trustees, officers and members of the medical staff, nurses, paramedics or other employees of the hospital, or officers and members of a first aid, ambulance or rescue squad shall not be liable for any civil damages as the result of an act or the omission of an act committed while in training to perform, or in the performance of, cardiac defibrillation in good faith and in accordance with this act. L.1989,c.314,s.5; amended 1996,c.136,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-40 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-40
Visiting nurses; appointment; salaries
Status: in_force

The local board having charge of the public health in any city of the first class may appoint and designate nurses, who shall be regularly graduated from a recognized training school of nurses, to act as nurses in such dispensary and to render such services as may be required of them in attendance upon the sick poor of such city. The salaries of such nurses shall be fixed by the local board, but in no event shall exceed the sum of seventy-five dollars per month and shall be chargeable to the appropriation providing for such dispensary.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-61 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-61
Use of certain products prohibited.
Status: in_force

2. a. No person shall offer any product or equipment for sale, lease, or rent, or install or otherwise cause any equipment or product to enter into commerce in New Jersey if that equipment or product consists of, uses, or will use a substitute, as set forth in Appendix U and Appendix V of Subpart G of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, as those appendices read on January 3, 2017, for the applications or end uses restricted by Appendix U or V of the federal regulation, as those appendices read on January 3, 2017, consistent with the deadlines set forth in subsection b. of this section. Except where existing equipment is retrofitted, nothing in this subsection shall require a person to cease using a product or equipment that was manufactured prior to the effective date of restrictions set forth in subsection b. of this section. A product or equipment manufactured prior to the applicable effective date of the restriction specified in subsection b. of this section may be sold, imported, exported, distributed, installed, and used after the applicable effective date. b. For the following products and equipment identified in Appendix U and Appendix V of Subpart G of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, as those appendices read on January 3, 2017, the prohibition set forth in subsection a. of this section shall take effect beginning: (1) July 1, 2020, for: (a) propellants; (b) rigid polyurethane applications and spray foam, flexible polyurethane, integral skin polyurethane, flexible polyurethane foam, polystyrene extruded sheet, polyolefin, and phenolic insulation board and bunstock; and (c) supermarket systems, remote condensing units, and stand-alone units; (2) January 1, 2021, for: (a) refrigerated food processing and dispensing equipment; (b) compact residential consumer refrigeration products; and (c) polystyrene extruded boardstock and billet, and rigid polyurethane low-pressure two-component spray foam; (3) January 1, 2022, for : (a) residential consumer refrigeration products other than compact and built-in residential consumer refrigeration products; and (b) vending machines; (4) January 1, 2023, for: (a) cold storage warehouses; and (b) built-in residential consumer refrigeration products; (5) January 1, 2024, for centrifugal chillers and positive displacement chillers; and (6) On either July 1, 2020, or the effective date of the restrictions identified in Appendix U and Appendix V of Subpart G of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, as those appendices read on January 3, 2017, whichever is later, for all other applications and end uses for substitutes not covered by the categories listed in paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection. c. The department may, by rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.): (1) modify the effective date of a prohibition established in subsection b. of this section, if the department determines that such modification reduces the overall risk to human health or the environment and reflects the earliest date that a substitute is currently or potentially available; (2) prohibit the use of a substitute if the department determines that the prohibition reduces the overall risk to human health or the environment and that a lower risk substitute is currently or potentially available; (3) (a) adopt a list of approved substitutes, use conditions, or use limits, if any; and (b) add or remove substitutes, use conditions, or use limits to or from the list of approved substitutes, use conditions, or use limits if the department determines such action reduces the overall risk to human health and the environment; and (4) designate acceptable uses of hydrofluorocarbons for medical uses that shall be exempt from the prohibitions set forth in subsection b. of this section. d. (1) No later than one year after enactment by another state of restrictions on substitutes applicable to new light duty vehicles, the department may adopt restrictions applicable to the sale, lease, rental, or other introduction into commerce by a manufacturer of new light duty vehicles consistent with the restrictions identified in appendix B of Subpart G of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, as that appendix read on January 3, 2017. (2) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency approves a previously prohibited hydrofluorocarbon blend with a global warming potential of 750 or less for foam blowing of polystyrene extruded boardstock and billet and rigid polyurethane low-pressure two-component spray foam pursuant to the significant new alternatives policy program established pursuant to the federal "Clean Air Act," 42 U.S.C. s.7671k, the department may propose a rule in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to conform the requirements established under this section with that federal action. e. The authority granted by this section to the department for restricting the use of substitutes is supplementary to the authority to control air pollution pursuant to the "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.). L.2019, c.507, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-36 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-36
Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program
Status: in_force

a. There is established the New Jersey Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program in the Division of Local and Community Health Services of the Department of Health. The commissioner shall designate a mobile intensive care hospital and a regional trauma or critical care center which shall develop and maintain a hospital-based emergency medical service helicopter response unit. The commissioner shall designate at least two units in the State, of which no less than one unit each shall be designated for the northern and southern portions of the State, respectively. b. Each emergency medical service helicopter response unit shall be staffed by at least two persons trained in advanced life support and approved by the commissioner. The staff of the emergency medical service helicopter response unit shall render life support services to an accident or trauma victim, as necessary, in the course of providing emergency medical transportation. L. 1986, c. 106, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-40 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-40
Limit on Statewide greenhouse gas emissions mandated for 2020, 2050.
Status: in_force

4. a. No later than January 1, 2020, the level of Statewide greenhouse gas emissions shall be reduced to, or below, the 2020 limit. No later than January 1, 2050, the greenhouse gas emissions in the State shall be stabilized at or below the 2050 limit and shall not exceed that level thereafter. The department shall consider the economic impact upon the State and upon the emitters of a greenhouse gas for any measure imposed to meet the 2020 limit and the 2050 limit. b. No later than one year after the date of enactment of this act, the department shall establish: (1) an inventory of the current and 2006 Statewide greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) an inventory of the 1990 level of Statewide greenhouse gas emissions. L.2007, c.112, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.30
Health maintenance organization, coverage for contraceptives.
Status: in_force

6. a. A certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in this State shall not be issued or continued on or after the effective date of this act for a health maintenance organization, unless the health maintenance organization provides health care services for prescription female contraceptives, and the following services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures on an in-network basis: (1) Any contraceptive drug, device or product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, which coverage shall be subject to all of the following conditions: (a) If there is a therapeutic equivalent of a contraceptive drug, device or product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, coverage shall be provided for either the requested contraceptive drug, device or product or for one or more therapeutic equivalents of the requested drug, device or product. (b) Coverage shall be provided without a prescription for all contraceptive drugs available for over-the-counter sale that are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (c) Coverage shall be provided without any infringement upon a subscriber's choice of contraception and medical necessity shall be determined by the provider for covered contraceptive drugs, devices or other products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (2) Voluntary male and female sterilization. (3) Patient education and counseling on contraception. (4) Services related to the administration and monitoring of drugs, devices, products and services required under this section, including but not limited to: (a) Management of side effects; (b) Counseling for continued adherence to a prescribed regimen; (c) Device insertion and removal; (d) Provision of alternative contraceptive drugs, devices or products deemed medically appropriate in the judgment of the subscriber's health care provider; and (e) Diagnosis and treatment services provided pursuant to, or as a follow-up to, a service required under this section. b. The coverage provided shall include prescriptions for dispensing contraceptives for: (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2021, c.376) (2) up to a 12-month period at one time. c. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the health care services shall be provided to the same extent as for any other service, drug, device, product, or procedure under the contract, except no deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage shall be imposed. (2) In the case of a high-deductible health plan, benefits for male sterilization or male contraceptives shall be provided at the lowest deductible and other cost-sharing permitted for a high-deductible health plan under section 223(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.223). d. The provisions of this section shall apply to those contracts for health care services by health maintenance organizations under which the right to change the schedule of charges for enrollee coverage is reserved. e. Nothing in this section shall limit coverage of any additional preventive service for women, as identified or recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force or the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 300gg-13. L.2005, c.251, s.6; amended 2017, c.241, s.6; 2019, c.361, s.6; 2021, c.376, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2P-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2P / Section 2P-6
Annual report
Status: in_force

6. The council shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by March 1 of each year. L.1991,c.277,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-73 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-73
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There are over 6,000 public safety call centers, known as public safety answering points, in the United States. b. Public safety communications professionals dedicate their lives to helping others by performing work that goes far beyond merely relaying information between the public and first responders. c. In times of crises, the information collected and actions taken by public safety communications professionals form the foundation for an effective response by law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency medical service professionals. d. Public safety communications professionals are an important part of the first responder community that provides immediate assistance to crime and disaster victims. e. Accordingly, it is altogether fitting and proper to recognize the role of public safety communications professionals, including 9-1-1 dispatchers or operators, as emergency response personnel by designating them as 9-1-1 first responder dispatchers. L.2021, c.447, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.26 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.26
Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, defibrillator, trained personnel; required.
Status: in_force

1. A nursing home that is licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.) shall, no later than one year after the effective date of P.L.2004, c.93 (C.26:2H-12.26), and an assisted living facility that is licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 shall, no later than one year after the effective date of P.L.2009, c.46: a. acquire at least one defibrillator as defined in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-24), which shall be maintained in a central location within the nursing home or assisted living facility that shall be made known and available to the employees of the nursing home or assisted living facility for the purposes of this act; b. ensure that the defibrillator is tested and maintained, and provide notification to the appropriate first aid, ambulance, or rescue squad, or other appropriate emergency medical services provider regarding the defibrillator, the type acquired, and its location, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-25); c. arrange and pay for training in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and the use of a defibrillator for employees of the nursing home or assisted living facility to ensure that the employees hold current certification from the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or other training program recognized by the Department of Health and Senior Services in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and use of a defibrillator; and d. ensure that an employee who uses a defibrillator requests emergency medical assistance from the appropriate first aid, ambulance, or rescue squad as soon as practicable. L.2004, c.93, s.1; amended 2009, c.46; 2012, c.6, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-7.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-7.2
Acceptance of application by carriers
Status: in_force

2. Within 180 days of the adoption of the forms by regulation pursuant to this act, a carrier which offers a managed care plan shall accept the universal physician application for participation form and renewal form adopted pursuant to this act for the purpose of credentialing physicians who seek to participate in the carrier's provider network and for the purpose of credentialing physicians who are employed by hospitals or other health care facilities which seek to participate in the carrier's provider network. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a carrier from requesting additional information from an applicant that is not provided for in the universal application or renewal form, as applicable, if the requested information does not duplicate any information included in the applicable form. L.2001,c.88,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.96 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.96
Employment of certain homemaker-home health aides.
Status: in_force

2. A long-term care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) may employ certified homemaker-home health aides to work as certified nurse aides, provided that the homemaker-home health aide is enrolled in a qualified certified nurse aide program and is working toward certification as a certified nurse aide. L.2020, c.112, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-39 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-39
Definitions relative to greenhouse gas emissions.
Status: in_force

3. For the purposes of P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-37 et al.): "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Greenhouse gas" means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and any other gas or substance determined by the Department of Environmental Protection to be a significant contributor to the problem of global warming. "Statewide greenhouse gas emissions" means the sum of calendar year emissions of greenhouse gases from all sources within the State, and from electricity generated outside the State but consumed in the State, as determined by the department pursuant to subsection c. of section 5 of P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-41). "2020 limit" means the level of greenhouse gas emissions equal to the 1990 level of Statewide greenhouse gas emissions. "2050 limit" means the level of greenhouse gas emissions equal to 80 percent less than the 2006 level of Statewide greenhouse gas emissions. L.2007, c.112, s.3; amended 2019, c.197, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2P-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2P / Section 2P-8
Tick removal, prevention, discovery guidelines, publish, Department of Health website.
Status: in_force

4. The Department of Health shall publish on the department's Internet website guidelines concerning the prevention, discovery, and removal of ticks on persons. L.2023, c.60, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2I-30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2I / Section 2I-30
Power of health care organization to mortgage, pledge property, income
Status: in_force

30. For the purpose of obtaining and securing loans under section 29 of P.L.1972, c.29 (C.26:2I-29) or subsection s. of section 5 of P.L.1972, c.29 (C.26:2I-5), every health care organization shall have power to mortgage and pledge any of its real or personal property, and to pledge any of its income from whatever source to repay the principal of and interest on any loan made to it by the authority or to pay the interest on and principal and redemption premium, if any, of any bond or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the debt created by any such loan; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to authorize actions in conflict with specific legislation, trusts, endowment, or other agreements relating to specific properties or funds. L.1972,c.29,s.30; amended 1997, c.435, s.15; 2000, c.98, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-62 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-62
Suspension of agreement
Status: in_force

3. A county emergency management coordinator may, by express order, suspend operation of the provisions of any agreement entered into pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1993, c.58 (C.26:2K-61) by municipalities in the county, upon declaration of an emergency pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 (C.App.A:9-33 et seq.) or any regulation promulgated thereunder. L.1993,c.58,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-137.9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-137.9
Lead screening, prenatal maternity care.
Status: in_force

2. a. A licensed health care professional, which shall include a licensed physician, licensed physician assistant, certified advanced practice nurse, certified nurse midwife, certified professional midwife, and certified midwife, who provides prenatal maternity care to a pregnant person shall assess the person for possible risk factors for lead exposure and elevated blood lead levels based on the most recent guidelines and recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. b. If the health care professional cannot perform a required lead screening, the health care professional may refer the patient, in writing, to another health care professional who is able to perform the lead screening. c. If the health care professional receives laboratory test results indicating that the pregnant person has an elevated blood lead level, the health care professional shall notify the patient, in writing, about the test results and shall additionally provide the patient with an explanation, in plain language, of the significance of lead poisoning. The health care professional shall also take appropriate measures to ensure that any of the patient’s children or other members of the patient’s household who are under the age of six are, or have been, screened for lead exposure. d. The health care professional shall not be required to conduct lead screening under this act if the patient objects to the testing in writing or if the health care professional determines that another health care provider has already conducted the lead screening required under this act. e. The health care professional shall comply with the blood sample collection requirements specified in section 4 of P.L.1995, c.328 (C.26:2-137.5). L.2025, c.193, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2F-12 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2F / Section 2F-12
Audit by commissioner; examination of agency records; unexpended funds and audit exceptions; return; disposition
Status: in_force

In order to insure that the public health priority funds are expended in conformance with the provisions of this act, the commissioner shall, when he deems it in order, have an audit made of the expenditures of moneys and of services provided by the local health agency receiving public health priority funds and shall, when he shall deem it necessary, have examined all books, papers and vouchers of the agency and its fiscal agent shall have free and unrestricted access thereto for that purpose. Following fiscal audits, all unexpended public health priority funds and audit exceptions as determined by the commissioner shall be returned to the State Department of Health within 3 months of notification. Such funds shall be expended for priority health services in accordance with the standards of performance and made available as special grants to local health agencies upon application and amounts approved by the commissioner with concurrence of the Public Health Council. L.1966, c. 36, s. 12. Amended by L.1977, c. 332, s. 9, eff. Jan. 23, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-163 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-163
Powers of the office.
Status: in_force

4. The office is authorized to: a. Adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), concerning the operation of the office and other matters that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act; b. Maintain offices at such places within the State as it may designate; c. Employ a director and other personnel as may be necessary. The director shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Health and shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner during the commissioner's term of office and until the appointment and qualification of the director's successor. The director shall devote his entire time to the duties of the position and shall receive a salary as provided by law; d. Apply for and accept any grant of money from the federal government, private foundations or other sources, which may be available for programs related to multicultural or minority health; e. Serve as the designated State agency for receipt of federal funds specifically designated for multicultural or racial and ethnic minority health programs; and f. Enter into contracts with individuals, organizations, and institutions necessary for the performance of its duties under this act. L.1991, c.401, s.4; amended 2001, c.205, s.5; 2012, c.17, s.124.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-25 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-25
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Radiologic Technologist Act." L.1981, c. 295, s. 2, eff. Oct. 9, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-71 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-71
Investigation of reported cases
Status: in_force

When cases of tuberculosis are reported to the state department as required by law, the state department and the local boards shall investigate such cases for the purpose of ascertaining whether the rules and regulations of the state department are being complied with.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-9
Death occurring without medical attendance.
Status: in_force

26:6-9. In case of any death occurring without medical attendance, the funeral director shall notify the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner or the office of the county or intercounty medical examiner, or the local registrar. In case the local registrar shall be notified, he shall immediately inform the county or intercounty medical examiner and refer the case to him for investigation. The county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner shall furnish the funeral director with the necessary data and last sickness particulars to make the death certificate, or shall enter the information directly into the NJ-EDRS. amended 1965, c.78, s.7; 1971, c.2, s.14; 2003, c.221, s.7; 2018, c.62, s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2B-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2B / Section 2B-9.1
Transfer of bureau of alcohol countermeasures in division of motor vehicles in department of law and public safety to division of alcoholism.
Status: in_force

2. The Bureau of Alcohol Countermeasures in the Motor Vehicle Commission is transferred to the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services, pursuant to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1984, c. 243, s. 2, eff. Jan. 2, 1985; amended 2023, c.177, s.60.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.19
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to: prohibit an existing assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care home or assisted living program, which is not affected by this act, from participating in the Medicaid program; or create an entitlement to financing under the Medicaid program for services provided at assisted living residences or comprehensive personal care homes. L.2001,c.234,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-28 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-28
Advertising restrictions
Status: in_force

a. No person may advertise or disseminate information to the public that the person provides intermediate life support services, unless the person is authorized to do so pursuant to this act. b. No person may impersonate or refer to himself as an EMT-intermediate unless he is certified pursuant to section 6 of this act. L. 1985, c. 351, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-182 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-182
"Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey."
Status: in_force

1. a. There is established the "Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey" within the Department of Health. b. The task force shall be comprised of the following members: (1) the Commissioner of Health, or his designee, who shall serve ex officio; and (2) no more than 20 public members to be appointed by the Governor, who shall include representatives from: the Public Health Council; the New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research; the New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health; the Medical Society of New Jersey; academic medical centers and universities engaged in cancer education, research, and treatment; providers of cancer treatment and support services; pharmaceutical companies engaged in cancer research; community-based organizations and coalitions engaged in cancer outreach, education, and screening; and cancer survivors. c. The public members shall serve for a term of one year. Vacancies in the membership of the task force shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. d. The task force shall organize as soon as may be practicable, but no later than the 30th day after the appointment of its members, and shall select a chairperson from among the public members. The chairperson shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the task force. The public members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. e. The Department of Health shall supply such staff and resources, including a person to serve as executive director of the task force, as the task force requires to carry out its duties. f. The task force is entitled to the assistance and services of the employees of any State department, board, bureau, commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available to its for its purposes, and to incur traveling and other miscellaneous expenses necessary to perform its duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for its purpose. L.2005, c.280, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.135.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2AA-9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2AA / Section 2AA-9
Purpose of council.
Status: in_force

3. The purpose of the advisory council shall be to: a. act as the advisory body on rare diseases to the Legislature and State departments, agencies, commissions, authorities, and private agencies that provide services to, or are charged with the care of, persons with rare diseases; b. conduct a thorough and comprehensive study of all issues relating to the quality of and access to treatment and services provided to persons with rare diseases in this State, including the link between rare diseases and the COVID-19 pandemic, and to develop policy recommendations on those issues; c. develop recommendations for best practice standards encompassing the most effective strategies for recognizing and treating rare diseases in New Jersey; d. identify effective research-based strategies that have been developed to help diagnose, treat, and prevent rare diseases; e. develop effective strategies to raise public awareness of rare diseases in this State; f. evaluate and make recommendations to improve: (1) the State's Newborn Screening Program in the Department of Health; and (2) State Medicaid coverage for approved treatments and medications for patients with a rare disease; g. research and make policy recommendations to the Legislature on access to health insurance specialists and other needed services for patients with a rare disease; and h. identify, with assistance from the public, additional research topics on rare disease to inform future studies the council may conduct. L.2021, c.135, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-140 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-140
Program continued
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall continue within the department the existing Diabetes Control Program which shall have central authority and responsibility for the development of diabetes control strategies based on sound scientific principles and protocols. L. 1987, c. 10, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-86 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-86
Nature and amount of public health services of each board; report of activities, information.
Status: in_force

4. a. A regional health commission shall arrange annually with each board of health participating therein as to the nature and amount of public health services, approved by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services of New Jersey, to be furnished by the said commission to such board of health and the sum to be paid by the board of health to the commission for such services. It shall report annually to each board of health participating therein, and to the State Department of Health and Senior Services, regarding its activities for the year. b. The regional health commission shall maintain an Internet website. The purpose of the website shall be to provide increased public access to the regional health commission's operations and activities. The following information shall be posted, if applicable, on the regional health commission's website: (1) a description of the regional health commission's mission and responsibilities; (2) the budget once adopted for the current and immediately prior fiscal years. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the budgets of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website; (3) the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or other similar financial information; (4) the annual audit for the most recent and immediately prior fiscal years. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the annual audits of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website; (5) the regional health commission's rules, regulations, and official policy statements deemed relevant by the commissioners to the interests of the residents within the jurisdiction of the commission; (6) notice, posted pursuant to the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.), of a meeting of the commission, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting; (7) the minutes of each meeting of the commission's board including all resolutions of the board and its committees for the current fiscal year. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the approved minutes of meetings for at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website; (8) the name, mailing address, electronic mail address, if available, and phone number of every person who exercises day-to-day supervision or management over some or all of the operations of the regional health commission; and (9) a list of attorneys, advisors, consultants, and any other person, firm, business, partnership, corporation, or other organization which received any remuneration of $17,500 or more during the preceding fiscal year for any service whatsoever rendered to the regional health commission. L.1938, c.67, s.4; amended 2011, c.167, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:13-17.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-17.1
Information disseminated during times of public health emergencies.
Status: in_force

1. Throughout the duration of a public health emergency declared pursuant to P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.), to the extent practicable, information concerning food access programs and resources shall be prominently displayed on the main website of the Statewide 2-1-1 system and of each executive branch department. In addition, to the extent practicable, the Statewide 2-1-1 system and the executive branch departments shall disseminate information concerning food access programs and resources using social media and any other means deemed appropriate to reach as many individuals and population groups in the State as possible. L.2020, c.14.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-45 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-45
Termination of receivership
Status: in_force

The receiver, owner or licensee may make a motion to terminate the receivership on grounds that the conditions complained of have been eliminated or remedied. The court may immediately terminate the receivership, or terminate the receivership subject to such terms as the court feels necessary or appropriate to prevent the condition or conditions complained of from recurring. L.1977, c. 238, s. 10, eff. Sept. 29, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-68 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-68
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Anatomical Research Recovery Organization Act." L.2008, c.49, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.40 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.40
Labeling of retrofit devices.
Status: in_force

15. Each retrofit device that is installed in the State shall be labeled with a legible and durable label affixed to the device. The label shall provide a unique identification number to be matched to the specific retrofit device and the specific vehicle required to use the retrofit device. No retrofit device may be sold or installed for use in the State unless it complies with the requirements of this section. L.2005,c.219,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2A-15 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2A / Section 2A-15
Health care facility required to accept autologous, designated blood
Status: in_force

a. A health care facility which performs a transfusion shall be required to accept autologous or designated blood for a potential transfusion to a patient, if the blood is received from a blood bank licensed by the Department of Health, and has been tested and prepared in accordance with standards approved by the department. b. A health care facility which accepts autologous or designated blood and similar blood components shall pay a service fee to the blood bank which provides the blood or blood components, equal to the price it is charged for homologous blood or blood components. L.1991,c.131,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-80 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-80
Anatomical gift by living donor.
Status: in_force

4. Subject to the provisions of section 8 of P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-84), an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 5 of P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-81) by: a. the donor, if the donor is an adult, or if the donor is a minor 14 years of age or older, whether or not the minor is emancipated; b. an agent of the donor, unless the advance directive for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift; c. a parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or d. the donor's guardian. An anatomical gift made by a minor donor shall remain valid when the minor reaches 18 years of age. L.2008, c.50, s.4; amended 2017, c.377, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-14.4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-14.4
Air conditioning, heating required in certain facilities.
Status: in_force

2. a. A nursing home or residential health care facility included within the provisions of P.L.1984, c.114 (C.26:2H-14.1 et seq.) which is constructed or expanded after the effective date of P.L.1989, c.173 (C.26:2H-14.4 et al.), or a dementia care home included within the provisions of P.L.1984, c.114 (C.26:2H-14.1 et seq.) which is constructed or expanded after the effective date of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.55:13B-5.1 et al.), shall be equipped with air conditioning and heating in all areas used by patients or residents, and the air conditioning and heating shall be operated so that the temperature in these areas does not exceed 81 degrees Fahrenheit or fall under 65 degrees Fahrenheit. All areas used by patients or residents shall be maintained within a temperature range from 65 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit, except in rooms: (1) designated for activities requiring physical exertion; or (2) where residents can individually control the temperature in their own living units, independent from other areas. b. A nursing home, or a residential health care facility owned by a licensed health care facility and licensed by the Department of Health pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), may maintain a temperature in an area used by patients or residents that does not fall within the range provided pursuant to subsection a. of this section, provided that the temperature is within a range permitted pursuant to applicable regulation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. L.1989, c.173, s.2; amended 2015, c.125, s.6; 2021, c.260, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-95.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-95.3
Findings, declarations relative to HPV.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, and can be transmitted without intercourse; b. Although most HPV infections are benign and many strains clear on their own, certain strains have serious consequences, including cervical cancer and genital warts; c. HPV has been detected in over 90% of cervical cancer cases, and the American Cancer Society estimates that over 9,700 new cases of HPV-related cervical cancer will occur in the United States this year; and d. It is appropriate to take measures through education to significantly reduce medical problems and deaths attributable to HPV. L.2007, c.134, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-73 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-73
Removal of members of boards; vacancies
Status: in_force

Any member of any of the boards enumerated in section four hereof may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of any of such boards shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. L.1948, c. 444, p. 1750, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-3
Establishment of health maintenance organizations
Status: in_force

a. Notwithstanding any law of this State to the contrary, any person may apply to the commissioner for and obtain a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in compliance with this act. No person shall establish or operate a health maintenance organization in this State without compliance with regulations to be promulgated by the commissioner, nor sell, offer to sell, or solicit offers to purchase or receive advance or periodic consideration in conjunction with a health maintenance organization without obtaining a certificate of authority under this act. When the establishment or operation of a health maintenance organization involves the construction of a health care facility or any change in or expansion of a health care facility or involves the institution of new health care services as defined in section 7 of the Health Care Facilities Planning Act (P.L.1971, c. 136, C. 26:2H-7), said health maintenance organization shall abide by all provisions of P.L.1971, c. 136. All health care facilities utilized by a health maintenance organization or its agents shall comply with the licensure provisions of section 12 of the Health Care Facilities Planning Act (C. 26:2H-12). b. Every health maintenance organization as of the effective date of this act shall submit an application for a certificate of authority under subsection c. of this section within 90 days of the effective date of this act. Each such applicant may continue to operate until the commissioner acts upon the application. In the event that an application is denied under section 4, hereof, the applicant shall henceforth be treated as a health maintenance organization whose certificate of authority has been revoked. c. Each application for a certificate of authority shall be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, and shall set forth or be accompanied by the following: (1) a copy of the basic organizational document of the applicant such as the articles of incorporation, articles of association, partnership agreement, trust agreement, or other applicable documents, and all amendments thereto; (2) a copy of the bylaws, rules and regulations, or similar document regulating the conduct of the internal affairs of the applicant; (3) a list of the names, addresses, and official positions of the persons who are to be responsible for the conduct of the affairs of the applicant; (4) a copy of any contract made or to be made between any providers or persons listed in paragraph (3) of this subsection and the applicant; (5) a copy of any contract made or to be made with an insurer or a hospital or medical service corporation; (6) a statement generally describing the health maintenance organization, its facilities, and personnel; (7) a copy of the form of evidence of coverage to be issued to the enrollees; (8) a copy of the form of the group contract, if any, which is to be issued to employers, unions, trustees, or other organizations; (9) recent financial statements showing the applicant's assets, liabilities, and sources of financial support; (10) a general description of the proposed method of marketing and financing and a statement as to the sources of funding; (11) a power of attorney duly executed by such applicant, if not domiciled in this State, appointing the commissioner and his successors in office, and duly authorized deputies, as the true and lawful attorney of such applicant in and for this State upon whom all lawful process in any legal action or proceeding against the health maintenance organization on a cause of action arising, in this State may be served; (12) a statement reasonably describing the geographic area or areas to be served; (13) a general description of the complaint procedures to be utilized as required under section 12, hereof; (14) a general description of the procedures and programs to be implemented to meet the quality of health care requirements in section 4 a. (2), hereof; (15) a general description of the mechanism by which enrollees will be afforded an opportunity to participate in matters of policy and operation under section 6 b., hereof; (16) such other information as the commissioner may require to make the determinations required by section 4 hereof. d. (1) a health maintenance organization shall, unless otherwise provided for in this act, file a notice describing any modification of the information required by subsection c. of this section. Such notice shall be filed with the commissioner prior to the modification. If the commissioner does not disapprove within 30 days of filing, such modification shall be deemed approved. (2) the commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations exempting from the filing requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection those items he deems unnecessary. L.1973, c. 337, s. 3, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2F-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2F / Section 2F-13.1
Unallocated public health priority funds; carry forward; special grants
Status: in_force

Unallocated public health priority funds for the fiscal year may be carried forward and made available in the following fiscal year as special grants to local health agencies upon application by such agencies. The amounts of special grants shall be approved by the commissioner with the concurrence of the Public Health Council. Such special grants shall be made available to local health agencies only for extraordinary purposes. L.1977, c. 332, s. 11, eff. Jan. 23, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 26:7-20 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-20
Payment of penalty deemed equivalent to conviction
Status: in_force

Payment of a penalty for any alleged violation of this act or any rule or regulation of the State Department made pursuant thereto, either before or after the institution of proceedings for the collection thereof, shall be deemed equivalent to a conviction of the violation for which such penalty was claimed. L.1950, c. 256, p. 897, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-150 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-150
Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
Status: in_force

The "Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund" is established as a nonlapsing, revolving fund. The fund shall be administered by the commission, and shall be credited with monies received pursuant to section 10 of this act. The State Treasurer is the custodian of the fund and all disbursements from the fund shall be made by the treasurer upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the commission. The monies in the fund shall be invested and reinvested by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury as are other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. Interest received on the monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. L. 1987,c.370, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18.75 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18.75
Findings, declarations relative to health care facilities.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The final report of the New Jersey Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources, issued on January 24, 2008, demonstrated that a large number of New Jersey general hospitals are in poor financial health and in financial distress due to a number of causes, including lack of universal coverage, underpayment by public payers, misaligned incentives and interests between physicians and hospitals, lack of transparency of performance or cost, a need for more responsible governance at certain hospitals, and excessive geographic hospital density; b. The financial challenges faced by general hospitals in New Jersey have caused many to close in recent years, and additional hospitals may close in the future; c. A general hospital's sudden closure or significant reduction in services can threaten access to health care providers and specialized health care services in the hospital's primary service area; d. It is vitally important to the residents of this State that continuity and stability be maintained when a general hospital closes or reduces services in order to assure access to high-quality and cost-effective health care services and referrals to residents of the affected community; e. It is fitting and appropriate that the State of New Jersey provide temporary funding to continue access to and availability of health care services in time of emergent need and to condition that funding on adherence to requirements to ensure efficient and effective delivery of health care services; and f. To that end, the Health Care Stabilization Fund is established for the purpose of providing emergency grants to general hospitals and other licensed health care facilities to ensure continuation of access and availability of necessary health care services to residents in a community served by a hospital facing closure or significantly reducing services due to financial distress. L.2008, c.33, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2Q-1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2Q / Section 2Q-1
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: Lead poisoning is the most prevalent environmental health problem facing children in New Jersey today; the Department of Health estimates that over 177,000 children under the age of five in New Jersey are at high risk of lead poisoning, and the effects of lead poisoning in children include learning disabilities, mental retardation, behavioral disorders, hyper-irritability, lack of coordination, loss of appetite, vomiting, abdominal pain, convulsions, permanent brain damage and death; even low levels of lead exposure can cause subtle neurological changes, reduced concentration and attentiveness, reduced I.Q. scores, behavioral problems, and learning disabilities; these problems persist and can adversely affect the child's chances for success in school and life; lead poisoning is caused by environmental exposure to lead and the most significant sources are lead-based paint in older housing and lead-laden dust and soil; and the Department of Health estimates that approximately 65% of New Jersey's housing stock may contain lead-based paint, representing a potential public health hazard of alarming magnitude. The Legislature further finds and declares that: Persons performing lead evaluation and lead abatement work must receive appropriate training and certification to ensure that lead evaluations and abatements are reliable, thorough, and safe; persons performing lead evaluation, without proper training, may fail to detect lead-contaminated surfaces; an abatement work plan that is based on an improper evaluation will be inadequate to rid a dwelling of a lead hazard; persons performing lead abatement, without proper training, may cause the contamination of an entire home with dangerous levels of lead; and a certification program for lead abatement is essential to ensure the safety of the occupants and the safety of the workers and is also necessary to protect consumers from fraud, abuse, and shoddy work practices. L.1993,c.288,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-88 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-88
Circular on rabies; distribution
Status: in_force

The state department shall prepare a circular containing a description of the symptoms, the methods of transmission, the treatment, and the preventive measures to be taken against the spread of rabies, and, upon application, shall provide sufficient copies of the circular for distribution. The circulars shall be furnished to the person empowered under the law to license dogs, and if there is no provision for such person within the jurisdiction of the local board of health, the local board is empowered to act. Such person or board shall apply to the state department for a sufficient number of such circulars, and shall, at the time of licensing, furnish a copy of the circular to each person who may obtain a dog license.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-26 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-26
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Air Pollution Emergency Control Act (1967)." L.1967, c. 108, s. 1, eff. June 15, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-10
Violation of State Sanitary Code, penalty
Status: in_force

10. Each violation of any provision of the State Sanitary Code shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable by a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000. Each such penalty shall be sued for and recovered in a civil action, in any court of competent jurisdiction, by and in the name of the State Department of Health or by and in the name of the local board of health of the municipality in which the violation occurred. Any penalty recovered in any such action shall be paid to the plaintiff therein. When the plaintiff is the State Department of Health, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the department to the State Treasurer. 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.1947,c.177,s.10; amended 1953,c.26,s.1; 1993,c.55.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Care Quality Act." L.1997,c.192,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.47 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.47
Consultation when adopting rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

22. Except as may otherwise be provided in rules and regulations jointly adopted pursuant to subsection e. of section 6, and section 21 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.31 and C.26:2C-8.46), the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall consult with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Law and Public Safety when adopting rules and regulations pursuant to P.L.1995, c.157 (C.39:8-59 et al.) to ensure the proper coordination between the periodic inspection program and the roadside enforcement program and the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.). L.2005,c.219,s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.34 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.34
Training required for service as trustee of general hospital, conditions.
Status: in_force

1. a. (1) As a condition of serving as a member of the board of trustees of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), a person shall be required to complete a training program approved by the Commissioner of Health that is designed to clarify the roles and duties of a hospital trustee and is at least one day in length. (2) The training shall be completed no later than six months after the date that the person is appointed as a member of the board, except that a person who is appointed as a member of a hospital board of trustees on or after the date of enactment of this act but prior to the effective date thereof shall complete the training no later than six months after the effective date. (3) A person who was appointed as a member of a hospital board of trustees prior to the date of enactment of P.L.2007, c.74 shall complete the training no later than six months after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.57. b. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the New Jersey Hospital Association, the Hospital Alliance of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals: (1) prescribe the subject matter of the training, which shall include, but need not be limited to, a review of the types of financial, organizational, legal, regulatory, and ethical issues that a hospital trustee may be required to consider in the course of discharging the trustee's governance responsibilities; (2) arrange for, or specify, the entity or entities to provide the training; (3) specify the timeframe within which the training is to be completed; (4) certify completion of the training for each trustee upon receipt of documentation thereof, as provided on a form and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, or otherwise arrange for certification by the training entity; and (5) take such other actions as the commissioner determines appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2007, c.74, s.1; amended 2008, c.57; 2012, c.17, s.198.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2G-41 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2G / Section 2G-41
Attorney General, agreements, allocated moneys, national opioid litigation resolutions.
Status: in_force

3. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, shall be authorized to enter into agreements with counties and municipalities concerning the allocation and expenditure of moneys allocated to the State and its counties and municipalities in any national opioid litigation resolution. L.2023, c.25, s.3.