N.J. Stat. § 26:2-137.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-137.3
Definitions relative to lead exposure.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Elevated blood lead level" means a level of lead in the bloodstream that equals or exceeds five micrograms per deciliter or other such amount as may be identified in the most recent recommendations from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that necessitates the undertaking of responsive action. "Lead poisoning" means the poisoning of the bloodstream that results from prolonged exposure to lead or lead-based substances in water, paint, building materials, or the environment, and which causes uncorrectable developmental delay and decreased mental functioning capacity in children, and in severe cases, can lead to a child's premature death. "Lead screening" means the application of a detection technique to measure a child's blood lead level and determine the extent of a child's recent exposure to lead. L.1995, c.328, s.2; amended 2017, c.7, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-71 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-71
Radon mitigator certification
Status: in_force

The Department of Environmental Protection shall within 180 days of the enactment of this act establish a program for the certification of persons who mitigate, and safeguard buildings from, the presence of radon gas and radon progeny. L. 1986, c. 83, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-21 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-21
Regulation
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, upon notice and hearing, promulgate reasonable rules and regulations, as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this act. Where applicable, such rules and regulations shall be promulgated after consultation with the Commissioner of Insurance. Such rules and regulations shall specify those determinations in this act which are to be made by the Commissioner of Insurance and shall be subject to review in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1973, c. 337, s. 21, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-7.17 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-7.17
Issuance of assisted living administrator certification; criminal history record check.
Status: in_force

3. a. The commissioner shall not issue an assisted living administrator certification, except on a conditional basis as provided for in subsection d. of section 4 of this act, unless the commissioner first determines, consistent with the requirements of this act, that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, which would disqualify that person from being certified. b. An assisted living administrator certified by the department prior to the effective date of this act, upon whom a criminal history record background check has not been conducted pursuant to this act, shall be required to undergo that criminal history record background check as a condition of renewal of certification following the effective date of this act. c. An assisted living administrator, who is a licensed nursing home administrator and has undergone a criminal history record background check as a result of having obtained a nursing home administrator's license, shall not be required to undergo a criminal history record background check pursuant to this act. d. A person shall be disqualified from certification if that person's criminal history record background check reveals a record of conviction of any of the following crimes and offenses: (1) In New Jersey, any crime or disorderly persons offense: (a) involving danger to the person, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.2C:11-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:12-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:13-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq. or N.J.S.2C:15-1 et seq.; or (b) against the family, children or incompetents, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-1 et seq.; or (c) involving theft as set forth in chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; or (d) involving any controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog as set forth in chapter 35 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes except paragraph (4) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:35-10. (2) In any other state or jurisdiction, of conduct which, if committed in New Jersey, would constitute any of the crimes or disorderly persons offenses described in paragraph (1) of this subsection. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, no person shall be disqualified from certification on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a criminal history record background check performed pursuant to this act if the person has affirmatively demonstrated to the commissioner clear and convincing evidence of the person's rehabilitation. In determining whether a person has affirmatively demonstrated rehabilitation, the following factors shall be considered: (1) the nature and responsibility of the position which the convicted person would hold, has held or currently holds, as the case may be; (2) the nature and seriousness of the offense; (3) the circumstances under which the offense occurred; (4) the date of the offense; (5) the age of the person when the offense was committed; (6) whether the offense was an isolated or repeated incident; (7) any social conditions which may have contributed to the offense; and (8) any evidence of rehabilitation, including good conduct in prison or in the community, counseling or psychiatric treatment received, acquisition of additional academic or vocational schooling, successful participation in correctional work-release programs, or the recommendation of those who have had the person under their supervision. f. If a person subject to the provisions of this act refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record background check, the commissioner shall, as applicable: (1) not issue an assisted living administrator certification and shall notify the applicant, and the applicant's employer, if the applicant is conditionally employed as provided in subsection d. of section 4 of this act or the applicant's prospective employer, if known, of that denial; or (2) revoke the person's current assisted living administrator certification and notify the person, and the person's employer, if known, of that revocation. L.2002,c.25,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.52 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.52
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

27. a. Whenever the Commissioner of Environmental Protection finds that a person has violated a provision of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the commissioner may: (1) Levy a civil administrative penalty in accordance with subsection b. of this section; or (2) Bring an action for a civil penalty in accordance with subsection c. of this section. Recourse to any of the remedies available under this section shall not preclude recourse to any of the other remedies prescribed in this section or by any other applicable law. b. The commissioner is authorized to assess a civil administrative penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. In adopting rules and regulations establishing the amount of any penalty to be assessed, the commissioner may take into account the type, seriousness, and duration of the violation and the economic benefits from the violation gained by the violator. No assessment shall be levied pursuant to this section until after the party has been notified by certified mail or personal service. The notice shall: (1) identify the section of the law, rule, regulation, approval, or authorization violated; (2) recite the facts alleged to constitute a violation; (3) state the amount of the civil penalties to be imposed; and (4) affirm the rights of the alleged violator to a hearing. The ordered party shall have 20 days from receipt of the notice within which to deliver to the commissioner a written request for a hearing. After the hearing and upon finding that a violation has occurred, the commissioner may issue a final order after assessing the amount of the fine specified in the notice. If no hearing is requested, the notice shall become a final order after the expiration of the 20-day period. Payment of the assessment is due when a final order is issued or the notice becomes a final order. The authority to levy an administrative penalty is in addition to all other enforcement provisions in this act and in any other applicable law, rule, or regulation, and the payment of any assessment shall not be deemed to affect the availability of any other enforcement provisions in connection with the violation for which the assessment is levied. Any civil administrative penalty assessed under this section may be compromised by the commissioner upon the posting of a performance bond by the violator, or upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may establish by regulation. c. A person who violates any provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or who fails to pay a civil administrative penalty in full pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall be subject, upon order of a court, to a civil penalty for such violation of not more than $5,000. Any civil penalty imposed pursuant to this subsection may be collected with costs in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). In addition to any penalties, costs or interest charges, the court may assess against the violator the amount of actual economic benefit accruing to the violator from the violation. The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.) in connection with the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.). d. Any person who knowingly, recklessly, or negligently makes a false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, or other document filed or required to be maintained under P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) shall be in violation of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) and shall be subject to the penalties assessed pursuant to subsections b. and c. of this section. L.2005,c.219,s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-92 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-92
Powers and duties of department.
Status: in_force

3. The department shall: a. Develop standards for determining eligibility for care and treatment under this program; b. Assist in the development and expansion of programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia, qualitative platelet disorders, and von Willebrand disease, including self-administration, prevention, and home care and other medical and dental procedures and techniques designed to provide maximum control over bleeding episodes typical of these conditions; c. Extend financial assistance to persons suffering from hemophilia, qualitative platelet disorders, and von Willebrand disease in obtaining blood, blood derivatives, and concentrates, and other efficacious agents for use in hospital, medical, and dental facilities, and at home, or participate in the cost of blood processing to the extent that such support will facilitate the supplying of blood, blood derivatives, and concentrates and other efficacious agents to patients at an economical cost, thus increasing the effectiveness of the moneys appropriated to carry out the provisions of P.L.1972, c.124 (C.26:2-90 et seq.); d. Institute and carry on educational programs among patients, physicians, dentists, hospitals, public health departments, and the public concerning hemophilia, qualitative platelet disorders, and von Willebrand disease, including dissemination of information and the conducting of educational programs concerning the methods of care and treatment of persons suffering from these conditions; and e. Promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.1972, c.124 (C.26:2-90 et seq.). L.1972, c.124, s.3; amended 2019, c.259, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-45 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-45
Hearing before whom; rules
Status: in_force

Whenever it is necessary for the Department of Health to hold any hearing or to make any investigation, under any law or rule, the hearing may be held or the examination be made by the direction of the commissioner, in accordance with such rules as he may prescribe. The hearing or investigation may be before the commissioner or a member of the department designated by him. If before a member of the department so designated, he shall submit to the commissioner the evidence taken by him, together with his recommendations. L.1947, c. 177, p. 810, s. 45.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-40 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-40
Carrier to ensure provision of comprehensive behavioral health crisis intervention services coverage.
Status: in_force

8. A carrier that offers a health benefits plan in this State shall ensure that the plan provides comprehensive coverage for behavioral health crisis intervention services provided pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2022, c.35 (C.26:2MM7) under the same terms and conditions as provided for any other sickness under the plan and shall meet the requirements of the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, 42 U.S.C. s.18031(j), and any amendments to, and federal guidance or regulations issued under that act, including 45 C.F.R. Parts 146 and 147 and 45 C.F.R. s.156.115(a)(3). L.2022, c.35, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-6
Registration of midwives, funeral directors.
Status: in_force

26:8-6. a. Every midwife and funeral director shall register annually his name, address and occupation, and his license number, with the local registrar of the district in which he resides and shall register that information with the local registrar immediately upon moving to another registration district. b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section, with respect to funeral directors, shall be satisfied by the implementation of periodic data exchanges between the State Board of Mortuary Science and the State registrar, which shall begin no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of P.L.2003, c.221, in a manner to be prescribed by the State registrar. Amended 2003, c.221, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2KK-4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2KK / Section 2KK-4
State Trauma System Advisory Committee.
Status: in_force

4. a. The commissioner shall establish a multidisciplinary State Trauma System Advisory Committee (STSAC) to advise the commissioner and the State Trauma Medical Director on the development of a formal Statewide trauma system plan. In order to enable maximum input from stakeholders, the STSAC shall include, to the extent feasible, representatives of all aspects of trauma care. The members of the committee, who shall be appointed by the Governor, shall include, but need not be limited to, representatives of the following trauma care providers in the State: (1) the medical director of each State-designated trauma center, provided that the trauma program managers of each State designated trauma center may serve as alternates for the medical director of each State-certified trauma center; (2) the medical director of a State-certified burn treatment facility; (3) the chairperson of the New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Council; (4) the medical director of a rehabilitation facility in the State that treats patients with traumatic injuries, including traumatic brain injuries and traumatic spinal cord injuries; (5) three representatives of pre-hospital care providers in the State, including an advanced life support provider as recommended by the State mobile intensive care advisory council, a volunteer basic life support provider as recommended by the New Jersey State First Aid Council, and a paid basic life support provider; (6) The New Jersey licensed physician chairperson of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma; (7) a New Jersey licensed physician recommended by the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians; (8) a New Jersey licensed nurse recommended by the New Jersey Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association; (9) one individual with expertise in the prevention of injury; and (10) one medical director of the emergency department of a New Jersey hospital that is not a State-designated trauma center. b. (1) The STSAC shall have an executive committee appointed by the commissioner from among the members of the STSAC, consisting of two medical directors from State-designated Level One trauma centers; two medical directors from State designated Level Two trauma centers; one medical director of an emergency department from a New Jersey hospital that is not the site of a State-designated trauma center; one representative of pre-hospital care providers in the State; and the State Trauma Medical Director, who shall serve ex officio as chair of the executive committee of the STSAC. (2) The executive committee of the STSAC shall set forth the times and agenda of the meetings of the STSAC, coordinate the policy recommendations of the STSAC, and draft the STSAC's initial and subsequent reports. c. (1) Each member of the STSAC shall serve for a term of three years and may be reappointed to one or more subsequent terms, except that of the members first appointed, one third shall serve for a term of three years, one third for a term of two years, and one third for a term of one year. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner provided for the original appointments. (2) The STSAC shall organize as soon as practicable following the appointment of its members and shall hold its initial meeting no later than 90 days after the effective date of this act. (3) The members of the STSAC shall select a chairperson and vice chair. The vice chair shall conduct the committee meetings when the chairperson is unable to attend. (4) The members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and within the limits of available funds. d. (1) Consistent with the recommendations of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, and, to the extent applicable, consistent with the processes outlined in the State Trauma System Planning Guide issued by the National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials, the STSAC shall: analyze data related to trauma care in the State; design a formal system of trauma care in the State with system-wide standards of pre-hospital triage and hospital-based care and policies; evaluate the State trauma system on an ongoing basis, and identify strategies to ensure optimal coordination of the Statewide trauma system. In fulfilling these responsibilities, the STSAC shall seek input from stakeholders representing all aspects of trauma care in the State. (2) Within one year following the date of enactment of this act, the STSAC shall prepare and submit a report to the commissioner and the State Trauma Medical Director, which shall include a recommended comprehensive State trauma system plan. The plan shall address: (a) Best practices and standards for all trauma care providers; (b) Development and implementation of protocols for the stabilization and transfer of patients; (c) Training requirements for acute care hospital personnel with respect to identifying, stabilizing, and arranging for the transfer of a patient whose condition is beyond the scope of the hospital's capabilities; (d) Mandatory trauma triage practices to be performed by emergency medical service providers; (e) Any other issues that the STSAC determines to be appropriate for inclusion in the plan. (3) Subsequent to the receipt of the initial report and recommendation submitted by the STSAC pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing and implementing a State trauma system plan. (4) Subsequent to the preparation and issuance of its initial report pursuant to this subsection, the STSAC shall: systematically review strategies to maintain and improve the State trauma system; submit an annual report to the commissioner and the State Trauma Medical Director on its activities; and provide any recommendations it determines are necessary to improve the State trauma system. L.2013, c.223, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.35 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.35
Findings, declarations relative to prevention of health care facility-acquired infections.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Two million patients in this country become infected after entering hospitals each year and about 90,000 of those patients die as a result of those infections; b. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common staph infection which is resistant to powerful antibiotics and which is increasingly prevalent in health care settings; c. MRSA can survive on cloth and plastic for up to 90 days, and is frequently transmitted by contaminated hands, clothes and non-invasive instruments, so that the number of patients who can become infected from even one carrier multiplies dramatically; d. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one in 20 patients entering a hospital carries MRSA, and reported that MRSA accounted for 60% of infections in American hospitals in 2004, up from 2% in 1974; e. The annual nationwide cost to treat hospitalized patients infected with MRSA is estimated to be more than $4 billion; f. These infections are preventable, and recent data support a multi-faceted approach to successfully combat them, including routine screening, isolation of colonized and infected patients, strict compliance with hygiene guidelines, and a change in culture to ensure that infection prevention and control is everyone's job and is a natural component of care at each patient encounter each day; g. Virtually all published analyses comparing the costs of screening patients upon admission and adopting effective infection control practices with the costs of caring for infected patients have concluded that caring for infected patients is much more expensive; h. Routine screening and isolation of all patients with MRSA in hospitals in Denmark and Holland have reduced MRSA to 10% of their bacterial infections, and a pilot program undertaken by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Pittsburgh Healthcare System that reduced MRSA infections in its surgical care unit by 70% was so successful that all VA health care facilities have been directed to develop and implement similar approaches to prevent the spread of MRSA in at least one unit, with the goal to apply successful strategies facility-wide; and i. It is a matter of public health and fiscal policy that patients in New Jersey's health care facilities receive health care that incorporates these best practices in infection control, not only to protect their health and lives, but also to ensure the economic viability of New Jersey's health care institutions. L.2007,c.120,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:5C-2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 5C / Section 5C-2
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that: a. The effective identification, diagnosis, care and treatment of persons who have contracted acquired immune deficiency syndrome, commonly known as "AIDS," is of paramount public importance; b. AIDS is thought to be the result of a virus or other highly infectious agent which may be spread through bodily secretions, especially blood and semen, or through an as yet unidentified method of transmission; c. The AIDS organism is responsible for the near total collapse of the body's immune system, resulting in the susceptibility to cancer and other fatal infections; d. AIDS although first diagnosed in homosexual men is now striking so many groups such as drug users, hemophiliacs, persons who have received blood transfusions and Haitians, that its course is currently unpredictable; e. The spread of AIDS may be impossible to stop because the AIDS organism can be dormant for months before it manifests symptoms and because the incubation period ranges from six months to two years; f. People who have already been infected might not be aware of their exposure and may unknowingly infect hundreds more individuals; g. Resultantly, the outbreak of AIDS has reached alarming proportions because of its highly contagious nature with New Jersey ranking fourth in the nation of the number of reported cases. The Legislature further finds that researchers have no conclusive evidence regarding the detection, treatment, cure or prevention of AIDS; that many health care professionals are not yet familiar with the symptoms or treatment techniques of AIDS; that most victims are not aware that they have been exposed to AIDS and therefore infect others; that accordingly, the magnitude of the AIDS outbreak has not yet been realized. Therefore, the Legislature declares that it is imperative that programs be established for diagnosing and treating persons who have been exposed to AIDS, referring AIDS victims and their families to sources of treatment and counseling, and providing an educational program to health care professionals to heighten their awareness of the latest diagnostic procedures and treatment. The Legislature further declares that a task force be established to coordinate the medical and social services needed by AIDS victims. L.1984, c. 126, s. 2, eff. Aug. 8, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-9.7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-9.7
Annual report on air quality
Status: in_force

7. On or before March 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature an annual report on the status of New Jersey's air quality, New Jersey's progress toward attainment with the federal Clean Air Act, and the operating permit program created pursuant to P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.). Notice of the preparation and submission of this report shall be published in the New Jersey Register. The report shall include: a. An accounting of all direct and indirect costs incurred by the operating permit program; the revenues received from fees; a list of all fees still due; and the amount of penalties imposed and collected during the previous year; and b. A staff and workload analysis of all components of the program to regulate, monitor, and control or prevent emissions of air contaminants. The report shall also identify any need for legislative action to adjust the emission fee prescribed pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1995, c.188 (C.26:2C-9.5) to ensure that the fee is adequate to fund the air pollution control program in accordance with the mandates of the federal Clean Air Act, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of setting higher emission fees for hazardous air pollutants. L.1995,c.188,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-12 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-12
Municipality participating in local or contracting health agency; withdrawal
Status: in_force

a. A municipality participating in a local health agency or contracting health agency may withdraw therefrom in the following manner: The governing body or local board of health, whichever is applicable, after participation for not less than 2 years in a local health agency or contracting health agency may by resolution declare its intention to establish its own local health agency or join with one or more municipalities in establishing a local health agency meeting "Standards of Performance." A certified copy of that resolution, setting forth the date of the municipality's intention to withdraw, shall be submitted to the agency from which it proposes to withdraw a minimum of 6 months prior to the proposed withdrawal date. The withdrawal shall be effective on the date set forth in that resolution. b. In the event that the requirements of section 10 of this act are not met within 6 months after the time of withdrawal, the municipality shall be subject to the provisions of section 11 of this act. L.1975, c. 329, s. 12, eff. April 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-5.1
Health insurance carriers to provide organ, tissue donation information to subscribers.
Status: in_force

1. a. A carrier shall provide to subscribers written informational materials about organ and tissue donation and registration at each contract renewal. The materials shall be developed or approved by a federally designated organ procurement organization, and shall inform subscribers as to how to make an anatomical gift, including information on the registration of a gift in the Donate Life New Jersey registry. b. For purposes of this section, "carrier," as defined in P.L.1997, c.192 (C.26:2S-1 et al.), shall also include the State Health Benefits Program and the School Employees' Health Benefits Program. L.2017, c.220, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2M-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2M / Section 2M-8
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the commissioner shall adopt all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1987, c. 440, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-52 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-52
Transfer of powers, duties, records and property
Status: in_force

The functions, powers, duties, records and property of the present State Department of Health and of the Perth Amboy Port health officer are hereby transferred to and vested in the State Department of Health established under this act, to be exercised and used by it pursuant to the provisions of this act and as otherwise provided by law. L.1947, c. 177, p. 813, s. 52.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-20 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-20
Discharge or threat of discharge of radioactivity; prevention or abatement; recovery of costs
Status: in_force

In the event of a discharge of radioactivity, or threat thereof, resulting from a radiation source in storage or transit in this State, the department may recover from any shipper, carrier, bailor, bailee, or any other person responsible for the storage or transportation of such radiation source, the costs incurred by the department for the prevention or abatement of such discharge or the removal of the effects thereof. L.1977, c. 233, s. 3, eff. Sept. 26, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2G-31 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2G / Section 2G-31
Public policy.
Status: in_force

1. It is declared to be the public policy of this State that the prevention of substance use, substance use disorders and the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with substance use disorders is a matter of grave concern to the people of the State and requires that a comprehensive program be established to provide the broadest spectrum of medical and community services possible for local treatment and counseling facilities on a Statewide basis. Further, this Statewide effort must avoid divisiveness, organizational uncertainty, unnecessary duplication of efforts and unproductive controversy and, therefore, will require coordination and supervision of local operations through strategically placed regional centers, all to be administered through the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services. L.1971, c.128, s.1; amended 2017, c.131, s.94.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-72 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-72
Mandatory programs
Status: in_force

Beginning 90 days after the establishment of the certification programs by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of this act, no person who is not certified pursuant to section 1 or section 2 of this act, as appropriate, shall test for, or mitigate or safeguard a building from, the presence of radon gas and radon progeny. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person performing this testing or mitigation on a building which he owns, or to a person performing testing or mitigation without remuneration. L. 1986, c. 83, s. 3, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-77 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-77
Violations; penalty; recovery
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be recovered in a civil action by the local board of the municipality in which the violation occurs. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 476, s. 46.
N.J. Stat. § 26:13-19 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-19
Definitions relative to, and immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

19. a. As used in this section: "Injury" means death, injury to a person or damage to or loss of property. "Public entity" includes the State, and any county, municipality, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public body in the State. Public entity also includes any foreign governmental body, which is acting in this State under the authority of this act. "State" means the State and any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State. b. (1) A public entity and the agents, officers, employees, servants or representatives of a public entity, including volunteers, shall not be liable for an injury caused by any act or omission in connection with a public health emergency, or preparatory activities, that is within the scope of the authority granted under this act, including any order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. An agent, officer, employee, servant, representative or volunteer is not immune under this section, however, for an injury that results from an act that is outside the scope of the authority granted by this act or for conduct that constitutes a crime, actual fraud, actual malice, gross negligence or willful misconduct. (2) A public entity or agent, officer, employee, servant or representative or volunteer, shall not be liable for an injury arising out of property of any kind that is donated or acquired according to the provisions of this or any other act for use in connection with a public health emergency. An agent, officer, employee, servant, representative or volunteer is not immune under this section, however, for an injury that results from an act that is outside the scope of the authority granted by this act or for conduct that constitutes a crime, actual fraud, actual malice, gross negligence or willful misconduct. c. (1) A person or private entity who: (a) owns, manages or controls property that is used in connection with a public health emergency shall not be liable for an injury with respect to the property, unless the injury is a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct. The immunity applies whether the person or entity owning, managing or controlling the property permits the use of the property voluntarily, with or without compensation, or the State or another public entity exercises the condemnation powers in this or any other act with respect to the use of the property; (b) is acting in the performance of a contract with a public entity in connection with a public health emergency shall not be liable for an injury caused by the person or entity's negligence in the course of performing the contract, unless the injury is a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct; and (c) in connection with a public health emergency, renders assistance or advice to a public entity or public employee or donates goods and services shall not be liable for an injury arising out of the person or entity's assistance, advice or services, or associated with the donated goods, unless the injury is a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct. (2) A person or private entity and the employees of the entity shall not be liable for an injury caused by any act or omission in connection with a public health emergency, or preparatory activities, provided that the action of the person or entity is undertaken pursuant to the exercise of the authority provided pursuant to this act, including any order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. A person, entity or employee of the entity is not immune under this section, however, for an injury that results from an act that is outside the scope of the authority granted by this act or for conduct that constitutes a crime, actual fraud, actual malice, gross negligence or willful misconduct. (3) The immunities established under this subsection shall not apply to a person or private entity whose act or omission caused or contributed to the public health emergency. (4) As used in this subsection, "private entity" includes, but is not limited to, a health care provider. d. The immunities established under this section shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes of this act and shall apply to all public health preparedness activities, including pre-event planning, drills or other public health preparedness efforts. The immunities are in addition to, and shall not limit or abrogate in any way, other statutory immunities, common law immunities, statutory conditions on maintaining a lawsuit such as the notice provisions of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., or other defenses available to those who participate in responding to, or preparing for, a public health emergency. L.2005,c.222,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2MM-10 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2MM / Section 2MM-10
Commissioner of Human services, obligations.
Status: in_force

6. The Commissioner of Human Services shall: a. implement the provisions of this act in a manner that is consistent with timeframes required by the "National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020," Pub.L.166-172, and the Federal Communication Commission's rules adopted on July 16, 2020; and b. seek out and apply for all sources of federal funding as may be available to support the Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care, including, but not limited to, applying for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. L.2022, c.35, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.7
Requirements for health maintenance organization providing benefits for pharmacy services.
Status: in_force

6. a. 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 on or after the effective date of this act for a health maintenance organization which provides pharmacy services, prescription drugs, or a prescription drug plan, unless the coverage for health care services: (1) Permits the enrollee, at the time of enrollment, to select benefit coverage allowing the enrollee to choose a pharmacy or pharmacist for the provision of prescription drugs or pharmacy services, provided that any pharmacist or pharmacy selected by the enrollee is registered pursuant to R.S.45:14-1 et seq.; (2) Provides that no pharmacy or pharmacist shall be denied the right to participate as a preferred provider or as a contracting provider, under the same terms and conditions currently applicable to all other preferred or contracting providers, if the health maintenance organization provides for coverage by contracted or preferred providers for pharmaceutical services, provided the pharmacy or pharmacist is registered pursuant to R.S.45:14-1 et seq., and accepts the terms and conditions of the health maintenance organization; (3) Provides that no copayment, fee, or other condition shall be imposed upon an enrollee selecting a participating or contracting pharmacist or pharmacy that is not also equally imposed upon all enrollees selecting a participating or contracting pharmacist or pharmacy; (4) (a) Provides that no enrollee shall be required to obtain pharmacy services and prescription drugs from a mail service pharmacy; (b) Provides for no differential in any copayment applicable to any prescription drug of the same strength, quantity and days' supply, whether obtained from a mail service pharmacy or a non-mail service pharmacy, provided that the non-mail service pharmacy agrees to the same terms, conditions, price and services applicable to the mail service pharmacy; and (c) Provides that the limit on days' supply is the same whether the prescription drug is obtained from a mail service pharmacy or a non-mail service pharmacy, and that the limit shall not be less than 90 days except for any health care-related programs funded in whole or in part with State funds, including, but not limited to, the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) and the "Children's Health Care Coverage Program" established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.272 (C.30:4I-1 et seq.); (5) Sets forth the auditing procedures to be used by the health maintenance organization and includes a provision that any audit shall take place at a time mutually agreeable to the pharmacy or pharmacist and the auditor, unless authorized by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services with regard to any health care-related programs funded in whole or in part with State funds, including, but not limited to, the Medicaid program and "Children's Health Care Coverage Program". No audit by a health maintenance organization shall include a review of any document relating to any person or prescription plan other than those reimbursable by the health maintenance organization, unless authorized by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services with regard to any health care-related programs funded in whole or in part with State funds, including, but not limited to, the Medicaid program and "Children's Health Care Coverage Program"; (6) Provides that the health maintenance organization, or any agent or intermediary thereof, including a third party administrator, shall not restrict or prohibit, directly or indirectly, a pharmacy from charging the enrollee for services rendered by the pharmacy that are in addition to charges for the drug, for dispensing the drug or for prescription counseling. Services rendered by the pharmacy for which additional charges are imposed shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Pharmacy. A pharmacy shall disclose to the purchaser the charges for the additional services and the purchaser's out-of-pocket cost for those services prior to dispensing the drug. A pharmacy shall not impose any additional charges for patient counseling or for other services required by the Board of Pharmacy or the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services or State or federal law; (7) The provisions of P.L.1999, c.395 shall apply to all health maintenance organization contracts delivered. issued or renewed on or after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.395. b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to operate to add any coverage for health care services, to increase the scope of any coverage for health care services, or to increase the level of any health care services provided by a health maintenance organization. c. This section shall apply to health maintenance organization plans in which the right to change the enrollee charge has been reserved. L.1993,c.378,s.6; amended 1999, c.395, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.30
Public outreach program to owners of affected vehicles, equipment.
Status: in_force

5. The Department of Environmental Protection shall develop and implement, in consultation with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, a public outreach program to notify and inform the owners of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment affected by the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) of the provisions of the law. In developing and implementing the public outreach program, the department shall make every effort to reach those owners that can be identified with the information that is available to the department and through other State agencies or departments, but the department shall not be responsible for notifying and informing owners that could not be identified, and not the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission nor any other State agency or department shall be required to identify every owner. L.2005,c.219,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-27 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-27
Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license.
Status: in_force

26:8-27. Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license. The department shall issue to each local registrar and to city clerks of cities of the first class, the form and substance of the several inquiries to be made of applicants for a marriage license or a civil union license and their witnesses for the purpose of ascertaining whether any legal impediment to any proposed marriage or civil union exists. The form shall not contain any inquiries or information which concerns the race of an applicant for a marriage or civil union license. Amended 1965, c.78, s.49; 2002, c.88, s.1; 2006, c.103, s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-71 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-71
Powers of boards and agencies within Bureau of Examination and Licensing
Status: in_force

Subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this act and except as otherwise provided herein, each of the respective boards and agencies within the Bureau of Examination and Licensing established hereunder shall continue to have all the powers and shall exercise all of the functions and duties vested in, or imposed upon it by law. L.1948, c. 444, p. 1749, s. 5. Amended by L.1951, c. 42, p. 154, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-32 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-32
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. The following words or phrases, as used in P.L.1977, c.237 (C.26:2H-32 et seq.), shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: a. "Nursing home" means a facility providing therein nursing care to persons who are sick, invalid, convalescing, or who have disabilities, in addition to providing lodging and board or health-related service, or any combination of the foregoing and in addition thereto, providing nursing care and health-related service, or either of them, to persons who are not occupants of the facility. b. "Affiliate" means (1) with respect to a partnership, each partner thereof; (2) with respect to a corporation, each officer, director, principal stockholder, or controlling person thereof; (3) with respect to a natural person, (a) each member of said person's immediate family, (b) each partnership and each partner thereof of which said person or any affiliate of said person is a partner, and (c) each corporation in which said person or any affiliate of said person is an officer, director, principal stockholder, or controlling person. c. "Controlling person" of any corporation, partnership, or other entity means any person who has the ability, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of said corporation, partnership, or other entity. d. "Immediate family" of any person includes each parent, child, spouse, brother, sister, first cousin, aunt and uncle of such person, whether such relationship arises by birth, marriage or adoption, as well as the person's domestic partner or partner in civil union of that person as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3) or section 2 of P.L.2006, c.103, (C.37:1-29) and the partner's parent and adult child. e. "Principal stockholder" of a corporation means any person who beneficially owns, holds or has the power to vote, 10% or more of any class of securities issued by said corporation. L.1977, c.237, s.1; amended 2003, c.246, s.27; 2017, c.131, s.97.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-7d — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-7d
Certain health care equipment exempt.
Status: in_force

18. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) to the contrary, health care equipment which involves new technology that is not identified in N.J.A.C.8:33 et seq., shall not be subject to certificate of need requirements and may be initiated in the State in accordance with the requirements of this section. a. The new technology shall be directly related to a health care service for which the provider is already licensed and has obtained a certificate of need, when required. b. The provider shall notify the Commissioner of Health about the intent to initiate the new technology at least 60 days prior to the date the provider will begin use of the technology. c. The new technology shall have pre-market approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration. d. The provider shall use the new technology in accordance with guidelines approved by The Joint Commission until such time as the Department of Health has adopted licensing standards for the new technology. The provider shall be required to comply with the department's licensing standards for the new technology upon adoption of the standards. e. The provider shall agree to submit to the department appropriate patient information and other data concerning use of the new technology to assist the department in establishing licensing standards. The provider shall submit the information and other data on a quarterly basis until such time as licensing standards are adopted for the new technology. f. The commissioner may suspend a provider's use of the new technology if he determines that the provider is not in compliance with the requirements of this section. L.1998, c.43, s.18; amended 2012, c.17, s.171.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-26 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-26
Filings and reports as public documents.
Status: in_force

26. Filings and reports as public documents. All applications, filings and reports required under this act shall be treated as public documents and, except for any examination being conducted pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1997, c.192 (C.26:2J-18.1), any matter pertaining to a change in capital or surplus pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2005, c.65 (C.26:2J-18.2 et al.) and contracts referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1973, c. 337 (C.26:2J-3), shall not be considered to be confidential. L.1973,c.337,s.26; amended 2005, c.65, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-24.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-24.3
Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements.
Status: in_force

18. The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, county or intercounty medical examiners, licensed health care facilities, other public or private institutions providing medical care, treatment or confinement to persons, funeral homes and physicians' private practice offices, as defined by the State registrar, shall acquire the electronic means prescribed by the State registrar to access the NJ-EDRS, or make such other arrangements as are necessary for that purpose, no later than six months after the date of enactment of P.L.2003, c.221. The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, and each county or intercounty medical examiner, health care facility, institution, funeral home or physician's office shall employ at least one person who is qualified to use the NJ-EDRS, and is registered with the State registrar as an authorized user of the system, by virtue of completing a course of instruction on the NJ-EDRS provided by the State registrar or an authorized agent thereof, or satisfying such other requirements as may be established by the State registrar for this purpose. L.2003, c.221, s.18; amended 2013, c.274, s.3; 2018, c.62, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 26:18-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-3
New Jersey Maternal Care Quality Collaborative (NJMCQC).
Status: in_force

3. a. There is hereby established in the Department of Health the New Jersey Maternal Care Quality Collaborative (NJMCQC). Until the conditions set forth in subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-20) are met, the NJMCQC shall work with the Governor's office to coordinate all efforts and strategies to reduce maternal mortality, mobility, and racial and ethnic disparities in the State. At such time as the conditions set forth in subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-20) are met, the NJMCQC shall reorganize under the authority, and shall work under the supervision and oversight of the board established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-21) to coordinate efforts and strategies to reduce maternal mortality, morbidity, and racial and ethnic disparities in the State; however, notwithstanding this reorganization, at such time as the conditions set forth in subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-20) are met, oversight and supervision of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee shall be assumed by the Department of Health. b. The NJMCQC shall work collaboratively with current organizations that are developing and implementing maternal mortality and morbidity reduction strategies, including the New Jersey Hospital Association's Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative. c. The NJMCQC shall be composed of 39 members, including eight ex-officio members and 31 public members appointed by the Governor. (1) The ex officio members shall include the following persons or their designees: the Deputy Commissioner of Health Systems in the Department of Health; the Deputy Commissioner of Public Health Services in the Department of Health; the Director of the Office of Minority and Multicultural Health in the Department of Health; the Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services; the Assistant Commissioner of Health and Life Insurance Plans in the Department of Banking and Insurance; the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety; the Director of the New Jersey Maternal Data Center in the Department of Health; and the president and chief executive officer of the authority, who shall serve as chairperson of the NJMCQC. (2) The public members appointed by the Governor shall include members representing each of the following groups: the New Jersey Hospital Association; the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute; the Catholic HealthCare Partnership of New Jersey; the Hospital Alliance of New Jersey; the Fair Share Hospitals Collaborative; the New Jersey section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; the New Jersey Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives; the New Jersey Medical Society; two medical directors of health plans in the State, as recommended to the commissioner by the President of the New Jersey Association of Health Plans; the New Jersey Section of the Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses; the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians; a New Jersey affiliate of Planned Parenthood; the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons; the New Jersey Primary Care Association; the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey; the Central Jersey Family Health Consortium; the Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative; each of the four existing Regional Health Hubs or any successor organization to that Regional Health Hub; the Perinatal Health Equity Initiative; and eight additional public members appointed on the recommendation of the Governor, including: one member who is engaged in maternal health advocacy; one member who is engaged in health equity advocacy; one member who has personal experience in receiving perinatal services in one of the 10 New Jersey municipalities with the highest infant mortality rates in the State; one member who has expertise in maternal or infant health workforce development or graduate health education; one member who has expertise in behavioral health; one member who has expertise in providing doula services; one member who expertise in providing lactation services as an international board certified lactation consultant; and one member who is engaged in healthcare consumer advocacy. d. The public members of the NJMCQC shall serve without compensation and shall each serve for a term of three years. Each public member shall serve for the term of appointment and shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified, except that a public member may be reappointed to the NJMCQC upon the expiration of the member's term. Any vacancy in the membership shall be filled, for the unexpired term, in the same manner as the original appointment. e. The board, in consultation with the NJMCQC, shall adopt and implement the strategic plan for the State of New Jersey to reduce maternal mortality, morbidity, and racial and ethnic disparities. The NJMCQC shall meet quarterly to develop recommendations to submit to the board for review and approval, which recommendations shall include, but shall not be limited to, proposed activities that forward the strategic plan, strategies on future activities, funding opportunities, action items based on the data generated and collected by the Maternal Data Center, the Healthcare Quality and Informatics Unit, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, the Department of Health, and its partners, and strategies to communicate goals and achievement of these goals with stakeholders. f. The board, in consultation with the NJMCQC, shall: (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2023, c.109) (2) 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 maternal mortality, morbidity, and racial and ethnic disparities; (3) Coordinate with the Department of Health to receive federal funds specifically designated for programs concerning maternal mortality, morbidity, and racial and ethnic disparities; (4) Enter into contracts with individuals, organizations, and institutions necessary for the performance of its duties under P.L.2019, c.75 (C.26:18-1 et al.); and (5) Establish and coordinate among subcommittees as necessary to achieve the purposes of the NJMCQC. g. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2023, c.109) L.2019, c.75, s.3; amended 2023, c.109, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-139 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-139
Definitions.
Status: in_force

5. a. As used in this section: "De-identified data" means information that does not identify an individual and for which there is no reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify an individual, and which meets the requirements for de-identification of protected health information under the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-191, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. b. For each reported diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease in the State, the Department of Health, or a local health officer pursuant to subsection f. of this section, shall conduct an epidemiological investigation to ascertain potential sources of infection consistent with the provisions of this section and the procedures and guidelines established pursuant to subsection c. of this section. c. The Department of Health shall develop procedures and guidelines regarding suspected outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease and the case investigation of reported diagnoses of Legionnaires' disease pursuant to subsection b. of this section, including, but not limited to: (1) documentation of any disruption of the public community water system, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2024, c.66 (C.58:12A-12.10), of the water system serving the primary residence of the individual with a confirmed case of Legionnaires' disease or other water exposure points identified pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection; (2) provisions for the investigation of potential sources of exposure to Legionella bacteria from fixtures, water-using equipment, or features at the individual's residence including water exposures external to the residence such as irrigation, hoses, or water-based equipment and devices; (3) provisions for the investigation of potential sources of exposure to Legionella bacteria from water exposure points in locations the individual visited in the 14 days preceding infection, if appropriate; and (4) procedures for determining when sampling of water fixtures identified as potential sources of exposure in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection shall be performed and procedures for performing such sampling. d. As part of an investigation of a confirmed case of Legionnaires' disease, the Department of Health or the local health officer may require the owner or operator of a building suspected to be a source of Legionella bacteria exposure to test and mitigate the presence of Legionella bacteria consistent with the procedures and guidelines established by the department. The owner or operator shall report to the department the results of any environmental testing performed as part of the investigation. For the purposes of this subsection "building" shall not include any residential property with four or fewer dwelling units. e. The Department of Health or the local health officer may require the owner or operator of a building suspected to be a source of Legionella bacteria exposure to provide notice in a form and manner specified by the department. If notice is required in a municipality in which the primary language of 10 percent or more of the residents is a language other than English, the owner or operator shall provide the notice in both English and the other language to potentially exposed individuals. f. The Department of Health may delegate its responsibilities and duties pursuant to this section as deemed appropriate for conducting all or part of the case investigation required by this section to a local health officer having jurisdiction over the locality in which a patient diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease lives, frequently visits, or is employed, subject to the resources available to the local health officer. g. The Department of Health shall establish on its Internet website a dashboard accessible to the public and healthcare providers that provides de-identified data related to all reported cases of Legionnaires' disease with the goal of providing near-real-time incidence rates in affected communities. The Department of Health shall include information concerning aggregated data of all reported cases of Legionnaires' disease with the greatest degree of specificity consistent with ensuring that no information that could compromise protected health information, or patient identity, is included in such reporting. L.2024, c.66, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2B-22 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2B / Section 2B-22
Service forces to assist police
Status: in_force

The State, the several counties and municipalities may establish services forces to assist the police in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of this act. Such service forces may be a part of police department, or may be a separate unit. Members of the force shall be trained to carry out certain responsibilities of the police, as these are set out in section 10, particularly with respect to the administration of first aid to intoxicated persons in need of medical assistance. L.1975, c. 305, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 26:17-4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-4
Dissemination of information.
Status: in_force

4. The information described in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.361 (C.26:17-3) shall be: a. prominently displayed on the websites of both the New Jersey Transit Corporation and the Department of Human Services; b. made available to the public through the Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system; and c. made available using any other means that the Executive Director of the New Jersey Transit Corporation or the Commissioner of Human Services deems appropriate. In addition, to the extent practicable, the Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system, the corporation, and the department shall disseminate information concerning public transit availability 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.2021, c.361, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2A-25 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2A / Section 2A-25
Licensure for embryo storage facility.
Status: in_force

3. a. No person shall conduct, maintain, or operate an embryo storage facility in this State unless licensed by the department pursuant to the provisions of this act. A separate license shall be required for each embryo storage facility location. The license shall be posted and displayed at all times in a prominent location within the facility. No license issued pursuant to this act shall be transferable. A change in the ownership of the facility shall require notification to the department within 14 calendar days and reapplication for licensure. b. The department shall not license a person to conduct, maintain, or operate an embryo storage facility pursuant to this act unless the department is satisfied that the person has demonstrated good character, competency, and integrity, and has furnished such information to the commissioner as the commissioner may require for this purpose. c. Within 90 days after the effective date of P.L.2022, c.106 (C.26:2A-25), as a condition of continued or new licensure, an embryo storage facility that is required to record or report the health information of a patient, shall record and report the patient's health information using a program that is compliant with the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-191 and requirements adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding functions, technological capabilities, and security features within the program. L.2019, c.268, s.3; amended 2022, c.106.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-152 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-152
Suspension; oaths; vacancies
Status: in_force

Each member of the commission may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, after a public hearing and may be suspended by the Governor pending the completion of the hearing. Each member of the commission before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe an oath to perform the duties of his office faithfully, impartially and justly to the best of his ability. A record of the oaths shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Any vacancies in the membership of the commission occurring other than by the expiration of a term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term only. L. 1987,c.370, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-137.8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-137.8
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: “Department” means the Department of Health. “Lead screening” means the application of a detection technique to measure a person’s blood lead level and determine the extent of the person’s recent exposure to lead. L.2025, c.193, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6A-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-6
Immunity granted to health care practitioner, provider, hospital
Status: in_force

A licensed health care practitioner, hospital, or the health care provider who acts in good faith and in accordance with currently accepted medical standards to execute the provisions of this act and any rules or regulations issued by the Department of Health or the Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to this act, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct with respect to those actions. These immunities shall extend to conduct in conformity with the provisions of this act following enactment of this act but prior to its effective date. L.1991,c.90,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:18-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-20.1
Doulas, midwife services, public awareness campaign, definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. The New Jersey Maternal Infant Health Innovation Authority, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-20), in consultation with the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services and subject to the availability of funds, shall establish a public awareness campaign to provide information to the general public about the benefits of doulas and midwife services. The public awareness campaign shall include, at a minimum, a comprehensive description of : (1) the person-centered and supportive services provided for birthing persons and infants during the prenatal, birthing, and postpartum periods by doulas and midwives; (2) the culturally competent nature of the care and services provided by doulas and midwives to birthing persons; (3) the health benefits and improved maternal and infant health outcomes that may result from doula and midwives; and (4) any free or low-cost resources made available by the State for doula and midwife services, including, but not limited to, information concerning NJ FamilyCare coverage of doula and midwife services for pregnant, birthing, and postpartum enrollees. b. Notwithstanding any provisions of P.L.2023, c.263 (C.52:14-40 et seq.) to the contrary, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Maternal Infant Health Innovation Authority shall, at a minimum: (1) provide for the development of printed and electronic educational materials related to the public awareness campaign established pursuant to subsection a. of this section in additional languages to those all State government entities are required to use pursuant to P.L.2023, c.263 (C.52:14-40 et seq.); and (2) make those materials available for download online and encourage the distribution of the materials to the public through a variety of entities, including, but not limited to: local health agencies and clinics; local health care providers and facilities; reproductive health service providers, including, but not limited to, Planned Parenthood health clinics; local WIC agencies and clinic offices; county human services offices; pharmacies; and other community-based outreach programs and organizations in the State. c. As used in this section: "Doula services" shall have the same meaning as provided in in section 1 of P.L.2023, c.286 (C.26:2H-12.6i). "Midwife" means a certified midwife, a certified professional midwife, or a certified nurse midwife pursuant to R.S.45:10-1 et seq. "Reproductive health service provider" means a hospital, clinic, physician's office, or other facility that provides reproductive health services, including an employee, a volunteer, or a contractor of the provider. "Reproductive health services" means medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy or the termination of a pregnancy. “WIC” means the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, established pursuant to the federal "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," Pub.L.89-642 (42 U.S.C. s.1771 et seq.). L.2025, c.191.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-14 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-14
Report to Legislature, Governor
Status: in_force

14. The commissioner shall report every six months to the Senate and General Assembly standing reference committees on health and insurance and to the Governor on the status of the Independent Health Care Appeals Program. The report shall include a summary of the number of reviews conducted and medical specialties affected, a summary of the findings and recommendations made by the independent utilization review organization, any actions taken by the commissioner against a carrier pursuant to subsection d. of section 12 of this act and any other information and recommendations deemed appropriate by the commissioner. L.1997,c.192,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-64 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-64
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.2009, c.174, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.283.
N.J. Stat. § 26:9-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-14.1
Additional member
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a county mosquito extermination commission shall be composed of the members appointed pursuant to R.S. 26:9-14 plus one additional member appointed for a term of 3 years. L.1973, c. 295, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-117 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-117
Annual report
Status: in_force

The Department of Health shall make an annual report to the Legislature, through the President of the Senate, Speaker of the General Assembly and Chairmen of the Senate and Assembly Institutions, Health and Welfare Committees of its findings and recommendations concerning the effectiveness, impact and benefits derived from the programs created herein, and any recommendations for legislative changes deemed necessary. L.1981, c. 288, s. 5, eff. Sept. 23, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-139 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-139
Intentional failure to act, penalties, degree of crime.
Status: in_force

11. a. A health care professional who intentionally fails to act in accordance with the requirements of this act is subject to discipline for professional misconduct pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21). b. A health care institution that intentionally fails to act in accordance with the requirements of this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each offense. For the purposes of this subsection, each violation shall constitute a separate offense. The civil penalty shall be collected in a summary proceeding, brought in the name of the State in a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). c. An emergency care provider subject to regulation by the Department of Health who intentionally fails to act in accordance with the requirements of this act is subject to such disciplinary measures as the commissioner deems necessary and within his statutory authority to impose. d. A person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree: (1) willfully concealing, canceling, defacing, obliterating, or withholding personal knowledge of a completed POLST form or a modification or revocation thereof, without the patient's consent; (2) falsifying or forging a completed POLST form or a modification or revocation thereof of another person; (3) coercing or fraudulently inducing the completion of a POLST form or a modification or revocation thereof; or (4) requiring or prohibiting the completion of a POLST form or a modification or revocation thereof as a condition of coverage under any policy of health or life insurance or an annuity, or a public benefits program, or as a condition of the provision of health care. e. The commission of an act identified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection d. of this section, which results in the involuntary earlier death of a patient, shall constitute a crime of the first degree. f. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal any sanctions applicable under any other law. L.2011, c.145, s.11; amended 2012, c.17, s.257.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-8.34 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-8.34
Submissions to DEP by owner of regulated vehicle, equipment.
Status: in_force

9. a. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, any owner of a regulated vehicle or regulated equipment shall submit to the Department of Environmental Protection: (1) an inventory of all on-road diesel vehicles and off-road diesel equipment owned, operated, or leased by the owner; (2) notice by the owner that the owner shall comply with the requirements of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) through the use of the best available retrofit technologies as designated and provided for under the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28), or that the owner cannot comply in that manner and is submitting a fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan; (3) the fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan being submitted in lieu of complying through the use of the best available retrofit technologies as designated and provided for under the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28), if the owner has elected to do so; and (4) an estimate of the cost of any retrofit device and any cost associated with the installation of that retrofit device, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28). The department may disapprove any notice submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection by an owner complying with the requirements as designated and provided for under the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28), if the department determines that the costs or cost estimates, submitted pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection, for the best available retrofit technology described in the notice, are unreasonable based upon criteria including, but not limited to, prevailing market rates and acquisition by the State of comparable technology. If the department makes such a determination, the department shall enter into negotiations with the owner to resolve the discrepancy. For owners complying by submitting a fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan pursuant to this subsection, the department shall review any notice, plan, cost, or cost estimate in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.35). b. Each owner of a regulated vehicle or regulated equipment shall make the submittals required pursuant to subsection a. in accordance with the following schedule: (1) for regulated solid waste vehicles, no later than 180 days after the effective date of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28); (2) for public regulated commercial buses, no later than one year after the effective date of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28); (3) for private regulated commercial buses, no later than one year and 180 days after the effective date of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28); and (4) for regulated on-road diesel vehicles and regulated equipment other than regulated solid waste vehicles and regulated commercial buses, no later than four years after the effective date of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28). c. No owner of a private regulated commercial bus shall be required to make any submittal pursuant to subsection b. of this section until the owners of public regulated commercial buses have made their submittals required pursuant to that subsection, and no installation and use of a retrofit device on a private regulated commercial bus may be required earlier than 180 days after the owners of public regulated commercial buses have been required to install and have begun the use of retrofit devices on public regulated commercial buses. d. The owner of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment who commences operation of a fleet after the effective date of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28) shall make the submittals required pursuant to subsection a. of this section within 180 days after the date on which they began operations, or the date provided in subsection b. of this section, whichever is later. e. The owner of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment may coordinate or combine the development of a fleet retrofit plan with the development of a fleet retrofit plan of any other owner, or a group of owners, of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment, and with the guidance of the Department of Environmental Protection submit a combined fleet retrofit plan. f. The fleet retrofit plan submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall include a description by the owner of the best available retrofit technology and the specific regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment on which the specific best available retrofit technology would be used, as determined by the owner pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28). g. If the owner of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment determines that the best available retrofit technology as required under the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28) is not feasible for a specific regulated vehicle or pieces of regulated equipment, the owner may document this determination in the fleet retrofit plan and request the use of another level of best available retrofit technology to meet the requirement for that specific regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment, or provide documentation as to why the owner cannot use the best available retrofit technology that is required. The owner may also propose and negotiate an enforceable commitment to: (1) retire the regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment and replace it with a vehicle or piece of equipment certified to fine particle emission levels at or below the emission levels that would have been achieved by the use of the required best available retrofit technology; or (2) replace the engine of the vehicle or the equipment with an engine certified to that fine particle emissions level. h. The owner of 75 or more regulated vehicles or pieces of regulated equipment, or any group of owners who elect to develop a combined fleet retrofit plan pursuant to subsection e. of this section under which 75 or more regulated vehicles or pieces of regulated equipment would be regulated, may propose to the Department of Environmental Protection a fleet averaging plan, in lieu of a fleet retrofit plan or a combined fleet retrofit plan, for the fleet or fleets affected. The owner or owners may propose a fleet averaging plan provided that the total net percent reductions in fine particle emissions under the proposed fleet averaging plan are equivalent to the estimated reductions in fine particle emissions that would have been achieved by the owner if a fleet retrofit plan were submitted and implemented for the regulated vehicles or regulated equipment, or both, or by the owners if the owners had submitted and implemented a combined fleet retrofit plan for their regulated vehicles or regulated equipment, or both, as calculated pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28). The owner or group of owners may propose achieving fine particle emissions reductions from any on-road diesel vehicle, off-road diesel equipment, regulated vehicle, or regulated equipment owned by the owner or group of owners, or the retirement of any of those vehicles or equipment, and shall submit the proposed fleet averaging plan to the department as required by the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28). i. A fleet averaging plan proposed pursuant to subsection h. of this section that proposes the use of retrofit devices on any on-road diesel vehicle, off-road diesel equipment, regulated vehicle, or regulated equipment shall include: (1) a description by the owner of the best available retrofit technology and the specific vehicle or equipment on which the specific best available retrofit technology would be used, the specific vehicle or equipment to be retired, and how the required fine particle reductions shall be achieved through a combination of the use of best available retrofit technology on the specific vehicles or equipment; and (2) other measures or applications of best available retrofit technology consistent with the provisions of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28). j. The Department of Environmental Protection shall give due consideration in the application of the fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan requirements to any efforts or actions by owners of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment who voluntarily retrofit, retire, or repower vehicles or equipment prior to the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28), and may modify any of the requirements of this section for such an owner in order to provide such due consideration. k. The Department of Environmental Protection shall provide any technical guidance needed in preparing the fleet retrofit plans, combined fleet retrofit plans, and fleet averaging plans required pursuant to this section and any revisions, supplements, or modifications thereto required pursuant to P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.). l. No owner of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment shall be required to install or use a retrofit device on a regulated vehicle or regulated equipment as required pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28) or under a plan submitted pursuant to this section in any year unless the State Treasurer certifies for that year that the constitutionally dedicated moneys have been deposited in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund and the Department of Environmental Protection certifies that sufficient moneys are available in the fund to pay the cost of purchase and installation of the retrofit devices required to be used by rule and regulation or under an approved fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan or supplement or modification thereto, as applicable, by an owner in that year. Provided that the State Treasurer has issued the certification that the constitutionally dedicated moneys have been deposited in the fund for that year, the department may determine the amount of moneys available in the fund for that year, require the purchase and installation of those retrofit devices in those regulated vehicles or pieces of regulated equipment for which sufficient moneys are available, and certify that sufficient moneys are available for those retrofit devices to be purchased for, and installed in, those regulated vehicles or pieces of regulated equipment. L.2005,c.219,s.9; amended 2006, c.94, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11
Territorial jurisdiction of local board
Status: in_force

In any township within whose limits any other form of local municipal government exists, the jurisdiction of the local board of the township shall extend only to such parts of the township as are outside of the territorial limits of the other local municipal government. In every other case the jurisdiction of the township board shall be coextensive with the limits of the township.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18
License, authorization required for receipt of reimbursement, grant-in-aid.
Status: in_force

18. a. No government agency and no health service corporation organized under the laws of the State and no other purchasers of health care services shall purchase, pay for or make reimbursement or grant-in-aid for any health care service provided by a health care facility unless at the time the service was provided, the health care facility possessed a valid license or was otherwise authorized to provide such service. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.160). c. Payment by government agencies other than those made through the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act," P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) for health services provided by health care facilities other than hospitals shall be at reasonable rates set by the commissioner based on financial elements approved by him; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the Commissioner of Human Services from contracting with the commissioner for the setting of rates by which health care facilities other than hospitals are reimbursed pursuant to the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act," P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.160). e. To establish and maintain a fair and equitable system for determining such payments, the commissioner shall require each health care facility to report such financial, statistical and patient information as may be required, in accordance with a uniform system of reporting established by him. The commissioner may propose regulations for approval by the board which assess penalties for failure to report such information within such time as may be prescribed therein. L.1971,c.136,s.18; amended 1978, c.83, s.10; 1992, c.160, s.25; 1997, c.304.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.101 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.101
Definitions concerning resident rights in long-term care facilities.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "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, deeply held knowledge or sense of their own gender, regardless of the sex the person was assigned at birth. "Gender-nonconforming" means a person whose gender expression does not conform to stereotypical expectations of that person's gender. "Gender transition" means a process in which a person begins to live according to that person's gender identity, rather than the sex the person was assigned at birth, which process may include changing one's clothing, appearance, name, or identification documents, or undergoing medical treatments. "Intersex" means a person whose sexual or reproductive anatomy or chromosomal pattern is not consistent with typical definitions of male or female. "LGBTQI" means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, and intersex. "Long-term care facility" means a nursing home, assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care home, residential health care facility, or dementia care home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). "Long-term care facility staff" means all individuals employed by, or contracted directly with, a long-term care facility. "Resident" means resident or patient of a long-term care facility. "Queer" means a person whose gender expression, gender identity, or sexual orientation does not conform to dominant expectations or standards. "Questioning" means a person who is exploring or unsure about the person's own sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. "Sexual orientation" means a person's romantic or sexual attraction to other people. "Transgender" means a person whose gender identity or gender expression differs from the sex assigned to the person at birth. "Undesignated/non-binary" means a person whose gender identity is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, a person whose gender identity is intersex, agender, amalgagender, androgynous, bigender, demigender, genderfluid, genderqueer, neutrois, non-binary, pangender, third sex, transgender, Two Spirit, or otherwise unspecified by the person. L.2021, c.33, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-18.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-18.3
Increase of capital, surplus; methods, procedures.
Status: in_force

2. The commissioner may increase the amount of capital or surplus required of a health maintenance organization, or subsequently revise or redetermine that increase, using appropriate methods and procedures established by rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner, in order to provide adequate protection against risks affecting the health maintenance organization's financial condition that are not adequately or fully covered by its reserves or other assets, but under no circumstances shall a health maintenance organization's capital or surplus be less than the capital or surplus required pursuant to regulation as prescribed by the commissioner; provided, however, that any increase required by a subsequent revision or redetermination pursuant to this section, shall be made only after a formal departmental hearing, on the record, unless that hearing is waived by the affected health maintenance organization. All matters pertaining to a hearing or to an increase in capital or surplus pursuant to this section shall be confidential and not subject to subpoena or public inspection, except to the extent that the commissioner finds release of that information necessary to protect the public. The hearing shall be initiated within 20 days after written notice to the health maintenance organization. Any declaration regarding an increase required by a subsequent revision or redetermination shall contain findings specifying the factors deemed significant in regard to the particular health maintenance organization, and shall set forth the reasons supporting the increase of capital or surplus ordered by the commissioner. In determining any increase, revision or redetermination in the amount of capital or surplus, the commissioner shall consider the risks of: a. Increases or decreases in the frequency and severity of losses under normal operating conditions, as well as increases or decreases in those values, above or below the levels contemplated by the rates that it charged for coverage and above or below those reasonably expected under normal conditions; b. Increases or decreases in expenses under normal operating conditions, as well as increases or decreases in those values, above or below the levels contemplated by the rates it charged for coverage and above or below those reasonably expected under normal conditions; c. Increases or decreases in the value of, or return on, invested assets under normal operating conditions, as well as increases or decreases in those values, above or below those levels anticipated under normal conditions; d. Changes in economic, social and market conditions that could adversely or favorably affect the financial condition of the health maintenance organization, including conditions that would make liquidity more or less important than contemplated and would prevent or facilitate timely investments or force or prohibit untimely sales of assets; and e. Any other contingencies, including reinsurance and unfunded or extra contractual obligations, which may affect the health maintenance organization's financial condition. L.2005,c.65,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-48 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-48
Rules and regulations; authority of State Director of Health as to quarantine or examination
Status: in_force

The State Department shall make and enforce any rule or regulation for the quarantining and treatment of a venereal disease which it may deem necessary for the protection of the public health. The State Department of Health shall by rule and regulation define the stages of venereal diseases to be regarded as infectious within the meaning of this article. The State Director of Health or any person or official authorized by him in writing for that purpose shall have the same power and authority as that conferred by any section or sections of this article upon any local board of health or health officer for the purposes of isolation or quarantine or to require or request examinations or submissions of specimens or treatment, observation or care for venereal diseases. Amended by L.1945, c. 104, p. 452, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2R-4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2R / Section 2R-4
Establishment of Interagency Council on Osteoporosis.
Status: in_force

4. There is established an Interagency Council on Osteoporosis in the department to advise the commissioner on the development and implementation of the program. The members of the council shall be appointed by the commissioner, and shall include the following: The Director of the Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health Services and the Assistant Commissioner of Senior Affairs in the department and the Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, as ex officio members, and public members who are representatives of: persons with osteoporosis; women's health organizations; public health educators; experts in bone and osteoporosis research, prevention and treatment; and health care providers, including at least one radiologist, orthopedist, registered professional nurse, physical therapist, and nutritionist. The members of the council shall serve without compensation and shall not be reimbursed for any expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. L.1997, c.191, s.4; amended 2012, c.16, s.49.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2K / Section 2K-8
Mobile intensive care paramedic; licensure from commissioner; written standards; examination; register of applicants.
Status: in_force

2. a. A mobile intensive care paramedic shall obtain licensure from the commissioner to provide advanced life support and shall make application therefor on forms prescribed by the commissioner. b. The commissioner with the approval of the State Board of Medical Examiners shall establish written standards which a mobile intensive care paramedic shall meet in order to obtain licensure. The commissioner shall make a determination upon applications of candidates for licensure as a mobile intensive care paramedic within 30 days of the receipt of a complete application and background check. Such determination may include a determination that the commissioner requires more time to adequately review the application. The commissioner shall license a candidate who provides satisfactory evidence of the successful completion of an educational program approved by the commissioner for the training of mobile intensive care paramedics and who passes an examination in the provision of advanced life support services, which examination shall be approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall license a candidate as a mobile intensive care paramedic who has equivalent military training or experience in any branch of the active duty or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state if the commissioner determines that the candidate's military training and experience exceed or are equivalent to the licensure standards established by the commissioner. The commissioner shall license a candidate as a mobile intensive care paramedic who is registered as a paramedic with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians if the commissioner determines that the candidate's training and experience exceed or are equivalent to the licensure standards established by the commissioner. c. The department shall maintain a register of all applicants for licensure hereunder, which register shall include but not be limited to: (1) The name and residence of the applicant; (2) The date of the application; (3) Information as to whether the applicant was rejected or licensed and the date of that action. The department shall annually compile a list of mobile intensive care paramedics. This list shall be available to the public. L.1984, c.146, s.2; amended 2013, c.101, s.2; 2022, c.118, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-168 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-168
Breast cancer informational booklets provided by Department of Health
Status: in_force

1. The Department of Health, in consultation with the New Jersey Division of the American Cancer Society, the Radiological Society of New Jersey and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, New Jersey Chapter, shall prepare an informational booklet in English and Spanish which describes, in a manner easily understandable by the patient, recognized dietary and lifestyle implications for the prevention of breast cancer, advantages and methods of early detection, and the risks and procedures involved with alternative methods of breast cancer treatment. The department shall make a supply of booklets available to all licensed health care facilities engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of breast cancer, facilities which provide mammography services and physicians engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of breast cancer, and social services agencies that primarily serve women. L.1993,c.225,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-51 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-51
Coordination in administration of programs; use of moneys.
Status: in_force

7. a. The agencies administering programs established pursuant to this section shall maximize coordination in the administration of the programs to avoid overlap between the uses of the fund prescribed in this section. b. Moneys in the fund, after appropriation annually for payment of administrative costs authorized pursuant to subsection c. of this section, shall be annually appropriated and used for the following purposes: (1) Sixty percent shall be allocated to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to provide grants and other forms of financial assistance to commercial, institutional, and industrial entities to support end-use energy efficiency projects and new, efficient electric generation facilities that are state of the art, as determined by the department, including but not limited to energy efficiency and renewable energy applications, to develop combined heat and power production and other high efficiency electric generation facilities, to stimulate or reward investment in the development of innovative carbon emissions abatement technologies with significant carbon emissions reduction or avoidance potential, to develop qualified offshore wind projects pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.1), and to provide financial assistance to manufacturers of equipment associated with qualified offshore wind projects. The authority, in consultation with the board and the department, shall determine: (a) the appropriate level of grants or other forms of financial assistance to be awarded to individual commercial, institutional, and industrial sectors and to individual projects within each of these sectors; (b) the evaluation criteria for selecting projects to be awarded grants or other forms of financial assistance, which criteria shall include the ability of the project to result in a measurable reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases or a measurable reduction in energy demand, provided, however, that neither the development of a new combined heat and power production facility, nor an increase in the electrical and thermal output of an existing combined heat and power production facility, shall be subject to the requirement to demonstrate such a measurable reduction; and (c) the process by which grants or other forms of financial assistance can be applied for and awarded including, if applicable, the payment terms and conditions for authority investments in certain projects with commercial viability; (2) Twenty percent shall be allocated to the board to support programs that are designed to reduce electricity demand or costs to electricity customers in the low-income and moderate-income residential sector with a focus on urban areas, including efforts to address heat island effect and reduce impacts on ratepayers attributable to the implementation of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) or to support the light duty plug-in electric vehicle incentive program and the incentive program for in-home electric vehicle service equipment established pursuant to sections 4 and 6 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-4 and C.48:25-6). For the purposes of this paragraph, the board, in consultation with the authority and the department, shall determine the types of programs to be supported and the mechanism by which to quantify benefits to ensure that the supported programs result in a measurable reduction in energy demand or accomplishment of the plug-in electric vehicle goals established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-3); (3) Ten percent shall be allocated to the department to support programs designed to promote local government efforts to plan, develop and implement measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including but not limited to technical assistance to local governments, and the awarding of grants and other forms of assistance to local governments to conduct and implement energy efficiency, renewable energy, and distributed energy programs and land use planning where the grant or assistance results in a measurable reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases or a measurable reduction in energy demand. For the purpose of conducting any program pursuant to this paragraph, the department, in consultation with the authority and the board, shall determine: (a) the appropriate level of grants or other forms of financial assistance to be awarded to local governments; (b) the evaluation criteria for selecting projects to be awarded grants or other forms of financial assistance; (c) the process by which grants or other forms of financial assistance can be applied for and awarded; and (d) a mechanism by which to quantify benefits; and (4) Ten percent shall be allocated to the department to support programs that enhance the stewardship and restoration of the State's forests and tidal marshes that provide important opportunities to sequester or reduce greenhouse gases. c. (1) The department may use up to four percent of the total amount in the fund each year to pay for administrative costs justifiable and approved in the annual budget process, incurred by the department in administering the provisions of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) and in administering programs to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases including any obligations that may arise under subsection a. of section 11 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-55). (2) The board may use up to two percent of the total amount in the fund each year to pay for administrative costs justifiable and approved in the annual budget process, incurred by the board in administering the provisions of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) and in administering programs to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases including any obligations that may arise under subsection a. of section 11 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-55). (3) The New Jersey Economic Development Authority may use up to two percent of the total amount in the fund each year to pay for administrative costs justifiable and approved in the annual budget process, incurred by the authority in administering the provisions of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) and in administering programs to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. d. The State Comptroller shall conduct or supervise independent audit and fiscal oversight functions of the fund and its uses. L.2007, c.340, s.7; amended 2010, c.57, s.5; 2019, c.362, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2I-34 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2I / Section 2I-34
Participation in or acquisition of existing projects.
Status: in_force

34. a. Whenever any health care organization has constructed or acquired any work or improvement which would otherwise qualify as a project under the preceding portions of this act except for the fact that such construction or acquisition was undertaken and financed without assistance from the authority, the authority may purchase such work or improvement, and lease the same to the health care organization, or may lend funds to the health care organization for the purpose of enabling the latter to retire obligations incurred for such construction or acquisition, provided that the amount of any such purchase price or loan shall not exceed the project cost as herein defined, irrespective of such work or improvement. All powers, rights, obligations and duties granted to or imposed upon the authority, health care organizations, State departments and agencies or others by this act in respect to projects shall apply to the same extent with respect to transactions authorized by this section, provided that any action otherwise required to be taken at a particular time in the progression of a project may, where the circumstances so required in connection with a transaction under this section be taken nunc pro tunc. b. Acquisition of health care facilities from counties or municipalities. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the authority may authorize the acquisition, and any county or municipality by resolution or ordinance may authorize a private sale and conveyance or leasing to the authority, of any interest of the county or municipality in any lands and existing health care facilities which are then being operated by a health care organization upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the authority and the county and municipality. The authority may use its funds for the acquisition by providing for the retirement of obligations incurred for the acquisition of the land, and for the acquisition and construction of the existing health care facilities, provided that the amount of the purchase price shall not exceed the project costs. Upon acquisition of the lands and existing health care facilities, the authority may convey or lease the lands and existing health care facilities to a health care organization under such terms and conditions as the authority and health care organization may agree. L.1972,c.29,s.34; amended 1984, c.217; 1997, c.435, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-3.3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-3.3
Requirements for carriers and third-party administrators.
Status: in_force

3. a. The annual limitation on cost-sharing amounts provided for in section 1302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.L.111-148 (42 U.S.C. s.18022), shall apply to all health care services covered under any health benefits plan offered or issued by a carrier in this State. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit or supersede the authority of the Department of Banking and Insurance to impose additional cost-sharing limits consistent with State law and regulations, including minimum standards established pursuant to N.J.A.C.11:22-5.1 et seq. b. When calculating an enrollee’s contribution to any applicable cost-sharing amount requirement, a carrier or third-party administrator shall give credit for the amount, or any portion thereof, of any cost-sharing amount paid by the enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by another party. If a health benefits plan qualifies as a high-deductible health plan for which medical expenses are paid using a health savings account established pursuant to section 223 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.223), this subsection shall apply to a high-deductible health plan with respect to the deductible after the enrollee has satisfied the minimum deductible required under section 223, except for with respect to items or services that are preventive care pursuant to section 223(c)(2)(C) of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.223), in which case the requirements of this subsection shall apply regardless of whether the minimum deductible under section 223 has been satisfied. c. A carrier or third-party administrator shall not directly or indirectly set, alter, implement, or condition the terms of health benefits plan coverage, including the benefit design, based in part or entirely on information about the availability or amount of financial or product assistance available for a prescription drug. d. By March 31 of each year, each carrier and third-party administrator authorized to conduct business in the State shall certify to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, in a form and manner as determined by the commissioner, that it has fully and completely complied with the requirements of this section throughout the prior calendar year. The certification shall be signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, or designee, of the carrier or third-party administrator. e. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, 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 section. L.2025, c.199, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:17-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-3
Information collection and maintenance.
Status: in_force

3. The information collected and maintained by the New Jersey Transit Corporation, the Department of Human Services, and the Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system shall include: a listing of all current modes of public transit available in New Jersey; a detailed description of any and all prequalification or eligibility requirements necessary before use of the public transit mode may commence; information on how each New Jersey citizen may access all current and available modes of public transit; and information on how to use the services along with each public transit provider's contact information. L.2021, c.361, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-135 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-135
Annual report
Status: in_force

6. The commissioner shall issue an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1 of each year. The report shall include a summary of the lead poisoning testing and abatement program activities in the State during the preceding fiscal year and any recommendations or suggestions for legislative consideration. This report shall be made available to local and State agencies involved with case management and lead abatement, and to interested members of the public. L.1985, c.84, s.6; amended 1995,c.328,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-19.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-19.2
Incumbent plumbing inspectors; placing in classified service without examination
Status: in_force

Any person holding the position or employment of plumbing inspector under any local board of health of any municipality, which has adopted the provisions of subtitle three of Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes, who has held such position or employment continuously for twelve years from the date of his original appointment thereto, shall be placed in the classified service of civil service without examination, and such employee shall thereafter be subject to all the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes with respect to tenure, classification and compensation. L.1953, c. 382, p. 2002, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-77 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-77
Commitment on failure to pay judgment and costs
Status: in_force

The court shall cause a defendant who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a judgment rendered against him and the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding ten days in the case of a first conviction, and in case of a conviction for a second, subsequent or continuing violation, for a period not exceeding thirty days. L.1939, c. 261, p. 677, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:10-21 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-21
Regulations.
Status: in_force

8. The Commissioner of Health may promulgate regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2015, c.183, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2T-7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2T / Section 2T-7
Hepatitis C education, prevention and screening program.
Status: in_force

3. In consultation with the hepatitis C advisory board established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2001, c.357 (C.26:2T-8), the Commissioner of Health shall establish a hepatitis C education, prevention, and screening program that includes, but is not limited to, measures directed to physicians and other health care workers, police officers, correctional officers, firefighters, emergency services personnel, employees of the State's developmental centers, and the general public. The program shall be established in accordance with accepted public health practice and recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Surgeon General of the United States, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the National Institutes of Health and the American Liver Foundation and within the limits of resources available for the purposes thereof. a. For the purposes of this program, the commissioner shall develop and implement the following: (1) public education and outreach to raise awareness of hepatitis C among persons at high risk for hepatitis C as described in section 2 of P.L.1998, c.116 (C.26:2T-2), which includes police officers, firefighters, persons employed by correctional facilities, emergency response personnel, and other high-risk groups, including, but not limited to, health care professionals and persons employed in primary care settings or health care facilities, which shall include, at a minimum, information on risk factors, the value of early detection and the options available for treating hepatitis C; (2) measures to promote public awareness about the availability of hepatitis C screening, prevention and treatment services among persons at high risk for hepatitis C as determined by the commissioner based upon data provided by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Surgeon General of the United States, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the National Institutes of Health and the American Liver Foundation, and any other nationally recognized liver societies; (3) educational activities for health care professionals in regard to the epidemiology, natural history, detection, and treatment of hepatitis C, which shall include information about coinfection with HCV and HIV and the implications of coinfection for HIV or AIDS treatment; (4) educational and informational measures targeted at specific groups, including, but not limited to, activities designed to educate youth about the long-term consequences of infection with HCV; (5) measures to prevent further transmission of HCV and to prevent onset of chronic liver disease caused by hepatitis C through outreach to detect and treat chronic HCV infection; and (6) a collaborative effort with the Department of Corrections to develop screening services to identify inmates at risk for hepatitis C upon admission, and to provide education and counseling about treatment options to reduce the potential health risk to the community from these persons. b. The commissioner shall evaluate existing hepatitis C support services in the community and assess the need for improving the quality and accessibility of these services. c. The commissioner shall seek to establish public-private partnerships to promote outreach and increase awareness for the purposes of this act among employers, organized labor, health care providers, health insurers, and community-based organizations, and coalitions. d. The commissioner shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to ensure that the program established pursuant to this act provides clear, complete, and accurate hepatitis C education, information, and referral services in a multiculturally competent manner that is designed to provide appropriate linkages to health care services for persons in need thereof. e. The commissioner shall seek to secure the use of such funds or other resources from private nonprofit or for-profit sources or the federal government to effectuate the purposes of this act as may be available therefor, which shall be used to supplement and shall not supplant State funds used to carry out the purposes of this act. f. The commissioner shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable, to coordinate the activities of the program, as applicable, with services provided separately to specific populations, including, but not limited to, veterans of the United States armed forces, persons participating in private or public substance or alcohol use disorder treatment programs, and persons with HIV. L.2001, c.357, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.310; 2017, c.131, s.98.
N.J. Stat. § 26:5C-21 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 5C / Section 5C-21
Definitions relative to HIV testing by semen banks.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus which has been identified as the probable causative agent of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. "HIV test" means a laboratory test designed to detect the presence of HIV, its related antigens, or antibodies to HIV. "Semen bank" means a commercial or noncommercial activity involving the handling of human semen which participates in the collection, processing, storage or distribution of semen. L.1997,c.246,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:18-13 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-13
Maternal Data Center.
Status: in_force

14. a. The Department of Health shall establish a Maternal Data Center in the Healthcare Quality and Informatics Unit that shall develop protocols and requirements for the submission of maternal mortality, morbidity and racial and ethnic disparity data indicators; collect this information from relevant health care facilities in the State; conduct rapid-cycle data analytics; develop reports and a public facing dashboard; and disseminate the information collected to the NJMCQC, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, participating health care facilities, and other stakeholders as identified by the Department of Health. Each participating facility shall have full access to data reported to the Maternal Data Center, provided that any data accessible to participating facilities shall be de-identified, and further provided that nothing in this subsection shall authorize the disclosure of any confidential or personal identifying information for any patient. b. The Maternal Data Center shall employ a director, three research scientists, a technical assistant, and other staff as necessary to implement the requirements set forth in subsection a. of this section. L.2019, c.75, s.14; amended 2023, c.109, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 26:10-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5
Violation; misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5.1e — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5.1e
Quarterly report from ambulatory care facility; required information.
Status: in_force

3. a. An ambulatory care facility licensed to provide surgical services pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall be required to report quarterly to the Department of Health, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner: (1) process quality indicators of infection control as selected by the commissioner in consultation with the Quality Improvement Advisory Committee within the department; and (2) beginning 30 days after the adoption of regulations pursuant to this act, data on infection rates for the major site categories that define facility-associated infection locations, multiple infections, and device-related and non-device related infections, as selected by the commissioner in consultation with the Quality Improvement Advisory Committee within the department. b. The information reported pursuant to this section shall be transmitted in such a manner as to not include identifying information about patients. c. The commissioner shall promptly advise an ambulatory care facility in the event that the commissioner determines, based on information reported by the facility, that a change in facility practices or policy is necessary to improve performance in the prevention of facility-associated infection and quality of care provided at the facility. d. The commissioner shall make available to members of the public, on the official Internet website of the department, the information reported pursuant to this section, in such a format as the commissioner deems appropriate to enable comparison among ambulatory care facilities with respect to the information. e. In order to effectuate the purposes of this section, the commissioner, in consultation with the Quality Improvement Advisory Committee in the department, shall, by regulation: establish standard methods for identifying and reporting facility-associated infections; identify the major site categories for which infections shall be reported, taking into account the categories most likely to improve the delivery and outcome of health care in the State; and specify the methodology for presenting the data to the public, including procedures to adjust for differences in case mix and severity of infections among facilities. L.2009, c.263, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.162.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-122 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-122
Effective date; operative date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately but shall be inoperative for 90 days following its approval. L.1957, c. 72, p. 143, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 26:8-40.11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-40.11
Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record
Status: in_force

Whenever the mother of a child born out of wedlock, who has the same surname as the mother, and who has no presumed natural father pursuant to the "New Jersey Parentage Act," P.L.1983, c.17 (C.9:17-38 et seq.), or the presumed father does not oppose the name change, marries a person who is not the father of said child, the surname of said child may be changed to the surname of the husband of the mother by submitting proof of such marriage to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or to any local registrar of vital statistics, accompanied by a declaration, signed by said mother and her husband and acknowledged or proved in the manner required by law for deeds to real estate, setting forth that they desire the surname of said child to be changed to that of the husband of said mother and a declaration signed by the presumed father setting forth his approval of the name change. Upon the receipt of such proof and declarations, the surname of said child shall be so changed and the State Registrar and any local registrar of vital statistics is authorized to accept from the said mother and her husband a correction or amendment to the original birth record, giving the child the said husband's surname. Any declaration submitted to the State Registrar or to any local registrar pursuant to this section shall be filed with the original birth record of said child. L.1960, c. 142, p. 669, s. 1. Amended by L.1983, c. 10, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18.62 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18.62
Monies designated for Health Care Subsidy Fund; allocation of monies.
Status: in_force

12. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2005, c.237). b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2005, c.237). c. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, each general hospital and each specialty heart hospital shall pay .53% of its total operating revenue to the department for deposit in the Health Care Subsidy Fund. The hospital shall make monthly payments to the department beginning July 1, 1993. The commissioner shall determine the manner in which the payments shall be made. For the purposes of this subsection, "total operating revenue" shall be defined by the department in accordance with financial reporting requirements established pursuant to N.J.A.C.8:31B-3.3 and shall include revenue from any ambulatory care facility that is licensed to a general hospital as an off-site ambulatory care service facility. (2) The commissioner shall allocate the monies paid by hospitals pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection as follows: (a) In State fiscal years 2006 and 2007, $35 million of those monies shall be allocated to the support of federally qualified health centers in this State, and the remainder shall be allocated to the support of (i) the infant mortality reduction program in the Department of Health, (ii) the primary care physician and dentist loan redemption program established in the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority by article 3 of P.L.1999, c.46 (C.18A:71C-32 et seq.), and (iii) the development and use of health information electronic data interchange technology pursuant to P.L.1999, c.154 (C.17B:30-23 et al.); and (b) In State fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, $40 million of those monies shall be allocated to the support of federally qualified health centers in this State. Monies allocated to the support of federally qualified health centers in the State under this paragraph shall be used for the purpose of compensating them for health care services provided to uninsured patients. d. The monies paid by the hospitals and allocated under subsection c. of this section for the support of federally qualified health centers shall be credited to the federally qualified health centers account. e. (1) Monies paid by hospitals under subsection c. of this section in excess of $40 million, federal matching funds received on account of such monies, and interest received on such payments and funds shall be allocated exclusively to support funding to hospitals. (2) In the event that any approval, application, or other condition necessary for the implementation of this subsection and the distribution of funds pursuant thereto consistent with the Fiscal Year 2011 annual appropriations act is not obtained, granted, or satisfied, the Departments of Health and Human Services shall jointly prepare a plan concerning charity care and related hospital funding, which shall be subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. L.1992, c.160, s.12; amended 1995, c.133, s.8; 1997, c.192, s.30; 1998, c.43, s.15; 2004, c.54, s.2; 2005, c.237, s.2; 2010, c.23, s.2; 2012, c.17, s.235.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2G-43 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2G / Section 2G-43
Report to Governor, Legislature; State expenditure, opioid litigation resolution proceeds.
Status: in_force

5. a. No later than 12 months after the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter until all proceeds from national opioid litigation resolutions have been expended, the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Advisory Council, shall report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the details of the allocations made with the funds appropriated from the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund. The information shall include the allocation amount, program description, involved community providers, goals of the program, and outcome measures to be used to determine program efficacy. b. No later than 180 days after all proceeds from national opioid litigation resolutions have been expended, the Department of Human Services shall prepare and issue to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), a final report concerning the State's expenditure of opioid litigation resolution proceeds, including: the amounts allocated; descriptions of the programs funded using the proceeds; community providers involved in programs receiving allocations from the proceeds; outcomes from programs receiving allocations from the proceeds; overall outcomes resulting from the expenditure of the proceeds, including changes in substance use disorder rates, overdose deaths, participation in substance use disorder treatment and recovery programs, successful treatment outcomes, outcomes involving dual diagnoses involving substance use disorders in combination with other behavioral health conditions, and expansions in substance use disorder and other behavioral health care provider and treatment capacity; and such other information and data as the department deems necessary to fully evaluate the use of opioid litigation resolution funds pursuant to this act. c. The department shall post the information and reports required pursuant to this section on its Internet website. L.2023, c.25, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-44 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-44
Designation of independent research panel to review agency reports.
Status: in_force

9. a. No later than June 30, 2008, the department shall designate an independent research review panel consisting of economists, business managers, nonprofit environmental organization representatives, and public officials, and scientists from academia, industry and the government, to review the recommendations and evaluations submitted by the department and any other State agencies, as appropriate, in the reports required pursuant to section 6 of this act. b. The independent research review panel shall review the recommendations and evaluations of the department and any other State agencies, as appropriate, and shall, within 12 months of the date of transmittal of the reports required pursuant to section 6 of this act, prepare and transmit a report evaluating the ecological, economic and social impact of the proposed recommendations submitted by the department and any other State agencies, as appropriate, to the Governor, to the State Treasurer, to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) and to the members of the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee. c. This section shall not be construed to affect the requirements of the greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and reporting program or the department's administration of the program established pursuant to this act. L.2007, c.112, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-111.9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-111.9
All infants tested, congenital cytomegalovirus; opting out of testing.
Status: in_force

1. a. All infants born in this State shall be tested for congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV), unless an infant's parent or legal guardian opts out of testing, beginning six months following the occurrence of all of the following: (1) the development of a reliable test or series of tests for screening newborns for cCMV using dried blood spots and quality assurance testing methodology for cCMV testing; (2) the availability of quality assurance materials for the cCMV test from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (3) the inclusion of newborn screening for cCMV in the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, after the committee's evidence review of newborn screening for cCMV; (4) the recommendation by the Newborn Screening Advisory Review Committee established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.296 (C.26:2-110a) that the test be included in the State Newborn Screening Program; (5) the Commissioner of Health's approval to include the test in the State's Newborn Screening Program, which approval shall be based on the recommendations of the Newborn Screening Advisory Review Committee; and (6) the acquisition of equipment necessary to implement the expanded screening tests by the State's Newborn Screening Laboratory. b. The Department of Health may charge a reasonable fee for the test performed pursuant to this section in such amount as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Health, and may periodically increase the fee by any reasonable amount as the commissioner determines to be necessary. The procedures for collecting the fee shall be determined by the commissioner. L.2021, c.413, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:9-30 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-30
Delegation of work to commission
Status: in_force

The board of freeholders of any county in which there is a county mosquito extermination commission may authorize, designate, and employ such commission to submit plans and to perform the work and furnish the material which, in the judgment of the board, may exterminate mosquitoes or eliminate their breeding places.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2BB-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2BB / Section 2BB-8
County Alliance Steering Subcommittee; functions and powers; review and revision of plan.
Status: in_force

8. a. Each Local Advisory Committee on Substance Use Disorder, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.531 (C.26:2B-33), shall establish a County Alliance Steering Subcommittee in conjunction with regulations adopted by the Governor's Council on Substance Use Disorder. The members of the subcommittee shall include, but not be limited to, private citizens and representatives of the: (1) Local Advisory Committee on Substance Use Disorder; (2) County Human Services Advisory Council; (3) County Superintendent of Schools; (4) Existing county council on alcohol use disorder, if any; (5) County Prosecutor's office; (6) Family part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court; (7) Youth Services Commission; (8) County School Board Association; (9) County health agency; (10) County mental health agency; (11) Local businesses; (12) County affiliate of the New Jersey Education Association; and (13) Other service providers. b. The functions of the County Alliance Steering Subcommittee shall include: (1) Development and submission of a County Annual Alliance Plan for the expenditure of funds derived from the "Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund," N.J.S. 2C:35-15; (2) Development of programs and fiscal guidelines consistent with directives of the Governor's Council on Substance Use Disorder for the awarding of funds to counties and municipalities for substance use disorder Alliance activities; (3) Identification of a network of community leadership for the expansion, replication and development of successful community model programs throughout the county; and (4) Coordination of projects among and within municipalities to ensure cost effectiveness and avoid fragmentation and duplication. c. The County Alliance Steering Subcommittee shall ensure that the funds dedicated to education pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1983, c.531 (C.54:32C-3.1) do not duplicate the Alliance effort. d. The Local Advisory Committee on Substance Use Disorder shall review and approve the County Annual Alliance Plan and submit this plan by July 1 of each year to the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services and to the Governor's Council on Substance Use Disorder. e. After the County Annual Alliance Plan is returned by the Governor's Council on Substance Use Disorder to the Local Advisory Committee on Substance Use Disorder with the council's proposed recommendations for awarding the Alliance grants, pursuant to subsection c. of section 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, the committee, in conjunction with the council, may revise its plan in accordance with the council's proposed recommendations. The revised plan shall be completed in such time that it can be included in the council's recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature that are due on December 1 of each year. L. 1989, c. 51, s. 8; amended 2023, c.177, s.77.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-128 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-128
Violations of article; misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction he shall be punished for each offense by a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-17 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-17
Transfer of non-civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency
Status: in_force

Each person who shall have been employed as a full-time employee for a period of 2 years or more by a local health agency whose employment by such agency was not governed by the provisions of the Civil Service law, and whose employment by such agency shall have been terminated by reason of the assumption of its activities and responsibilities by another local health agency, shall be transferred to the local health agency and be assigned duties comparable to those previously performed by him. He shall be entitled to and credited with all rights and privileges accruing to him by reason of his tenure in such previous office or position the same as if the entire period of such employment had been in the position to which he shall have been transferred. In the event employment by the county health department to which such person shall have been transferred is subject to the provisions of the Civil Service law, the board shall forthwith certify to the Civil Service Commission, pursuant to applicable rules of said commission, the entitlement of such person to such rights and privileges. In such event, the Civil Service Commission shall appropriately classify such person in the competitive civil service without examination; a person so classified shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of the Civil Service law with regard to the terms of his employment, promotion, tenure, classification, compensation and like matters. His compensation shall be fixed at not less than the amount received by him at the time of transfer. L.1975, c. 329, s. 17, eff. April 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-75 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-75
Advance directive shall not affect insurance, benefits coverage
Status: in_force

23. The execution of an advance directive pursuant to this act shall not in any manner affect, impair or modify the terms of, or rights or obligations created under, any existing policy of health insurance, life insurance or annuity, or governmental benefits program. No health care practitioner or other health care provider, and no health service plan, insurer, or governmental authority, shall deny coverage or exclude from the benefits of service any individual because that individual has executed or has not executed an advance directive. The execution, or non-execution, of an advance directive shall not be made a condition of coverage under any policy of health insurance, life insurance or annuity, or governmental benefits program. L.1991,c.201,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5.14 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5.14
Review of health care facilities reports, recommendations.
Status: in_force

5. The department shall review the reports submitted by health care facilities pursuant to section 4 of this act on a quarterly basis and shall make recommendations to the respective health care facility for reducing the incidence of needle stick injury, when appropriate. L.1999,c.311,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-94 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-94
Public policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no child shall be denied access to any medical assistance which may prolong his or her life because of inability to pay the cost thereof. The Legislature hereby finds that there are cases where a child's illness has been diagnosed as terminal and all remedies and finances have been exhausted, and only by continued medical and financial assistance could the child's life be prolonged. It is, therefore, declared to be the policy of the State that, in such cases, the State shall provide assistance in the case of medical expenses. L.1972, c. 193, s. 2, eff. Dec. 20, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-8 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-8
Regulations to state date; copies; certified copies of Sanitary Code; evidence
Status: in_force

Every sanitary regulation or amendment thereto or repealer thereof adopted in accordance with the provisions of section seven of this act shall state the date on which it takes effect, and shall be published by the filing of a copy thereof, duly signed by the chairman of the council, in the office of the Secretary of State and the sending of copies thereof, by the commissioner, to each local board of health and to the clerk of each municipality within the State. Copies shall be printed in such manner as the Public Health Council may from time to time determine, the same to be made available to the public on request. The commissioner, or one of the division directors designated by him, shall, for a fee of one dollar ($1.00) each, furnish copies of the State Sanitary Code and its amendments certified by the chairman of the council and such certified copies shall be received in evidence in all court or other judicial proceedings in the State. L.1947, c. 177, p. 796, s. 8. Amended by L.1950, c. 29, p. 60, s. 3; L.1953, c. 165, p. 1425, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-135 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-135
Statewide health care information infrastructure.
Status: in_force

4. It is the public policy of this State to promote, encourage, facilitate, and support the development, utilization, and improvement of health information technology and electronic health records, including the effectuation of a secure, integrated and interoperative Statewide health care information infrastructure in accordance with a Statewide health information technology plan that is developed and implemented pursuant to this act. L.2007, c.330, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-94 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-94
Employees
Status: in_force

No regional health commission shall appoint any person as health officer, public health laboratory technician, sanitary inspector, veterinary meat inspector or plumbing inspector nor employ a person to do work ordinarily performed by a health officer, public health laboratory technician or an inspector of any of the classes named who is not the holder of a current license issued by the State Department of Health for the performance of such type and class of work. Each person who shall have been employed as a full-time employee of a local board of health or district health board, whose employment by such agency was governed by the provisions of the Civil Service law, and whose employment by such agency shall have been terminated by reason of the assumption of its activities and responsibilities by a regional health commission, shall be transferred to the regional health commission, shall be assigned duties comparable to those previously performed by him, and shall be entitled to and credited with all rights and privileges accruing to him by reason of his tenure in such previous office or position, the same as if the entire period of such previous employment had been in the position to which he shall have been transferred. His compensation shall be fixed by the board at not less than the amount received by him during the fiscal year preceding the date he shall have been transferred to the regional health commission. Each person who shall have been employed as a full-time employee, for a period of 2 years or more, of a local board of health or a district health board, whose employment by such agency was not governed by the provisions of the Civil Service law, and whose employment by such agency shall have been terminated by reason of the assumption of its activities and responsibilities by a regional health commission, shall be transferred to the regional health commission, shall be assigned duties comparable to those previously performed by him and shall be entitled to and credited with all rights and privileges accruing to him by reason of his tenure in such previous office or position, the same as if the entire period of such previous employment had been in the position to which he shall have been transferred. His compensation shall be fixed by the board at not less than the amount received by him during the fiscal year preceding the date he shall have been transferred to the regional health commission. In the event employment by the regional health commission to which a person is transferred pursuant to this act is governed by the provisions of the Civil Service law, the regional health commission shall certify to the Civil Service Commission the entitlement of such person to those rights and privileges to which he shall be entitled and which he shall be credited pursuant to this act. In such event, the Civil Service Commission shall appropriately classify such person in the competitive civil service without examination; such person shall thereafter be subject to all the provisions of the Civil Service law with regard to the terms of his employment, promotion, tenure, classification, compensation and like matters. Every person who shall have been employed as a part-time employee of a local board of health, for a period of 2 years or more and whose employment by such agency shall have been terminated by reason of the assumption of its activities and responsibilities by a regional health commission, shall be placed on a preferential re-employment list for a period of at least 2 years for positions in the regional health commission requiring the same licensure and type and class of work. L.1970, c. 60, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:4-37 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-37
Quarantine, restrictions, proceedings, report
Status: in_force

26:4-37. In establishing quarantine for venereal disease, the licensed health officer or the State Commissioner of Health, or the authorized representative of either shall by notice in writing define the restriction of the actions, behavior and movements of the person or the place and the limits of the area within which the person is to be quarantined. Such person while so quarantined shall observe and obey said notice restricting his actions, behavior and movements or remain within the place and area defined by said health officer, director or representative in said notice. The custodian, if any, of such person shall safely keep and confine said person and said notice shall be sufficient warrant and authorization therefor. Whenever a licensed health officer or the State Commissioner of Health or the authorized representative of either shall quarantine any person for venereal disease under authority of this article, he may also order the removal of such person to the place and area within which the person is to be quarantined for venereal disease, and the person shall proceed to such place at the time and in the manner specified. A licensed health officer or the State Commissioner of Health or the authorized representative of either one of them may file a complaint with any municipal court in the county or with the Superior Court against the following persons: a. Any person, who while quarantined for venereal disease fails, refuses or neglects to observe and obey said notice restricting his actions, behavior and movements, or to remain within the place and area defined by said health officer, director or representative or to proceed to a place for quarantine for venereal disease at the time and in the manner specified by said health officer, director or representative. b. Any person who fails, refuses or neglects to submit to, observe or obey the conditions of any commitment or to comply with any order made by any court under authority of this article. c. Any of the persons included in section 26:4-36 of this article. If a warrant issues, it shall be directed to the sheriff in the county, or any police officer. The court shall determine the matter without a jury. If the court finds that the person is one of those listed in this section against whom a complaint may be filed, it may commit such person to a State, county, or municipal hospital which will receive the person, or to any other place or institution suitable for and willing to receive the person for detention, examination, care and treatment, whether the hospital, place or institution be located within or without the county, or to the county jail or may make any order for the examination, care or treatment of said person which may be deemed proper under the circumstances. The complaint, commitment, and all other papers relating to the case shall be impounded and shall not be open to public inspection, and hearings shall not be open to the public. Any person committed under the provisions of this statute shall be held in the place to which committed until discharged by the court which heard the case or by the Superior Court or by order of the Commissioner of the State Department of Health. The local health officer having jurisdiction shall report to the State department any person quarantined for venereal disease, or upon whom a summons is served or against whom a warrant is issued under authority of this article except where the action is initiated by the State Commissioner of Health or his authorized representative. Amended 1945,c.104,s.4; 1953,c.26,s.36; 1991,c.91,s.291; 2023, c.250, s.31.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2AA-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2AA / Section 2AA-6
Powers of commissioner concerning funding.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may accept and expend any grants, awards or other funds or appropriations as may be made available for the purposes of this act.
L.2007, c.255, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2C-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2C / Section 2C-3.1
Air pollution control commission abolished; transfer of functions, powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Air Pollution Control Commission is hereby abolished. All of the functions, powers and duties of the Air Pollution Control Commission in the Department of Health are hereby transferred to the Department of Health. L.1967, c. 106, s. 2, eff. June 15, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2Y-6 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2Y / Section 2Y-6
Licensure required for adult family care sponsor agency.
Status: in_force

6. a. No person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association may operate, conduct or hold itself out to the public as an adult family care sponsor agency unless it is duly licensed as an adult family care sponsor agency in accordance with the provisions of this act. b. Application for a license as an adult family care sponsor agency shall be made upon forms prescribed by the department. The department shall charge a single, non-refundable fee for the filing of an application for the issuance of a license and a single, non-refundable fee for any renewal thereof, as it shall from time to time establish by regulations, except that neither of these fees shall exceed $4,000. c. An applicant for licensure as an adult family care sponsor agency shall comply with all procedures and meet all standards and requirements established by regulation of the commissioner. L.2001,c.304,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-11 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-11
Additional powers of Public Health Council
Status: in_force

In addition to its powers and duties otherwise provided in this act, the Public Health Council may: a. Request from the commissioner such information, concerning the work of the department, as it may deem necessary; b. Consider any matter relating to the preservation and improvement of public health, and may advise the commissioner thereon; c. From time to time submit to the commissioner any recommendations which it may deem necessary for the proper conduct of the department; d. Study and investigate the public health activities of the State and report its findings thereon to the Governor and the Legislature. L.1947, c. 177, p. 798, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-33 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-33
Sanitation, plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings
Status: in_force

Local boards of health may within their respective jurisdictions: a. Secure the sanitary condition of every building, public or private. b. Compel, prescribe, regulate and control the plumbing, ventilation and drainage of every building, public or private, and the connection thereof with an outside sewer, cesspool or other receptacle; c. Require plans of such plumbing, ventilation or drainage, with necessary drawings or descriptions, to be submitted to it for its inspection and approval, and may charge a fee not exceeding two dollars ($2.00), to be paid by the owner or other person filing the plans at the time of filing; and d. Require every master and foreman plumber and every building contractor to register his name and address at the office of the board. Amended by L.1949, c. 94, p. 412, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.27 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.27
HMO to offer coverage for domestic partner.
Status: in_force

52. Every health maintenance organization contract that is delivered, issued, executed or renewed in this State pursuant to P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.) or approved for issuance or renewal in this State by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, on or after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.), under which dependent coverage is available, shall offer dependent coverage to an enrollee for an enrollee's domestic partner. For the purposes of this section, "domestic partner" means a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3). The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts in which the health maintenance organization has reserved the right to change the schedule of charges. L.2003,c.246,s.52.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2P-3 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2P / Section 2P-3
Purpose of council
Status: in_force

3. The council shall advise the Governor regarding the prevention, detection, occurrence, diagnosis, treatment and cure of Lyme disease, and shall establish a mechanism through which physicians and communities throughout the State can share information on the disease. L.1991,c.277,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-5 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-5
Cemeteries dangerous to public health; action for relief; costs
Status: in_force

When a cemetery or burial ground or part thereof for any reason has become dangerous to the public health and it shall be deemed inadvisable that any further interments be made therein, any municipal authority within whose limits the cemetery or burial ground is situate, or the State department or any local board, may institute an action in the Superior Court, either in the name of the State on the relation of the plaintiff or otherwise. If the court shall determine that the cemetery or burial ground or any part thereof is dangerous to the public health for any reason, or that further interments therein would be inadvisable, the court may, by injunction or otherwise, grant such relief as may be proper and necessary for the protection of the public health. If the court shall determine that the plaintiff is not entitled to any relief, costs shall be awarded against the plaintiff, but only if it appears to the court that no probable cause existed for bringing the action. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 478, s. 50.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-23 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3A2 / Section 3A2-23
Definitions
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act unless otherwise specifically indicated: a. "Air pollution" means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and duration as are, or tend to be, injurious to the human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property anywhere in the State as may be affected thereby, but excludes all aspects of employer-employee relationships with respect to health and safety hazards within the confines of a place of employment. b. "County board" means a county board of health established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.329 (C.26:3A2-1 et seq.) and having all the powers of a county board of health provided pursuant to law. c. "County department" means a county department of health established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.329 (C.26:3A2-1 et seq.) with the purpose of providing environmental health programs throughout the county and other local health programs in any municipality which contracts therefor with the county board. d. "Environmental health" means those health and environmental programs relating to the control of air pollution, solid waste, hazardous waste, noise, pesticides, radiation, and water pollution and to protect workers and the public from hazardous substances and toxic catastrophes, or to such other health and environmental programs as may be designated by the commissioner. e. "Monitor" means check, test, observe, survey or inspect to determine compliance with environmental health standards. f. "Noise" means any sounds of such level and duration as to be or tend to be injurious to human health or welfare, or which would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the State or in any portions thereof, but excludes all aspects of the employer-employee relationship concerning health and safety hazards within the confines of a place of employment. g. "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms. h. "Water pollution" means the presence in or upon the surface or ground waters of this State of one or more contaminants, including any form of solid or liquid waste of any composition whatsoever, in such quantities and duration as are, or tend to be, injurious to the human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property within any portion of the State. i. "Certified local health agency" means a local health agency satisfying the performance and administrative standards authorized in section 15 of P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-33). j. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. k. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. l. "Local health agency" means a county department, or regional or municipal health agency responsible, pursuant to law, for the conduct, within its area of jurisdiction, of a public health program administered by a full-time health officer. m. "Pesticides" means "pesticides" as defined in section 3 of P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-3). n. "Radiation" means "unnecessary radiation" as defined in section 2 of P.L.1958, c.116 (C.26:2D-2); radon gas and radon progeny; "low-level radioactive waste" as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.333 (C.13:1E-179), or as defined by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection pursuant to regulation. o. "State statutes concerning environmental health" or "environmental health laws" means the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), the "Pesticide Control Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.), the "Noise Control Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.418 (C.13:1G-1 et seq.), the "Radiation Protection Act," P.L.1958, c.116 (C.26:2D-1 et seq.), the "Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act," P.L.1983, c.330 (C.13:1K-6 et seq.), the "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act," P.L.1985, c.403 (C.13:1K-19 et seq.), the "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.), the "Worker and Community Right to Know Act," P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.), the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), P.L.1986, c.102 (C.58:10A-21 et seq.), and any other State environmental health law that the commissioner deems appropriate. L.1977,c.443,s.3; amended 1991,c.99,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-7.2 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-7.2
Exemption from certificate of need.
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-7) to the contrary, a nursing home which proposes to increase the total number of licensed beds contained therein by not more than 10 beds or 10% of its licensed bed capacity, whichever is less, within a period of five years is exempt from the requirement of obtaining a certificate of need if the nursing home is in compliance with all State regulations governing its operations. No licensed bed that is added by a nursing home in accordance with the requirements of this section, and no licensed bed that is part of an unimplemented certificate of need, may be sold or transferred to any other nursing home except upon application for and receipt of a certificate of need as provided by P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). A nursing home that has removed beds from its license within the preceding five years shall not be eligible to increase its licensed bed capacity under the provisions of this section. L.1987, c.322, s.1; amended 2021, c.95, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-89 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-89
Notification by hospital relative to donor status.
Status: in_force

13. a. A hospital shall notify an organ procurement organization or a third party designated by that organization of a person whose death is imminent or who has died in the hospital, in a timely manner sufficient to ensure that the examination, evaluation, and ascertainment of donor status as set forth in subsection d. of this section can be completed within a time frame compatible with the donation of organs and tissues for transplant. The notification shall be made without regard to whether the person has executed an advance directive for health care. b. When a hospital refers a person who is dead or whose death is imminent to an organ procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the person resides in order to ascertain whether the person has made an anatomical gift. c. (1) If the patient has a validly executed donor card, donor designation on a driver's license, advance directive for health care, will, other document of gift, or registration with a Statewide organ and tissue donor registry, the procurement organization representative or the designated requester shall attempt to notify a person listed in section 9 of this act of the gift. If no document of gift is known to the procurement organization representative or the designated requester, one of those two individuals shall ask the persons listed in section 9 of this act whether the decedent had a validly executed document of gift. If there is no evidence of an anatomical gift or refusal by the decedent, the procurement organization representative or the designated requester shall attempt to notify a person listed in section 9 of this act of the option to donate organs or tissues. (2) The person in charge of the hospital or that person's designated representative shall indicate in the medical record of the decedent whether or not a document of gift is known to exist, or otherwise whether consent was granted, the name of the person granting or refusing the consent, and that person's relationship to the decedent. d. When a hospital refers an individual who is dead or whose death is imminent to a procurement organization, and the organization has determined based upon a medical record review that the individual may be a prospective donor, then the organization may conduct any blood or tissue test or minimally invasive examination that is reasonably necessary to evaluate the medical suitability of a part that is or may be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education from a donor or a prospective donor. The hospital shall not withdraw any measures that are necessary to maintain the medical suitability of the part until the procurement organization has had the opportunity to advise the applicable persons as set forth in section 9 of this act of the option to make an anatomical gift or has ascertained that the individual expressed a contrary intent. The results of such tests and examinations shall be used or disclosed only for purposes of evaluating medical suitability for donation and to facilitate the donation process, and as required or permitted by existing law. e. At any time after a donor's death, the person to whom an anatomical gift may pass pursuant to section 10 of this act may conduct any test or examination that is reasonably necessary to evaluate the medical suitability of the body or part for its intended purpose. f. An examination conducted pursuant to this section may include an examination of all medical and dental records of the donor or prospective donor. g. Upon the death of a minor who was a donor or had signed a refusal, the procurement organization shall, unless it knows the minor is emancipated, conduct a reasonable search for the parents of the minor and provide the parents with an opportunity to revoke or amend the anatomical gift or revoke the refusal. h. Subject to the provisions of this act, the rights of a person or entity to whom a part passes pursuant to section 10 of this act shall be superior to the rights of all others with respect to that part. The person or entity may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part. Subject to the terms of the document of gift and the provisions of this act, a person or entity who accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial or cremation, and the use of remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person or entity to which the part passes pursuant to section 10 of this act, upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial or cremation, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. i. Neither the physician or registered professional nurse who attends the decedent at death nor the physician or registered professional nurse who determines the time of the decedent's death may participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part from the decedent. j. A physician or technician may remove a donated part from the body of a donor that the physician or technician is qualified to remove. k. Each hospital or other licensed health care facility in this State shall be authorized to enter into such agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations as are necessary for the coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. L.2008, c.50, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.76 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.76
"Pediatric respite care facility" defined.
Status: in_force

2. For purposes of this act, "pediatric respite care facility" means a facility licensed by the Department of Health that provides home-like care in a facility for two weeks or less of respite care, or as necessary for end-of-life care or as medically necessary for children up to age 21 with limited life expectancies or complex, life-limiting illnesses and support for their families, and employs an interdisciplinary team to assist in providing curative care treatment when possible, palliative care, and supportive services to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and economic needs of children and their families during illness, as well as during dying and bereavement if no cure is attained. A "pediatric respite care facility" shall also mean a pediatric long-term care facility licensed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:33H-1.5. L.2013, c.267, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-5e — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-5e
Adoption of policies for notifying family members of patient deaths by health care facilities.
Status: in_force

1. A general or special hospital, nursing home or assisted living residence licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall, commencing no later than the 180th day after the effective date of this act and as prescribed by regulation of the Commissioner of Health, adopt and maintain written policies and procedures to delineate the responsibilities of its staff for prompt notification of a family member, guardian, or other designated person about a patient's death and confirmation and written documentation of that notification. L.2004, c.90, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.157.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2-176 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-176
Development of policies, procedures for care.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Health, in conjunction with the State Board of Medical Examiners and the New Jersey Board of Nursing, shall work with health care facilities and licensed health care professionals in the State to develop policies and procedures to achieve the following requirements concerning postpartum depression: a. Physicians, nurse midwives, and other licensed health care professionals providing prenatal care to women shall provide education to women and their families about postpartum depression in order to lower the likelihood that new mothers will continue to suffer from this illness in silence; b. All birthing facilities in the State shall provide departing new mothers and fathers and other family members, as appropriate, with complete information about postpartum depression, including its symptoms, methods of coping with the illness, and treatment resources; c. Physicians, nurse midwives, and other licensed health care professionals providing postnatal care to women shall screen new mothers for postpartum depression symptoms prior to discharge from the birthing facility and at the first few postnatal check-up visits; and d. Physicians, nurse midwives, and other licensed health care professionals providing prenatal and postnatal care to women shall include fathers and other family members, as appropriate, in both the education and treatment processes to help them better understand the nature and causes of postpartum depression so that they too can overcome the spillover effects of the illness and improve their ability to be supportive of the new mother. L.2000, c.167, s.2; amended 2006, c.12; 2012, c.17, s.130.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-32 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-32
Require compliance with laws
Status: in_force

The person in charge of any premises on which an interment is to be made shall see that the requirements of this chapter relative to a burial or removal permit, or transit permit shall have been complied with before any burial or other disposal is made thereon. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-8.4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-8.4
Penalty for violation
Status: in_force

a. A person who violates the provisions of this act is subject to a penalty of up to $1,000.00 for each offense. These penalties shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the Department of Health in a court of competent jurisdiction. The action may be brought in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq. b. Any person who in good faith complies with the provisions of this act shall be free from any civil or criminal liability for so acting, provided the skill and care exercised are that ordinarily required and exercised by others in the profession. L. 1988, c. 125, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-83 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-83
Crippled Children's Commission appropriations transferred
Status: in_force

All appropriations available and to become available to the State Crippled Children's Commission are hereby transferred to the State Department of Health, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated. L.1948, c. 444, p. 1755, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2D-73 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2D / Section 2D-73
Confidentiality
Status: in_force

No person shall disclose to any person, except to the Department of Environmental Protection or the Department of Health, the address or owner of a nonpublic building that the person tested or treated for the presence of radon gas and radon progeny, unless the owner of the building waives, in writing, this right of confidentiality. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person performing testing or treatment on a building which he owns, or to instances where disclosure is necessary to contract for further testing or to contract for the mitigating and safeguarding of a building from the presence of radon gas and radon progeny. In the case of a prospective sale of a building which has been tested for radon gas and radon progeny, the seller shall provide the buyer, at the time the contract of sale is entered into, with a copy of the results of that test and evidence of any subsequent mitigation or treatment, and any prospective buyer who contracts for the testing shall have the right to receive the results of that testing. L. 1986, c. 83, s. 4, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-33.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-33.1
Carrier, participating dentist, agreement, collecting, covered procedures, services; refund, difference.
Status: in_force

1. a. A carrier shall not include in an agreement between the carrier and a participating dentist a provision that prohibits a participating dentist from collecting an amount owed from a covered person for a covered procedure or service if the participating dentist: (1) notifies the covered person prior to performing the covered procedure or service that the dentist may not be paid by the carrier and that the covered person is responsible for payment of the covered procedure or service; (2) provides the covered person an explanation, in writing, of the benefits and material cost differences of suitable alternative options for the covered procedure or service, and that the alternative selected may not be covered by the plan, in advance of it being performed; (3) obtains the covered person's consent, in writing, to the performance of the covered procedure or service and the participating dentist makes the written consent available to the carrier upon request; and (4) accepts as payment in full the amount the participating dentist would have accepted from the carrier under the covered person's dental plan, including bundling pursuant to this act. A participating dentist that receives payment for a covered procedure or service from a covered person that exceeds the amount the participating dentist is obligated to accept under the covered person's dental plan shall refund to the covered person the difference between the amount accepted by the participating dentist from the covered person and the amount the participating dentist is obligated to accept under the covered person's dental plan. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, this act shall not apply in cases where the service performed by the participating dentist is required as a result of a prior service by the dentist that was inconsistent with the quality of care in the practice of dentistry as determined by a licensed dentist, and this act shall not permit billing covered persons for: (1) equipment used by the participating dentist; (2) overhead expenses incurred by the participating dentist; (3) other costs of services or supplies rendered that are covered, or for which benefits are payable, under the covered person's dental plan, except for copayment, coinsurance, or deductible amounts set forth in the dental plan; or (4) laboratory costs or other services customarily associated with the performance of covered services unless: (a) the participating dentist receives prior written consent from the covered person in advance of the performance of the service; and (b) the participating dentist has explained, in writing, the benefits and material cost differences of suitable alternative options for the service, and that the alternative selected may not be covered by the plan, in advance of it being performed. c. A carrier shall not change a dentist's submitted procedure codes through down-coding or bundling unless the carrier undertakes a professional review of the submitted charges and supporting clinical information and determines that the original coding was incorrect, fragmented, or un-bundled as: (1) provided for in the Current Dental Terminology Code of Dental Procedures and Nomenclature; or (2) consistent with the generally acceptable standards of care in the practice of dentistry. d. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any other law to the contrary, a carrier may base its benefit reimbursement on a lower acceptable cost procedure, material, or test where an alternative, and less costly, means is available and generally accepted for purposes of benefit payment, and based on the participation agreement between the carrier and the participating dentist. However, nothing in this act shall preclude a carrier from covering procedures or services that are actually performed by a participating dentist, per its network provider agreement, and are otherwise eligible for benefit. e. Nothing in this act shall exempt or limit any dentist from the provisions of the "Insurance Fraud Prevention Act," P.L.1983, c.320 (C.17:33A-1 et seq.). f. As used in this act: "Bundling" means the practice of combining distinct dental procedures or components of a more extensive procedure into one procedure for billing purposes, but does not include the denial or adjustment of claims for covered services in accordance with the covered person's dental plan. "Carrier" means an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, dental service corporation, dental plan organization or health maintenance organization authorized to issue dental contracts, policies, or plans in this State. "Covered person" means a person on whose behalf a carrier offering a dental plan is obligated to pay benefits for or provide dental procedures or services pursuant to the plan. "Covered procedure or service" means a dental care procedure or service that is consistent with generally acceptable standards of care in the practice of dentistry, and which the carrier has determined to be reimbursable under a covered person's dental plan, or for which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, waiting periods, annual or lifetime maximums, frequency limitations, or alternative benefit payments. "Dental plan" means a benefits plan, policy, or contract which pays or provides dental expense benefits for covered procedures or services and is delivered or issued for delivery in this State by or through a carrier either on a stand-alone basis or as part of other coverage including, but not limited to, health benefits coverage. Dental plan shall not include the following plans, policies, or contracts: accident only, credit disability, long-term care, Medicare supplement coverage; TRICARE supplement coverage, coverage for Medicare services pursuant to a contract with the United States government, the State Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), the NJ FamilyCare Program established pursuant to P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et al.), coverage arising out of a worker's compensation or similar law, the State Health Benefits Program, the School Employees' Health Benefits Program, or a self-insured health benefits plan governed by the provisions of the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," 29 U.S.C. s.1001 et seq., coverage under a policy of private passenger automobile insurance issued pursuant to P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-1 et seq.), or hospital confinement indemnity coverage. "Down-coding" means the adjustment of a claim submitted to a dental plan to a less complex or lower cost procedure code. Down-coding does not include a carrier's adjustment of payment for procedures which were improperly or inaccurately billed, or the denial or adjustment of claims for covered services in accordance with the covered person's dental plan. "Participating dentist" means a dentist who has entered into a contract with a carrier to provide dental services to covered persons for a predetermined fee or set of fees. L.2023, c.207.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3D-61 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3D / Section 3D-61
Signage, requirements.
Status: in_force

7. a. The person having control of an indoor public place or workplace shall place in every public entrance to the indoor public place or workplace a sign, which shall be located so as to be clearly visible to the public and shall contain letters or a symbol which contrast in color with the sign, indicating that smoking is prohibited therein, except in such designated areas as provided pursuant to this act. The sign shall also indicate that violators are subject to a fine. The person having control of the indoor public place or workplace shall post a sign stating "Smoking Permitted" in letters at least one inch in height or marked by the international symbol for "Smoking Permitted" in those areas where smoking is permitted. b. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent a lessee of the workplace, or space within the building or indoor public place, from enforcing the smoking restrictions imposed by the owner or operator of a commercial or other office building or other indoor public place. L.2005,c.383,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2S-10.4 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2S / Section 2S-10.4
Optometrist not required to participate in certain plans.
Status: in_force

1. a. A carrier shall not require an optometrist to participate in a vision care plan as a condition for entering into a contract with that carrier for the provision of medically necessary physician services within the scope of practice of an optometrist. b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a carrier from entering into a contract with a vision care plan. L.2017, c.264, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-31.7 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-31.7
Liability of landlord or agent due to negligence; penalty enforcement
Status: in_force

4. Any landlord or his agent whose negligence or failure to act results in municipal action pursuant to section 2 of this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $300.00 for each affected dwelling unit in the residential property. Such penalty shall be recoverable by the municipality in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). Any action to collect or enforce any such penalty shall be brought in the Superior Court or municipal court. The amount of such penalty shall be paid to the municipality to be used for general municipal purposes. L.1980,c.170,s.4; amended 1991,c.91,s.289.
N.J. Stat. § 26:6-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4.1
Certificate of death
Status: in_force

1. On or before the tenth day of each month, the State Department of Health shall certify to the supervisor of veterans' interment in each of the respective counties of the State, the name of each deceased veteran and of each deceased member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits for whom a certificate of death, in which the place of burial, cremation or removal is stated as being within such county, has been filed with the State Department of Health during the preceding month, together with the date and place of burial, cremation or removal of such deceased veteran, and the war in which said deceased veteran served. L.1945,c.202,s.1; amended 1946,c.232,s.1; 1991,c.389,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-55 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-55
Payment of expenses by local authorities
Status: in_force

In case the local board fails to recover an amount sufficient to defray such expenses or shall deem it inexpedient to bring action, it may present a bill, certified by the board, or by a majority thereof, for such expenses or for such part thereof as may not have been recovered, to the proper disbursing officer of the municipality, and it shall be audited and paid by the municipality in and for which the local board is organized, in the same manner as the bills for the ordinary current expenses of the municipality are paid.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.107a — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-12.107a
Definitions; long-term care facility pharmacists, pharmaceutical services.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this act: "Long-term care facility" means a facility or distinct part of a facility licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health as a long-term care facility. “Pharmacist” means a pharmacist licensed pursuant to P.L.2003, c.280 (C.45:14-40 et seq.). b. Each long-term care facility shall have a consultant pharmacist and either a provider pharmacist or, if the facility has an in-house pharmacy, a director of pharmaceutical services. c. A New Jersey-licensed pharmacist shall serve as director of pharmaceutical services or as consultant pharmacist. The pharmacist shall comply with federal and State statutes, rules, regulations, and currently accepted standards of practice. d. Each long-term care facility shall have an interdisciplinary pharmacy and therapeutics committee, appointed by and reporting to the facility’s administrator and consisting of at least the administrator, a representative of the nursing staff, and the facility’s consultant pharmacist, with oversight as needed by the facility’s medical director. The committee may include a licensed pharmacist representing the provider pharmacy. The committee shall hold meetings at least quarterly. Records, including the dates of meetings, attendance, activities, findings, and recommendations, shall be maintained by the committee. e. Each long-term care facility shall appoint a consultant pharmacist who is not also the director of pharmaceutical services or pharmacist provider, and who attests that he or she does not have an affiliation with either the facility’s director of pharmaceutical services or the facility’s pharmacist provider. Following the appointment of the consultant pharmacist, the consultant pharmacist shall avoid all real or potential conflicts of interest with the facility’s director of pharmaceutical services or the facility’s pharmacist provider. f. If a long-term care facility keeps emergency injectable or oral controlled substances, the facility shall ensure that a current Drug Enforcement Administration registration and controlled dangerous substance registration for that location is available. L.2025, c.294.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-31.9 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-31.9
Immunity of municipality or its employees in enforcing act; exception
Status: in_force

No municipality or its employees shall be liable for any damages to any person or property in enforcing this act except for the gross negligence or malfeasance of any municipal official, officer or employee, and under no circumstances shall a municipality be held liable for damages from the lack of heat in the residential property. L.1980, c. 170, s. 6, eff. Dec. 18, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2J-4.34 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2J / Section 2J-4.34
Health maintenance organization to provide benefits for treatment of autism or other developmental disability.
Status: in_force

8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a health maintenance organization enrollee agreement that provides health care services 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 provide coverage pursuant to the provisions of this section. a. The health maintenance organization shall provide coverage for health care services for screening and diagnosing autism or another developmental disability. b. When the enrollee's primary diagnosis is autism or another developmental disability, the health maintenance organization shall provide coverage for medically necessary occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy services, as prescribed through a treatment plan. Coverage of these therapies shall not be denied on the basis that the treatment is not restorative. c. When the enrollee is under 21 years of age and the enrollee's primary diagnosis is autism, the health maintenance organization shall provide coverage for medically necessary behavioral interventions based on the principles of applied behavioral analysis and related structured behavioral programs, as prescribed through a treatment plan, subject to the provisions of this subsection. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the coverage provided pursuant to this subsection shall be provided to the same extent as for any other medical condition under the contract, but shall not be subject to limits on the number of visits that an enrollee may make to a provider of behavioral interventions. (2) The coverage provided pursuant to this subsection shall not be denied on the basis that the treatment is not restorative. (3) (a) The maximum coverage amount for an enrollee in any calendar year through 2011 shall be $36,000. (b) Commencing on January 1, 2012, the maximum coverage amount shall be subject to an adjustment, to be promulgated by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and published in the New Jersey Register no later than February 1 of each calendar year, which shall be equal to the change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the nation, as prepared by the United States Department of Labor, for the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the adjustment to the maximum benefit amount is promulgated. (c) The adjusted maximum coverage amount shall apply to a contract that is delivered, issued, executed, or renewed, or approved for issuance or renewal, in the 12-month period following the date on which the adjustment is promulgated. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the contrary, a health maintenance organization shall not be precluded from providing a coverage amount for an enrollee in any calendar year that exceeds the coverage amounts set forth in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph. d. The treatment plan required pursuant to subsections b. and c. of this section shall include all elements necessary for the health maintenance organization to appropriately provide coverage for health care services, including, but not limited to: a diagnosis; proposed treatment by type, frequency, and duration; the anticipated outcomes stated as goals; the frequency by which the treatment plan will be updated; and the treating physician's signature. The health maintenance organization may only request an updated treatment plan once every six months from the treating physician to review medical necessity, unless the health maintenance organization and the treating physician agree that a more frequent review is necessary due to emerging clinical circumstances. e. The provisions of subsections b. and c. of this section shall not be construed as limiting coverage for health care services otherwise available to an enrollee. f. The provisions of subsections b. and c. of this section shall not be construed to require that benefits be provided to reimburse the cost of services provided under an individualized family service plan or an individualized education program, or affect any requirement to provide those services; except that the benefits provided pursuant to those subsections shall include coverage for expenses incurred by participants in an individualized family service plan through a family cost share. g. The coverage required under this section may be subject to utilization review, including periodic review, by the health maintenance organization of the continued medical necessity of the specified therapies and interventions. h. The provisions of this section shall apply to those enrollee agreements in which the health maintenance organization has reserved the right to change the premium. L.2009, c.115, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3E-15 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3E / Section 3E-15
"Ask Before You Eat" public information campaign.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Health shall conduct, within the limits of monies appropriated pursuant to this act, a public information campaign regarding food allergies, to be known as "Ask Before You Eat." The public information campaign shall be designed to inform the public about food allergies and the health-related consequences, including anaphylaxis, to persons with such allergies who are exposed to food items that contain or are prepared with ingredients that trigger severe allergic reactions, such as peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood. L.2005, c.26, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.334.
N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-18.50 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 2H / Section 2H-18.50
Short title
Status: in_force

This amendatory and supplementary act shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Care Cost Reduction Act." L.1991,c.187,s.85.
N.J. Stat. § 26:3-89 — NJ Code / Title 26 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-89
Restrictions in appointment of employees
Status: in_force

A regional health commission shall be subject to the same restrictions in the appointment of employees as apply to a local board of health under the provisions of section 26:3-20 of the Revised Statutes. L.1938, c. 67, p. 178, s. 7.