Public Health Rules in New Jersey (2026)

Every retail food establishment in Bergenfield must post its latest Health Department evaluation placard right at the…

Clifton's Health Department requires every retail food-handling establishment to post its current inspection evaluation…

Hamilton Township requires every retail food establishment to hold a Township license and post its most recent state…

Every retail and wholesale food establishment in Passaic must post its latest Division of Health inspection evaluation…

Chapter 227 requires every building and premises in Passaic to be ratproofed and kept free of rats and vermin, with…

Atlantic County requires every hotel, boardinghouse and rooming house to stay free of rodents, vermin and insects, and…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code declares it a public health nuisance to accumulate anything that feeds or shelters rodents…

Brick Township declares woodpiles that harbor, are infested, or are inhabited by rats or other vermin public nuisances…

Cherry Hill Township requires every structure and exterior property to stay free of rat infestation, with prompt…

Clifton makes it unlawful to let garbage, refuse, manure or animal or vegetable matter pile up if it can feed rodents…

Edison Township declares it a nuisance to let rodent food or harborage accumulate on any property, and the Division of…

Elizabeth's Vermin Control chapter makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant to let any premises become rat- or…

Hackensack bars property owners and occupants from letting their premises become vermin- or rat-infested, or from…

Hamilton Township's housing code makes every occupant, owner or operator of a dwelling responsible for exterminating…

Chapter 449's Rodent Control article makes it unlawful for any owner or occupant to let a building become…

Jersey City makes rodent or vermin infestation on any property a declared public-health nuisance. Code § 182-30 bars…

Lakewood Township's Board of Health Code makes every dwelling owner responsible for keeping the building 'reasonably…

Linden's Housing Code bars exterior property areas from becoming rodent or insect breeding grounds and puts…

Long Branch's property maintenance code requires every building to stay weathertight, watertight and verminproof under…

Newark Code § 16:20-2 makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant to let any premises in the city become vermin- or…

Paterson makes property owners responsible for exterminating insects, rodents and other pests in exterior areas…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 223-92 requires every structure in the Village to be kept free of insect and rat…

Toms River Township requires mobile home park operators to apply insect and rodent control measures recommended by the…

Trenton requires every basement or cellar opening to be screened against rodents, and puts extermination on the owner…

Woodbridge Township requires every property owner or operator to keep the exterior of their premises free of animal…

Clifton declares bed bugs a public nuisance in multiple dwellings. Once a tenant or the Health Department gives written…

Hamilton's housing code requires every licensed hotel, motel, rooming house, and boardinghouse to stay free of bedbugs…

Jersey City's property maintenance code makes the owner of any building with two or more dwelling units responsible for…

Newark requires anyone disposing of a mattress from a privately owned building to wrap it in plastic first, a citywide…

Passaic declares bedbugs a public nuisance and puts the extermination duty on the property owner. Under Code of the…

Hamilton Township bans surgical dressings, syringes and other disposable hospital-type 'red bag waste' from curbside…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code treats needles differently from other medical waste: domestic hypodermic syringes and…

Cherry Hill Township requires used injection needles broken from the syringe and hub, separated, and placed in marked…

Jersey City requires every generator of medical waste, including sharps, to manage disposal "in accordance with all…

Linden bans discarding a used hypodermic needle or syringe in the trash, or anywhere else accessible to another person…

Woodbridge's Solid Waste Code classifies discarded syringes as a hazardous material under § 27-2.4, alongside paints…

Newark's Department of Health and Community Wellness is authorized, not required, to run a sterile syringe access…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code requires at least one certified food protection manager in every Risk Type 2 or Risk Type 3…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 9-1.2b requires every retail food establishment to have at least one staff member complete…

Every Clifton retail food establishment must employ at least one full-time certified food manager, obtained through the…

Edison Township requires every food handler and food-service supervisor to complete a Division of Health-approved food…

Freehold Township requires every retail food establishment to hold a food handler's license from the Board of Health…

Every owner, manager, supervisor and food-handling employee at an Irvington retail food establishment must hold a food…

Every retail food establishment licensed in Jersey City must keep at least one certified manager or supervisor on…

Long Branch requires every retail food establishment operator, or a manager from each shift, to complete a food…

Anyone who works handling foodstuffs intended for human consumption in Newark, or who employs someone who does, must…

Passaic's Division of Health runs its own food-handling training course, and the Health Officer can order any food…

Anyone who prepares or handles food for sale in Paterson must hold a City Health Division food handler's certificate…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 156-57 requires every person who prepares, sells or processes exposed food in the Village…

Toms River won't issue a peddler or vending license to sell food until the Board of Health first issues a food…

Woodbridge requires food handlers to complete an annual Food Safety and Sanitation education program. Code § 35-2.5…

Hackensack does not run a citywide food handler certification program for every restaurant, but it does require mobile…