New Jersey Nursing Home Oversight

Introduction

The New Jersey Department of Health conducts licensure inspections of the state's approximately 380 nursing homes and also responds to complaints from consumers. The links below describe the department's responsibilities and summarizes inspection results.

• Who Regulates Nursing Homes?
• New Jersey Inspection Surveys
• Deficiencies & Plans of Correction
• Enforcement Remedies
• Penalty Letters
• Open Public Records Act
• Informal Dispute Resolution
• Formal Administrative Hearings
• Designation of Penalty Monies
• Nursing Home Quality Improvement Initiatives
• Advisory Standards 
• Selecting a Long-Term Care Setting:  A Guide for New Jersey Consumers
• Federal Inspections and Surveys:
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (Formerly HCFA)
     NJ Nursing Homes