Frequently Requested Services:

• DOH Main Line
  1-800-367-6543
• Commissioner's Office
  609-292-7838
• After Hours Contact
  609-392-2020

•  ADRC (Aging & Disability Resource Connection)
  877-222-3737
•  AIDS Drug Distribution Program Hotline
  877-613-4533
• HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Health Insurance Continuation Program Hotline
  800-353-3232
• AIDS/STD Hotline
  800-624-2377
• Alcohol and Drug Issues
  844-276-2777
• Animal Cruelty
  609-671-6400
• Animal Spay/Neuter Program
  609-826-4872

• Bedbugs
  609-826-4935
• Birth Certificates/Other Vital Records
  Toll-free hotline (nationwide): 1-866-649-8726 Or 609-292-4087
• Board of Medical Examiners (Division of Consumer Affairs)
  1-609-826-7100

• Camp Safety 609-826-4935
• Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJCEED)
  1-800-328-3838
• Cancer Epidemiology Services
  609-633-0500
  
  
• Cancer Patients/Resource Information
  609-984-5148
  
  
• Caregiver Resources
  
  
• Center for Health Statistics
  609-984-6703
• Charity Care
  1-866-588-5696 (Se Habla Español)
• Community Choice Counseling for Nursing Home Residents
  1-877-856-0877
• Complaints
              Hospitals 1-800-792-9770 or visit the web site.
              Nursing Homes 1-800-792-9770 or visit the web site.
              Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
  
  
• Consumer, Environmental and Occupational Health
  609-826-4920
• Consumer Reports on Health Care Quality
  1-800-418-1397
• Criminal Background Investigations
  866-561-5914

• Death Certificates/Other Vital Records
  Toll-free hotline (nationwide): 1-866-649-8726
  Or 609-292-4087
• Doctor Information
  visit the DOH web site.

• Early Intervention System
  1-888-653-4463
• Emergency Medical Services/EMTs
  609-633-7777
• Environmental Public Health Tracking
  609-826-4984

• FamilyCare, NJ
  Visit the Department of Human Services web site.
• Family Health Hotline
  1-800-328-3838

• Health Care Quality Assessment
  1-609-984-7334
• Hearing Aid Assistance for the Aged and Disabled
  1-800-792-9745
• HMOs/Managed Care
  Visit the Department of Banking and Insurance web site.
• Hospital Complaints
  1-800-792-9770 or visit the DOH web site.

• Immunizations
  609-826-4861
  Administrative Offices: 609-826-4860
• Indoor Environments Program
  609-826-4950
• Infectious and Zoonotic Disease
  609-826-4872 and 609-826-5964 (Monday - Friday)
  609-392-2020 (Nights, Weekends, and Holidays)

• Landlord Issues
  Call the Department of Consumer Affairs at 609-633-6606.
• Lifeline Utility Assistance
  1-800-792-9745
• LIHEAP (Department of Community Affairs)
  1-800-510-3102
• Local Health Departments
  Directory

• Media Inquiries
  609-984-7160
• Medicaid
  1-800-356-1561 or visit the Department of Human Services web site.
• Medicare (federal government)
  800-633-4227
• Mental Health and Addiction Services
  800-382-6717

• Nitrous Oxide Permits
  609-826-4935
• Nurse Aide Certification
  866-561-5914
• Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board
  609-633-9706
• Nursing Home Complaints
  1-800-792-9770 or visit the DOH webs site
• Nursing Home Ombudsman
  1-877-582-6995
• Nursing Homes
  Find a Nursing Home
  Compare Nursing Homes

• Occupational and Environmental Diseases, Injuries and Poisoning Reporting
  609-826-4984
• Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly
  1-877-582-6995

• PAAD/Senior Gold
  1-800-792-9745
• Patient Safety
  609-341-5558
• Poison Control
  1-800-222-1222 (Emergency Line)
  Administrative Office (973) 972-9280
• Postpartum Depression
  Hotline 1-800-328-3838
• Prescription Drug Price Registry
  Visit the Division of Consumer Affairs web site.
• Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH)
  609-984-1863
• Public Health Environmental Labs
  609-406-6860
• Public Health and Food Protection Program
  609-826-4935
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• Quit Smoking Services
  1-866-NJSTOPS  (1-866-657-8677)

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• Radon Information
  1-800-792-8831
• Right to Know Program
  609-984-2202

• Senior Gold
  1-800-792-9745
• Senior Programs Information
  1-800-792-8820
• Senior Services and Benefits – NJ EASE
  1-877-222-3737
• SIDS Hotline
  1-800-545-7437 or visit the SIDS Center of New Jersey web site.
• STDs/Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline
  1-800-624-2377
• SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program for Medicare Beneficiaries)
  1-800-792-8820
• Social Security (federal government)
  1-800-772-1213
• Spay/Neuter Program
  609-826-4872
• State Government Telephone Operator
  609-292-2121
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  1-800-545-7437 or visit the SIDS Center of New Jersey web site.

• Tobacco Control Program
  609-913-5678
• Tuberculosis (confirmed or suspected cases)
  1-609-826-4878

• Vaccine Preventable Disease Program
  609-826-4860
• Vital Records
  Toll-free hotline (nationwide): 1-866-649-8726
  Or 609-292-4087

• WIC
  1-800-328-3838
  Administrative Offices -- 609-292-9560