New Jersey certificate of need
New Jersey has a certificate of need program, run by New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility Licensure; State Health Planning Board advises the Commissioner on full-review applications. It covers 11 kinds of services, listed below.
- CON program
- Yes
- Services covered
- 11
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New Jersey CON program
New Jersey has a certificate of need program, run by New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility Licensure; State Health Planning Board advises the Commissioner on full-review applications. It covers 11 kinds of services, listed below.
- CON program
- Yes
- Program
- Certificate of Need (full review and Expedited Review, ERCN)
- Statute
- N.J.S.A. 26:2H-7 et seq.; N.J.A.C. 8:33
Services that need a certificate of need
- long-term care (general, ventilator, pediatric)
- rehabilitation beds
- psychiatric beds
- new general hospitals and children's hospitals
- transfer of ownership of a general hospital
- maternal and child health, pediatric intensive care
- transplantation, burn centers, trauma units, mobile intensive care units
- home health
- new assisted living facilities
- hospital sub-acute unit capacity changes
- establishment, capacity, scope, location or cost changes and major moveable equipment for covered facilities (often expedited)
Frequently asked questions
Does New Jersey have a certificate of need law?
New Jersey has a certificate of need program, run by New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility Licensure; State Health Planning Board advises the Commissioner on full-review applications. It covers 11 kinds of services, listed below.