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TTY Relay: If you require the services of a relay operator, please dial 711 and provide the operator with the following phone number, 609-292-6683. You will then be connected to a Client Services phone representative for assistance.

Frequently Requested Services:

  • DOH Main Line
    1-800-367-6543
  • Commissioner's Office
    609-292-7838
  • After Hours Contact
    609-392-2020
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  •  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
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  • Bedbugs
    609-829-4935
  • 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
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  • Camp Safety 609-829-4935
  • 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
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  • Death Certificates/Other Vital Records
    Toll-free hotline (nationwide): 1-866-649-8726
    Or 609-292-4087
  • Doctor Information
    visit the DOH web site.
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  • FamilyCare, NJ
    Visit the Department of Human Services web site.
  • Family Health Hotline
    1-800-328-3838
  • Food and Drug Safety Program
    609-826-4935
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  • 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.
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  • 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)
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Occupational and Environmental Diseases, Injuries and Poisoning Reporting
    609-826-4984
  • Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly
    1-877-582-6995
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  • 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
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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
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  • 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.
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  • Tobacco Control Program
    609-913-5678
  • Tuberculosis (confirmed or suspected cases)
    1-609-826-4878
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  • Vaccine Preventable Disease Program
    609-826-4860
  • Vital Records
    Toll-free hotline (nationwide): 1-866-649-8726
    Or 609-292-4087
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  • WIC
    1-800-328-3838
    Administrative Offices -- 609-292-9560
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Last Reviewed: 4/26/2022