Public Health Licensure

A license is required for any person who is employed by any local health agency in New Jersey as a Health Officer or Registered Environmental Health Specialist.  The rules adopted as Licensure of Persons for Public Health Positions, N.J.A.C. 8:7 sets forth reasonable standards for the licensing of Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists in New Jersey.  These rules were most recently readopted on October 16, 2006.
The Department of Health and Senior Services, through the Pubic Health Licensing and Examination Board (Board), grants licenses to those candidates who submit evidence of the required education, training and experience, are accepted for testing by the Board, and subsequently pass an examination for the position.  The examination is administered three times per year traditionally during the last week of February, July, and November. 
Applications and all supporting materials are due approximately a month and one-half before the scheduled examination date.  This allows time for administrative processing and the review by the Board. 

• Licensure for Health Officers
• Licensure for Registered Environmental Health Specialists
• License Renewal
• Complaints

Examination Dates For 2010

Only applications which are complete and have been received prior to the published examination closing date shall be reviewed by the Board.  The deadline for application submission shall be enforced according to the postmark on the packet.