OPRA Requests

You can submit records requests online or by mail.

Online Requests

• Visit our OPRA portal.
• Follow the instructions provided on the portal to submit your records request online.

Requests by Mail

• Choose the appropriate office or division.
• Fill out an OC-34 form (PDF).
• Mail the completed form to:

• Requests for Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner and Health Facility Survey and Field Operations records must be sent directly to those offices. See each office's section below for the mailing address.

Click on the Division or Office to review Program activities relevant to your request.

https://ocsme.nj.gov/

• Office of Chief State Medical Examiner
• Northern Regional Medical Examiner Office (Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Somerset)
• Southern Regional Medical Examiner Office (Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland)

Mailing address (Use Form OC-34):
Custodian of Government Records (OPRA)
Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner
PO Box 182
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

Overnight/Delivery Service address (Use Form OC-34):
Custodian of Government Records (OPRA)
Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner
120 South Stockton Street, 3rd floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

https://www.nj.gov/health/healthfacilities/

• Inspections and Complaint Investigations
  • Adult Day Health Care Facilities
  • Assisted Living Facilities
  • Nursing Home Facilities
  • Pediatric Medical Day Care Facilities

Mailing address (Use Form OC-34):
Custodian of Government Records (OPRA)
Division of Health Facility Survey and Field Operations
New Jersey Department of Health
PO Box 367
Trenton, NJ 08625-0367
 
Overnight/Delivery Service address (Use Form OC-34):
Custodian of Government Records (OPRA)
Division of Health Facility Survey and Field Operations
New Jersey Department of Health
120 South Stockton Street, Lower Level
Trenton, NJ 08611-0367

https://www.nj.gov/health/integratedhealth/hospitals/

• Ancora Psychiatric Hospital (Hammonton, NJ)
• Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital (Morris Plains, NJ)
• Trenton Psychiatric Hospital (Trenton, NJ)
• Ann Klein Forensic Center (Trenton, NJ)

https://www.nj.gov/health/healthfacilities/certificate-need/

• Certificate of Need
• Acute Care
  • Assessment and Survey
  • Facility Licensure
    • Hospitals
    • Ambulatory Care Facilities
    • Home Health Agencies
  • Inspections and Complaint Investigations
• Long-Term Care
  • Facility Licensing
    • Nursing Home
    • Assisted Living
    • Adult
    • Pediatric
  • Day Care
    • Adult Day Care Services
    • Pediatric Day Health Care Services
  • Licensing and Certification Credentials
    • Nurse Aides/Personal Care Assistants
    • Nursing Home Administrators
    • Certified Assisted Living Administrators
    • Certified Medication Aides
  • Nursing Home Administrators’ Licensing Board
  • Program Compliance
    • Health Care Facility Penalties/Fines

https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/chw/

• Community Health and Wellness
  • Asthma Awareness Education Program
  • Chronic Renal
  • Clinical and Community Linkage Team
  • Community Based Prevention Services Team
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Diabetes Prevention and Control
  • Early Care and Education Learning Collaborative Initiative
  • Epidemiology and Surveillance and Evaluation Team
  • External Affairs and Strategic Initiatives Team
  • Faith in Prevention
  • Health Corps
  • Heart Disease and Stroke
  • Huntingdon Disease
  • NJ Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJCEED)
  • NJ Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR)
  • NJ Physical Fitness and Sports Council
  • Office of Cancer Control and Prevention (OCCP)
  • Office of Nutrition and Fitness (ONF)

• Community-based Mental Health Survey and Licensing
  • Outpatient Services
  • Adult Partial Care Services
  • Programs of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
  • Intensive Family Support Services (IFSS)
  • Support Services (CSS)
  • Residences for Adults with Mental Illnesses
• Community-based Substance Use Disorder Survey and Licensing
  • Outpatient (OP)
  • Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
  • Partial Care (PC)
  • Outpatient Detoxification
  • Opioid Treatment (OTP)
  • Methadone Intensive Outpatient
• Community-based Residential Programs Survey and Licensing
  • Short-Term
  • Long-Term
  • Extended Care
  • Halfway House

(Formerly: Public Health Infrastructure, Laboratories and Emergency Preparedness (PHILEP))

https://www.nj.gov/health/philep/

• Office of the Assistant Commissioner (OAC)
• Office of Fiscal and Grant Administration (FGA)
• Office of Data Analytics, Resources, and Infrastructure (DARI)
• Office of Disaster Resilience (ODR)
• Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS)
• Office of Pandemic Planning and Response (PPR)

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/

• Cancer Epidemiology Services
  • Cancer Research
  • NJ State Cancer Registry Program
• Communicable Disease Services
  • Infectious and Zoonotic Disease
    • Office of Animal Welfare
  • Regional Epidemiologists Program
  • Vaccine Preventable Disease Program
• Consumer and Environmental and Occupational Health Services
  • Environmental and Occupational Assessment Program
  • Environmental and Occupational Health Surveillance Program
  • Food and Drug Safety Program
  • Public Health Sanitation and Safety Program
• Office of Assistant Commissioner/State Epidemiologist

https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/

• Fiscal and Grants Management
• Maternal and Child Health Services
  • Child and Adolescent Health Services
  • Maternal and Child Health/Epidemiology
  • Reproductive and Perinatal Health Services
• Special Child Health and Early Intervention Services
  • Newborn Screening and Genetic Services
    • Newborn Bloodspot Screening
    • Critical Congenital Heart Defects
    • Newborn Hearing Screening and Follow-up
    • Genetic Services
  • Early Intervention System
  • Autism
    • Autism Registry
  • Birth Defects Registry
  • Special Needs
    • Case Management Units
    • Specialized Pediatric Centers
    • HIV Care Network
    • Medical Home
  • Specialized Pediatric Centers
    • Child Evaluation Centers
    • Cleft Lip/Palate Craniofacial Centers
    • Pediatric Tertiary Care Centers
  • Women, Infants and Children Services
    • Food Delivery/Vendor Management
      • Farmers Market Nutrition Program
      • Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
    • Health and Ancillary Services
      • Nutrition Education and Breastfeeding
    • Management Information Systems
    • Monitoring and Evaluation (Caseload Management)

https://nj.gov/health/hcf/

• Hospital Funding
  • Charity Care
  • Quality Improvement Program – New Jersey (QIP-NJ)
  • Graduate Medical Education funding
• Healthcare Facility Grants
• Healthcare Facility Assessments
  • Ambulatory Assessments
  • Hospital Assessments
    • $10 Admission
    • 53% Assessment
  • Charity Care Program and Audits
  • Financial Reports
    • B2 Data
    • ACH Cost Reports

https://www.nj.gov/health/hivstdtb/stds/

• Office of Assistant Commissioner
  • Administration and Finance
  • Grants Monitoring Unit
• Care and Treatment
  • Health Insurance Continuation Program (HICP)
  • Housing Opportunities for Persons With HIV/AIDS (HOPWA)
• Epidemiologic Services
  • Notification Assistance Program (NAP)
  • Medical Monitoring Program Surveillance
• Prevention and Education
  • STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) Services
  • TB (Tuberculosis) Services

https://www.nj.gov/health/lh/

• Public Health Licensing and Compliance
  • Health Officers
  • Registered Environmental Health Specialists
• Medical Reserve Corps
• Public Health Performance Evaluation
• Public Health Workforce Development and Quality Improvement
• Childhood Lead Program
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https://www.nj.gov/health/mgmt/

• Budget Office
• Financial Services
• Facilities Management
• Forms Control and Records Management

• Commissioner
• Chief of Staff
• Ethics Officer
• Human Resources
• Office of Communications
• Office of Diversity and Equity Services
• Office of Health Information Technology
• Office of Legal and Regulatory Compliance
• Office of Legislative Services
• Office of Women’s Health

https://www.nj.gov/health/populationhealth/

• Health Care Quality and Informatics
• Governor’s Council for Medical Research Treatment and Treatment of Autism
• NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research
• NJ Commission on Spinal Cord Research
• NJ Maternal Care Quality Collaborative
• Offices of Minority and Multicultural Health
  • Health Disparity Grants
  • African American Brain Health Initiative
• The Office of Research Initiatives
• Vital Statistics and Registry

https://www.nj.gov/health/phel/

• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Services
  • Blood Bank
  • State Clinical Laboratory Licensing
  • NJ CLIA Program
• Environmental and Chemical Laboratory Services (ECLS)
  • Inorganic Testing
  • Organic Testing
  • Radio Analytical Testing
  • Chemical Terrorism/Bio monitoring Food Testing/Medical Marijuana Testing
  • Sample Receiving
  • Data Management
• Fiscal
  • Billing
  • Purchasing
• Public Health Laboratory Services (PHLS)
  • Specimen and Receiving Data Entry
    • Data Entry Sample
    • Receiving/Distribution
    • Central Services
  • Bio Threat Response
  • Microbiology
    • Special Microbiology
    • Mycobacteriology (TB)
    • Enterics/Food
    • Sanitary Bacteriology
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
    • Blood parasites
  • Newborn Screening (NBS)
  • Virology
    • Rabies
    • Molecular Virology
    • Viral Serology
  • Policy, Planning and Regulatory Compliance (PPRC)
    • Laboratory Outreach
    • Quality Assurance