Verified October 10, 2026 against the statutes, regulations and sources cited below. The state decides every application. All states
What operators miss in New Jersey
- A $300 Department of Health inspection fee applies at first licensure and then "biannually", as the rule puts it.
- An application is not complete until the licensing fee and the first inspection fee are paid.
Does New Jersey license behavioral health and addiction treatment programs?
No facility may operate as an outpatient SUD treatment facility until the Department of Health licenses it. The license application must list each service category the facility will provide: partial care, intensive outpatient, outpatient, outpatient detoxification or opioid treatment.
- One license with service components
- Outpatient substance use disorder treatment facility license
- Substance use programs: New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing
Citation: N.J.A.C. 10:161B-2.1
How does New Jersey license each level of care?
- Outpatient: Listed as a service category on the outpatient SUD facility license.
- IOP and PHP: Intensive outpatient and partial care are separate service categories on the same license.
- Withdrawal management: Outpatient detoxification is a service category on the outpatient license.
Citation: N.J.A.C. 10:161B-2.1(j)
What does a New Jersey license cost?
- Initial: $1,750 new facility, plus $300 inspection fee (as of 2026-10-10)
- Renewal: $750 (as of 2026-10-10)
Citation: N.J.A.C. 10:161B-2.1(e)-(f)
How often does a New Jersey license renew?
- Renews every year
What does New Jersey require for owners, sales and moves?
- Ownership change or relocation: Relocating or reducing services is a license modification ($250); adding beds or services is a modification at no charge; a transfer of ownership interest costs $1,500.
Citation: N.J.A.C. 10:161B-2.1(e)-(f)
What does an opioid treatment program need in New Jersey?
- State opioid treatment authority: No agency named on SAMHSA list (Hamilton contact at dhs.nj.gov)
- State license: Opioid treatment is a service category the outpatient SUD facility license must list before it is provided.
- 69 opioid treatment programs in 2024 (N-SUMHSS)
Opening or expanding a program in New Jersey?
We confirm what New Jersey requires for your services and levels of care, prepare the application and every attachment for your owner or officer to sign, and track it to a decision. An outpatient program license is $1,995 per site. Every fee is flat and never depends on admissions or census.