New Jersey § 55:13b-9

§ 55:13b-9.

The commissioner shall ensure that each rooming or boarding house whose owner possesses

a valid license is inspected and its records reviewed at least once each year for

the purpose of determining whether the owner or operator is complying with standards

promulgated pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1979, c. 496 ( C.55:13B-1 et seq. ) . If the commissioner determines, as a result of any such inspection and review of

records, that an owner or operator is in violation of such standards, he shall serve

the owner or operator of the facility with a written notice thereof, which shall fix

a date by which the owner or operator shall enter into compliance. The commissioner shall not be required to perform annual inspections of facilities

licensed and inspected by a municipality pursuant to P.L.1993, c. 290 ( C.40:52-9 et seq. ), but shall have the authority to oversee and ensure the enforcement of the “Rooming

and Boarding House Act of 1979,” P.L.1979, c. 496 ( C.55:13B-1 et seq. ), and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in those facilities. A municipality shall file with the commissioner a copy of an inspection report prepared

following an inspection of a rooming or boarding house performed by the municipality

pursuant to P.L.1993, c. 290 ( C.40:52-9 et seq. ). The commissioner may prescribe a standard inspection report format to be used by

the municipality. The Department of Community Affairs shall post on its Internet website each inspection

report prepared following an inspection performed on behalf of or filed with the commissioner

pursuant to this section, along with any other inspection report prepared by or on

behalf of the department for a rooming or boarding house. If an inspection reveals a serious health and safety violation at a rooming or boarding

house, the department shall post the inspection report, including the name of the

rooming or boarding house and the owner of the rooming or boarding house, on its website

no later than 72 hours following the inspection. If a license of a rooming or boarding house is suspended, the department shall post

the suspension on its website no later than 72 hours following the suspension. The department shall update its website to reflect the correction of a serious health

and safety violation, and the lifting of a suspension. The department shall notify, as soon as possible, the Commissioner of Human Services,

or the commissioner's designee, and the director of the county board of social services

or county welfare agency, as appropriate, in the county in which a rooming or boarding

house is located, of a serious health and safety violation at the rooming or boarding

house and of any suspension of a license to operate such rooming or boarding house.