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New Jersey Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affairs Unveil Online Information Hub to Help Health Care Practitioners and Patients Understand and Comply with State`s New Opioid Prescribing Regulations
The new regulations, aimed at combatting the opioid epidemic, establish standards for practitioners who prescribe opioids for acute and chronic pain.To help doctors, dentists and other practitioners navigate the new prescribing landscape, the Division of Consumer...
Department of Law & Public Safety Releases Latest Crime Data
Violent crime decreased one percent from 23,004 to 22,899, and murder increased four percent from 354 to 369. Robbery went down seven percent (from 10,492 to 9,743). Reports of various types of sex crimes, all categorized in the report as rape, increased by 43 percent...
Division on Civil Rights Proposes ReAdoption of Rules on Multiple Dwelling Reporting, with Amendments
Proposal Summary:The proposal would readopt, with amendments, the State’s existing rules concerning Multiple Dwelling Reports required of certain housing providers. The Division on Civil Rights promulgated the Multiple Dwelling Reports Rule (MDRR) in 1970 in...
Division on Civil Rights Issues “Cease and Desist” Letters to Housing Advertisers over Discriminatory Craigslist Ads – Division Also Prompts Craigslist to Strengthen Website Discrimination Disclaimer
Mailed today, the Division’s warning letter urges recipients to “immediately cease and desist” from such discriminatory advertising practices. The letter is accompanied in each case by copies of the actual, unlawful ad posted on the Craigslist...
Former Treasurer for Youth Football League in South Jersey Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $56,000 from the League
Michael DiFlorio, 49, of Williamstown, N.J., pleaded guilty today before Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson in Gloucester County to a charge of third-degree theft by unlawful taking in connection with the theft from the football league. That charge was...