Licensing & Certification Guide

You must register as a new home builder with the State if you will build and/or sell new homes, such as single-family houses, duplexes, or condominiums. If you plan to sell the new home to initial buyers, you or your business must be the title holder of the home. You must also renew your new home builder registration every two years.

You must apply for your well driller license to construct wells in New Jersey.

There are 7 well driller license types. Each one has different exam and experience requirements. Review the Appendix A in the application to meet the requirements for your license type.

The requirements below cover the minimum for all licenses.

Ensure you, your employees, or subcontractors have any required trade license(s).

If the business owner of a cosmetology shop does not have a cosmetology license, the shop manager must have a license and at least two years of experience. Licenses are required for cosmetologists, hairstylists, manicurists, skincare specialists, barbers, hair braiders, and beauticians. It is the shop owner's responsibility to ensure their staff is licensed.

Shops that are new, relocated, or under new ownership must get a license. Once the Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling reviews your application, they will inspect your shop.

If you want to operate a cosmetology school in New Jersey, you need a cosmetology school license.

After the Division of Consumer Affairs receives and confirms all materials are submitted for your shop license, you need to have the site inspected.

To complete your requirements as a cosmetology business, an inspector from the New Jersey Division's Enforcement Bureau will visit the shop location to determine compliance. Read the cosmetology shop regulations to make sure you are prepared. The Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling will contact your shop to schedule an inspection after your shop license application is complete.

If you want to teach cosmetology in New Jersey, you need a cosmetology teacher license.

You need prior approval from the New Jersey Cemetery Board to construct and operate a crematory in New Jersey.

If you have more than 6 children under your care, you must run your child care services outside of your home and will need a child care center license.

These requirements are for a child care facility with 6 or more children. Go to your profile to change this selection if necessary.

Before opening your daycare, New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) and your local government require your building and property to be inspected.

You can schedule a free preliminary inspection with DCF's Office of Licensing at (877) 667-9845.

You need a dental hygienist license to practice in New Jersey, after completing your degree.

You need a Temporary Worker Bill of Rights certification to make designated classification placements (DCPs) if you assign temporary workers in any of these categories:

• 33-90000 Other Protective Service Workers
• 35-0000 Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
• 37-0000 Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations
• 39-0000 Personal Care and Service Occupations
• 47-2060 Construction Laborers
• 47-30000 Helpers, Construction Trades
• 49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
• 51-0000 Production Occupations
• 53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupation

You need a license to operate a detective agency. To prepare for the application, consider reading the Private Detective License Application Instructions and the New Jersey State Police Private Detective Information.

All staff working in your detective agency must be registered before they can be scheduled for work.

All New Jersey (NJ) private detective agencies are required to mail in employee registrations to the NJ State Police Private Detective Unit within 48 hours of fingerprinting new employees.

It's time to register for State taxes. Doing so will tell the State more about you as an employer of one or more domestic workers and determine the taxes and employer contributions you're responsible for. This registration does not mean you are a registered as a business for tax purposes in New Jersey: you will be registered as an employer of domestic workers.

As an employer of domestic or household workers, you are required to report, contribute to, and pay out, as applicable:

• Unemployment insurance
• Workforce and Temporary Disability insurance
• Family Leave insurance
• Gross Income Tax withholding

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For more information on your required responsibilities as an employer, visit Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights: What employers need to know.