Dozens of convicted sex offenders once infiltrated N.J. health care. Now they’re banned.

State officials called it “reprehensible.”

“Unbelievable.”

“Irresponsible and illogical.”

Even Gov. Phil Murphy called it “shocking and offensive.”

Elected officials in Trenton were outraged after a chiropractor — who is also a convicted sex offender — was allowed to keep his state-approved license to practice in New Jersey.

In 2022, those leaders passed a law to ensure it would never happen again after a series of stories by NJ Advance Media.

Three years later, 35 convicted sex offenders, including Bryan Bajakian — the chiropractor who ignited the firestorm — have been stopped under the law from practicing in New Jersey, according to state data.

The measure banned all state boards that regulate health care professions from reinstating, reactivating or renewing a license,