[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Middlesex 9-8-1913 by Ord. No. 5, effective 9-19-1913. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Code of Ethics — See Ch. 36.
Adoption of Code by Board of Health — See Ch. 425, Art. I.
Housing standards — See Ch. 436.
Radioactive materials — See Ch. 442.
Sanitary regulations — See Ch. 446.
Public swimming pools — See Ch. 450.
Individual and semipublic water supplies — Ch. 456.
There shall be in and for the Borough of Middlesex a Board of Health in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of New Jersey, entitled "An Act to Establish in This State Boards of Health and a Bureau of Vital Statistics, and to Define Their Respective Powers and Duties," approved March 31, 1887, and the several supplements thereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-1 et seq.
[Amended 12-28-1955 by Ord. No. 240]
A. 
From and after the passage of this chapter, said Board of Health of the Borough of Middlesex shall consist of seven regular members. All members of said Board of Health, hereafter appointed, shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council and shall hold said office for the term of four years, except in the case of vacancies; vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
[Amended 2-13-2007 by Ord. No. 1706]
B. 
Alternate members. The Mayor shall appoint two alternate members of the Board of Health who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the Board and participate in discussions of any proceedings but may not vote except in the absence of a regular member. In the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate No. 1 shall vote first. Said alternate members shall be designated at the time of appointment by the Mayor as Alternate No. 1 and Alternate No. 2. Such alternate members shall serve for a term of two years, except that the terms of the alternate members first appointed shall be two years for Alternate No. 1 and one year for Alternate No. 2, so that the term of not more than one alternate member shall expire in any one year. A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the Mayor for the unexpired term only.
[Added 2-10-2004 by Ord. No. 1604-04]
Said Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations for its own government and shall elect a president from among its own members.
Said Board of Health shall appoint a Registrar of Vital Statistics, Clerk and Sanitary Inspector, and may also appoint such officers or assistants as said Board of Health may deem necessary; all appointees of said Board of Health shall be governed by the rules of said Board, and they may be removed for cause by said Board.
Said Board of Health shall not contract any debt or debts of any kind beyond the amount of the appropriation made for its use by this Council.
[Added 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 1873]
The Borough of Middlesex Board of Health shall have power to pass, alter or amend ordinances and make rules and regulations in regard to the public health within its jurisdiction for the purposes enumerated in N.J.S.A. 26:3-31 et seq., and any amendments thereto.