No person, partnership, association or corporation shall conduct or
maintain a convalescent home, maternity home, private hospital, geriatric
resident or geriatric day-care facility or other private or semipublic institution
within the limits of the Borough without securing a license issued by the
Board of Health.
A license to operate such home, private hospital or institution may
be issued to a qualified person at a stated address when, in the opinion of
the Board of Health, there is reason to believe that the applicant is competent
to operate such establishment and that the physical condition of the property
to be used is suitable.
Such license as may be issued under this article shall be subject to
revocation for violation of any law or regulation applicable to the conduct
of the licensed establishment. It may also be revoked if the Board finds that
the condition of fitness, with respect to the person or with respect to the
premises, which existed when the license was granted has been permitted to
deteriorate to a point where one or more of the standards set forth in § 333-81
cannot be met.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Health, when notified of the intended
establishment of any of the above-described homes or institutions, to make
or cause to be made such investigation as it deems necessary to determine
the fitness of the applicant and the condition of the premises to conduct
such establishment. In making such determination, the Board shall be governed
by the following standards:
The owners, officers and managers in charge of such homes, institutions
or establishments shall comply with all regulations of this chapter, the State
Sanitary Code, the Uniform Construction Code of the Borough and any and all
other applicable New Jersey statutes and shall be subject to penalty for violations,
as provided therein or as provided in Article III of these sanitary standards.
Such homes, hospitals, institutions or other establishments shall be
subject to inspection at any time by the Board of Health and its Health Officer
and Registered Environmental Health Specialists.
A.
Standards adopted; copies to be kept on file.
(1)
The New Jersey Boarding Home for Children Code, 1956
edition, regulating boarding homes for children, providing for the inspection
of such establishments and fixing penalties for violations is hereby adopted
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 26:3-69.6. Such code is made a part hereof
without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
(2)
Copies of such code are on file in the office of the
Borough Clerk for the use and examination of the public.
B.
License required; display; fee; term; suspension or revocation;
transferability.
(1)
No person shall operate a boarding home for children
unless a license to operate the same shall have been issued by the Board of
Health. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in such establishment.
(3)
A license may be suspended or revoked for violation by
the holder of any provision of this article after an opportunity for a hearing
by the Board of Health or its authorized representative.
(4)
Nontransferability. A license is not transferable between
persons or premises.
