This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Administrative Code
of the Board of Health of the Township of Washington and is herein referred
to as the code.
There shall be a President of the Board of Health who shall preside
at all its meetings. The President shall be appointed by the Board of Health
from among its members for a term of one year.
There shall be a Secretary of the Board of Health who shall be responsible
to the Board and who shall issue all licenses authorized by the Board. The
Secretary shall be appointed by the Board for a term of one year.
There shall be a Registrar of Vital Statistics who shall be responsible
to the Board of Health. The Registrar of vital statistics shall be appointed
by the Board of Health for a term of three years.
There shall be a Health Officer of the Board of Health who shall be
responsible to the Board of Health. The Health Officer shall hold the necessary
license. He shall be appointed by the Board of Health for a term of one year.
The Health Officer shall, subject to the superior authority of the Board,
be the general agent of the Board for the enforcement of its ordinances and
the sanitary laws of the State of New Jersey.
There shall be, when appointed by the Board, Special Health Officers
of the Board of Health who shall promptly report to the Board every violation
of health ordinances, rules and regulations which may come within their observation
or knowledge. The police and fire officers of the Township of Washington may
be designated Special Health Officers of the Board of Health.
There shall be a Plumbing Inspector of the Board of Health who shall
be responsible to the Board. The Plumbing Inspector shall be appointed by
the Board of Health for a term of one year.
The Board may employ such other personnel as it deems necessary, including
technicians, inspectors and others necessary to carry out the powers vested
in the Board by law and by this Code. All such personnel shall where required
be appropriately licensed.
Whenever the Health Officer finds that the public safety will not permit
delay, he may exercise one or more of the following powers without having
to resort to legal proceedings and without the necessity of giving notice
or holding any hearing which would otherwise be required under any provision
of this Code:
A. Power to prevent the sale of food. The Health Officer
may prohibit the importation into the township or sale of any food, drink
or other item intended for human consumption or use from a source suspected
of being infected, contaminated, unsanitary, unhealthy or dangerous.
B. Power to seize and destroy unwholesome food. The Health
Officer may order the seizure and destruction of any food, drink or other
item intended for human consumption which is unwholesome or dangerous or likely
to cause sickness to injury to the persons who consume it.
The Board of Health may, by resolution make rules and regulations which
interpret or amplify any provision of this chapter or for the purpose of making
the provisions of this chapter more effective. No regulation shall be inconsistent
with, alter or amend any provision of this chapter and no regulation shall
impose any requirement which is in addition to or greater than the requirements
that are expressly or by implication imposed by any provision of this chapter.