There shall be a Department of Health, the head of which shall
be the Health Officer. Except for the legislative powers vested in
the Board of Commissioners, the Department of Health shall possess
all of the functions, powers and duties of a local Board of Health
under Title 26 of the Revised Statues of the State of New Jersey.
The Health Officer, in the Department of Health, shall have
the responsibility to fulfill the City's statutory obligation
to provide burials for indigents as required by law.
[Amended 5-21-2013]
The Board of Commissioners and the Health Officer may make rules
and regulations which interpret or amplify any provision of this section
or other health regulations, or for the purpose of making the provisions
of this section or any other health regulation more effective. No
regulation, however, shall be inconsistent with, alter or amend any
provision of this section or other health ordinance in this Code,
and no regulation shall impose any requirements which is in addition
to or greater than the requirements that are expressly or by implication
imposed by any provision of this section or other health ordinance
in this Code.