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 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.
When appointed by the Board, there shall be 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 Town of Clinton may be designated
special health officers of the Board of Health.
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 chapter. All such personnel shall be appropriately
licensed, where required.
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 chapter:
A. Power to prevent the sale of food. The Health Officer
may prohibit the importation into the town 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 or 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.