This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Administrative Code of the Board of Health of the Township
of Stillwater" and is referred to herein as the "code."
There shall be a President of the Board of Health
who shall preside at all its meetings. He 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. He 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. He shall be appointed
by the Board of Health for a term of three years.
There shall be a Sanitary Inspector or Health
Officer of the Board of Health who shall be responsible to the Board
of Health. He shall hold the necessary license and shall be appointed
by the Board of Health for a term of one year. The Sanitary Inspector
or 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 420, General
Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I)]
There shall be, when appointed by the Board,
special reporting 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, Building Inspector, Engineer, and the officers of the
voluntary fire companies in the Township may be designated special
reporting officers of the Board of Health.
There shall be a Plumbing Inspector of the Board
of Health who shall be responsible to the Board. He shall be appointed
by the Board of Health for a term of one year.
The Board may employ such other personnel as
it may deem 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 Sanitary Inspector or 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 Sanitary Inspector
or 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 Sanitary
Inspector or 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, however, 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.