[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Metuchen 9-26-1966 as Art. VIII of Ch. 2 of the 1966 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:3-1
et seq., there is hereby created and established in and for this borough
a Board of Health.
The Board of Health shall consist of seven members
who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of
the Council for overlapping terms of four years each. If a vacancy
occurs in the Board of Health by the death, resignation or inability
of any member to serve or from any other cause, the appointment to
fill such vacancy shall be made in the same manner in which the original
appointments are to be made, but for the unexpired term only.
The Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations
for its own government and shall elect a President from among its
members.
The Board of Health shall appoint a Registrar
of Vital Statistics and it may appoint such other officers or assistants
as it may deem necessary. All appointees of the Board of Health shall
be governed by the rules of such Board, and they may be removed for
cause by such Board. The police officers of this borough shall be
Special Sanitary Inspectors, and they shall promptly report to the
Board of Health every violation of the health ordinances of this borough
which may come within their observation or knowledge.[2]
The Board of Health shall not contract any debts
of any kind beyond the amount of the appropriations first made for
its use by the Mayor and Council.
