[Amended 9-21-1966 by Ord. No. 275]
There is hereby established in and for the City of Hoboken an official, generalized Public Health Nursing Service Agency, to be known as the "Public Health Nursing Service of Hoboken."
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Hoboken 1-7-1959.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-21-1966 by Ord. No. 275; 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
The administration and control of the service hereby created and established shall be under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Division of Human Resources[1] and the Executive Officer of the Board of Health of the City of Hoboken.
[Amended 9-21-1966 by Ord. No. 275]
The objectives of the service are:
A.
To provide skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services.
B.
To care for the sick.
C.
To promote health, individual, family and community.
D.
To prevent disease by teaching the practice of health, hygiene and sanitation.
E.
To carry through effectively such policies as are recommended by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing.
[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
There is hereby established a Citizens Advisory Board, to consist of not less than 15 nor more than 30 members, who shall serve in an advisory capacity for this agency. Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Director of the Division of Human Resources and shall serve without compensation.
[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
In order to effectively carry out a liaison with local practicing physicians and this Agency, there is hereby established and created a Medical Advisory Board, consisting of as many local physicians as may be deemed necessary to effectively carry out and determine the medical policies under which the home nursing care program is to be administered and also to assist in the interpretation of the service to the medical profession. The members shall be appointed by the Director of the Division of Human Resources and shall serve without compensation.
B.
All of the foregoing personnel shall possess the standards of qualifications that coincide with those currently recommended by the National Organization of Public Health Nursing.
C.
The duties of the aforesaid paid personnel shall consist of carrying through effectively the nursing policies recommended by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing and performing such other services as may be required of them by the Director of the Division of Human Resources and the Executive Officer of the Board of Health of the City of Hoboken.
[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
The Director of the Division of Human Resources is hereby empowered to engage, by contract or otherwise, the services of the personnel and assistance of such kindred agency or agencies to the one herein established that may be deemed necessary for the supervision and instruction of the paid personnel of the Agency herein established in order to effectuate the policies and purposes of the Public Health Nursing Service of Hoboken.
All moneys received by the Agency hereby established by way of reimbursement for services rendered shall be receipted and accounted for and turned over to the Treasurer of the City of Hoboken and deposited in the current revenues of the City of Hoboken.
[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
The Director of the Division of Human Resources, the Citizens Advisory Board and the Medical Advisory Board shall have the power to make such additional rules and regulations not inconsistent with the policy of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing that may be required for the proper functioning and operation of the Agency hereby created.