Borough of Emerson, NJ
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2023-03-21
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Part III: Board of Health Legislation
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Chapter 291 Animals
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Article I Rabies
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Affirmative Action
- Ch 7 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 9 Assessor
- Ch 10 Beautification Committee
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 13 Claims Approval
- Ch 17 Cooperative and Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 21 Court, Municipal
- Ch 23 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27 Environmental Commission
- Ch 31 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 35 Fire Department
- Ch 39 Health, Board of
- Ch 43 Housing Authority
- Ch 47 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 49 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 50 Library Board
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Municipal Services, Department of
- Ch 57 Officers and Employees
- Ch 61 Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation, Department of
- Ch 65 Payroll
- Ch 69 Pensions
- Ch 70 Payroll Disbursement, Third-Party
- Ch 73 Personnel Policies
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 79 Purchasing
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 Restricted Areas in Municipal Offices
- Ch 85 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 87 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 89 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 102 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 104 Alarm Systems
- Ch 106 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 110 Amusement Devices
- Ch 111 Bamboo
- Ch 112 Block Parties and Street Closings
- Ch 114 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 118 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 121 Building Materials
- Ch 124 Business Hours, Retail
- Ch 128 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 130 Charitable Donation Bins
- Ch 132 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 133 (Reserved)
- Ch 134 (Reserved)
- Ch 135 (Reserved)
- Ch 136 Crane Regulations
- Ch 138 Development Fees
- Ch 140 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 146 Fees
- Ch 147 Filming
- Ch 148 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 156 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 160 Games of Chance
- Ch 163 Historic Preservation
- Ch 166 Hotels and Tourist Houses
- Ch 168 Housing
- Ch 170 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 176 Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 180 Library
- Ch 184 Littering
- Ch 187 Municipal Facilities, Use of
- Ch 190 Noise
- Ch 194 Parking for Handicapped Persons
- Ch 196 Parking Lots
- Ch 198 (Reserved)
- Ch 200 Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Areas
- Ch 204 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 208 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 210 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 212 Precious Metals and Jewelry, Dealers in Secondhand
- Ch 216 Property Maintenance
- Ch 218 Public Records
- Ch 222 Recycling
- Ch 224 Rental Property
- Ch 228 Sewers
- Ch 232 (Reserved)
- Ch 236 Site Plan Review
- Ch 240 Snow and Ice, Removal of
- Ch 244 Soil Movement
- Ch 246 Solid Waste
- Ch 247 Stormwater Management
- Ch 248 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 252 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 256 Swimming Pools
- Ch 260 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 262 Tobacco
- Ch 264 Towing
- Ch 266 Trees and Shrubbery
- Ch 273 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 274 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 277 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 290 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 291 Animals
- Ch 291 Art I Rabies
- § 291-1 Notification; findings.
- § 291-2 Examination; confinement; release.
- Ch 294 Fees
- Ch 298 Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishments
- Appendix
- Ch A300 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A301 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
When any person is bitten or attacked by a dog or other animal
subject to rabies or other like contagious or dangerous disease, such
person, his parents, or guardian, if he is a minor, the owner of the
animal, or the person having possession or control thereof, the physician
who treats the bite or wound and any veterinarian or layperson having
knowledge of such bite or wound must immediately notify the Police
Department. The person owning or having possession or control of the
offending animal must (at the request of the Police Department or
Health Department) immediately provide for the examination and observation
of such animal by a licensed veterinarian of the State of New Jersey.
Said veterinarian shall immediately report his findings to the local
Board of Health with jurisdiction where the person who was bitten
resides, by telephone and shall fill out the required form, within
12 hours of medical treatment.
After such preliminary examination, the animal may be returned
to the custody of the person from whom it was received for confinement
for 10 days. If the animal has inflicted a face bite, it shall not
be returned, but shall be confined for 10 days in a veterinary hospital
or other place approved by the Board. An animal must be returned after
preliminary examination for reexamination (or brought for initial
examination 10 days from the date of the bite) to a licensed veterinarian
of the State of New Jersey, and said veterinarian shall report his
findings to the Board immediately by telephone and in writing within
12 hours. The animal shall then be released to the person from whom
it was received unless the animal is rabid or suspected of being rabid.
