There shall be a Department of Health, which Department shall
render such services and utilize such personnel in accordance with
existing service contracts for the provision of health services in
the Township and by the Burlington County Health Department. The Township
Manager shall maintain an active liaison with the Burlington County
Health Department concerning all health services.
There shall be a Township Physician of the Township of Willingboro,
to be appointed by the Township Manager, who shall be a person duly
licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners of New Jersey to
practice medicine and surgery within the state and who shall perform
all medical services required to be performed by or on behalf of the
Township, including the Police Department thereof. The salary of the
Township Physician shall be based upon a retainer as provided by ordinance
and, in addition thereto, such reasonable compensation payable on
the basis of the services actually performed.
There shall be a Registrar of Vital Statistics within the Department
of Health, who shall be appointed by the Manager. The Registrar of
Vital Statistics shall have charge of the administrative duties involved
in obtaining reports of and recording births, marriages and deaths
in the municipality, together with such related work as may be required
in accordance with general laws and ordinances of the municipality.[1]
