A Local Board of Health is hereby established in and for the
Township of Mount Olive pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:3-3.
Except as otherwise provided herein relative to the physician,
each member of the Board must be a resident of Mount Olive Township,
and, whenever feasible, each Board member shall be selected based
upon his training and/or occupation, which shall fall within the following
categories of knowledge and experience:
A. A physician duly licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey who
either resides in Mount Olive Township or whose primary medical office
location and practice is within 10 miles of Mount Olive Township.
[Amended 5-11-2004 by Ord. No. 10-2004]
B. A dentist duly licensed to practice dentistry in New Jersey.
E. A person holding one or more college degrees in either chemistry,
biology, microbiology or other related scientific fields and whose
occupation is within a similar scientific field.
F. A citizen of the Township not necessarily specifically qualified
by education or training but having demonstrated or expressed an interest
in Township health matters.
G. One Councilman, who shall also serve as Chairman of the Board of
Health.
Members of the Township Board of Health shall serve without
compensation, but the Board shall reimburse any such members for expenses,
including travel expenses, incurred in connection with the fulfillment
of their duties as Board of Health members or within authorized activities
undertaken as Board of Health members.
The Chairman of the Local Board of Health shall be the Councilman
member of the Board of Health. The Local Board may adopt rules, regulations
or ordinances for its government and that of its officers and employees
within the authority and not inconsistent with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
Title 26, particularly Chapter 3 thereof.