This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Administrative
Code of the Board of Health of the Township of Warren and is herein
referred to as the code.
There shall be a president of the board of health who shall
preside at all its meetings. The president shall be appointed by the
board of health from among its members for a term of one year.
There shall be a secretary of the board of health who shall
be responsible to the board and who shall issue all licenses authorized
by the board. The secretary shall be appointed by the board for a
term of one year.
There shall be a registrar of vital statistics who shall be
responsible to the board of health. The registrar of vital statistics
shall be appointed by the board of health for a term of three years.
There shall be a health officer of the board of health who shall
be responsible to the board of health. The health officer shall hold
the necessary license. He shall be appointed by the board of health
for a term of one year. The health officer, subject to the superior
authority of the board, shall be the general agent of the board for
the enforcement of its ordinances and the sanitary laws of the State
of New Jersey.
There shall be when appointed by the board, special health reporting
officers of the board of health who shall promptly report to the board
every violation of health ordinances, rules and regulations which
may come within their observation or knowledge. The police and fire
officers of the township may be designated special health reporting
officers of the board of health.
There shall be a plumbing inspector of the board of health who
shall be responsible to the board. The plumbing inspector shall be
appointed by the board of health for a term of one year.
The board may employ such other personnel as it may deem necessary,
including technicians, inspectors and others necessary to carry out
the powers vested in the board by law and by this revision. All such
personnel shall, where required, be appropriately licensed.
Whenever the health officer finds that the public safety will
not permit delay, he may exercise one or more of the following powers
without having to resort to legal proceedings and without the necessity
of giving notice or holding any hearing which would otherwise be required
under any provision of this revision.
The health officer may prohibit the importation into the township
or sale of any food, drink or other item intended for human consumption
or use from a source suspected of being infected, contaminated, unsanitary,
unhealthy or dangerous.
The health officer may order the seizure and destruction of
any food, drink or other item intended for human consumption which
is unwholesome or dangerous or likely to cause sickness or injury
to the persons who consume it.
The board of health, its agents and employees shall have the
right to inspect any premises in the township if they have reason
to believe that any provision of this board of health revision is
being violated, or as part of a regular program of inspection.
If the owner or occupant of any premises refuses to permit entry
for the purpose of inspection, the board of health may apply to the
municipal judge for a search warrant. The application shall be based
upon an affidavit setting forth that the inspection is part of a regular
program of inspection or that conditions and circumstances provide
a reasonable basis for believing that a nuisance or unsanitary or
unhealthy condition exists on the premises. If the judge is satisfied
as to the matters set forth in the affidavit, he shall authorize the
issuance of a search warrant permitting access to and inspection of
the premises.
The board of health may, by resolution, make rules and regulations
which interpret or amplify any provision of this board of health revision
or for the purpose of making the provisions of the revision more effective.
No regulation, however, shall be inconsistent with, alter or amend
any provision of the board of health revision and no regulation shall
impose any requirement which is in addition to or greater than the
requirements that are expressly or by implication imposed by any provision
of this revision.
Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 26:3-3, two alternate members
shall be appointed to the Warren Township Board of Health.
Each alternate member shall be appointed by majority vote of
the township committee. Alternate members shall be designated at the
time of appointment by the township committee as "Alternate No. 1"
and "Alternate No. 2".
The terms of the alternate members shall be for two years, except
that the terms of the alternate members first appointed shall be two
years for Alternate No. 1 and one year for Alternate No. 2, so that
the term of not more than one alternate member shall expire in any
one year. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term
shall be filled by the township committee for the unexpired term only.
An alternate member shall not be permitted to act on any matter
in which he has either directly or indirectly any personal or financial
interest.
An alternate member may, after public hearing if he requests
one, be removed by the township committee for cause.
An alternate member may participate in discussions of the proceedings
of the Warren Township Board of Health but may not vote except in
the absence or disqualification of a regular member. A vote shall
not be delayed in order that a regular member vote instead of an alternate
member. In the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate
member is to vote, Alternate No. 1 shall vote first.
