[Ord. 6 S+FC, 12-19-2002 § 3; Ord. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007 § 1; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
There shall be within the Department of Health and Community Wellness a Division of Surveillance and Prevention, the head of which shall be the Manager, Division of Surveillance and Prevention Health Officer.
[Ord. 6 S+FC, 12-19-2002 § 3; amended 5-24-2023 by Ord. No. 6PSF-A, 05-24-2023[1]]
a. 
To serve as the registrar for vital statistics for the district of the City, pursuant and subject to the provisions of Title 26, Chapter 8 of the New Jersey Statute.
b. 
Administer and enforce the statutes and local ordinances ensuring and fostering community health and related inspections within the City of Newark.
c. 
Provide preventable disease control services including communicable and contagious disease control, tuberculosis control and venereal disease control.
d. 
Provide health advisory services including health education and nutrition.
e. 
Identify disease trends, collect surveillance data and conduct epidemiological studies that will provide critical information for prevention strategies.
f. 
Respond to biological terrorism.
g. 
Provide case management.
h. 
Provide health education.
i. 
Research, assess, implement and monitor effective measures of prevention.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 6PSF-A, 05-24-2023 transferred the duties and responsibilities of marriage licensing to the Division of Surveillance and Prevention.