[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]
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.
h. Provide health education.
i. Research, assess, implement and monitor effective measures of prevention.