Editor's Note: For State Statute concerning communicable
diseases, see N.J.S. 26:4-1 et seq.; N.J.A.C. 8:57-1 which enumerates
the diseases which are to be immediately reported by State standards
and N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.4 which outlines the State's reporting requirements
for an out-patient based setting (i.e. physicians). For the reporting
of diagnosed cases of AIDS or HIV infection, see N.J.S. 26:5C-6 and
N.J.A.C. 8:57-2.1 et seq.
CROSS REFERENCE: For additional provisions concerning infected employees of food and beverage establishments, see Sections 13:2-26 et seq. and 13:9-39 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-1; R.O. 1966 C.S. § 14:2-1; Ord. 6 S+FK, 7-8-1987 § 1]
a.
The following diseases shall be known as "reportable diseases" for
the purposes of this chapter and shall be reported in the manner prescribed
in this Article, with the exception of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS).
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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Amebiasis
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Anthrax
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Botulism
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Brucellosis
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Cerebral Palsy
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Cholera
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Dengue
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Diarrhea of new-born
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Diphtheria
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Epilepsy and mental deficiency
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Food poisonings
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Glanders
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Infectious hepatitis, including serum hepatitis
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Infectious encephalitis
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Influenza
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Lead poisoning (Plumbism)
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Leprosy
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Leptospirosis
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Malaria
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Measles (rubeola)
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Meningococcal meningitis
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Ophthalmia neonatorum
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Pertussis (whooping cough)
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Plague
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Pneumonia (all forms, including pneumonitis)
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Poliomyelitis
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Psittacosis
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Q fever
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Rabies
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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Salmonellosis (other than typhoid fever)
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Shigellosis
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Smallpox
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Streptococcal sore throat, including scarlet fever
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Tetanus
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Trachoma
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Trichinosis
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Tuberculosis, all forms
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Tularemia
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Typhoid fever
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Typhus fever
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Venereal diseases
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Chancroid
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Gonorrhea
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Granuloma inguinale
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Lymphogranuloma venereum
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Syphilis
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Yellow fever
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b.
It shall be the duty of every practicing physician or dentist to
report in writing to the Health Officer of the City the name of every
patient he shall have under his/her professional care or treatment
who shall be affected with the disease known as "Vincent's Angina,"
together with the address where such patient may be found, immediately
after such physician or dentist shall ascertain or suspect the nature
of such disease.
c.
As used in this chapter, "communicable disease" shall mean any disease
of any infectious or contagious nature.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. 14:2-2; Ord. 6 S+FK, 7-8-1987 § 2; Ord. 6 S+FR, 1-20-1988 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a.
Every physician shall, within 12 hours after his/her first professional attendance upon any person who is ill or infected with any reportable diseases listed in Section 16:2-1, of this Article, with the exception of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) report such disease to the Health Officer of the City.
b.
The report shall be in writing, signed by the physician, and shall
set forth the nature of the disease, the name, age, sex, color, and
exact location of the person ill or infected with such disease, and
such other information as may be required by the State Department
of Health.
c.
Any law enforcement officer of the City of Newark, who becomes aware
of the name and address of any person who has been convicted of soliciting
another person in or within view of any public place for the purpose
of being hired to engage in sexual activity or who becomes aware of
the name and address of any person who has been convicted of prostitution
in the City of Newark, New Jersey, as described in N.J.S. 2C:34-1
et seq., shall report the name and address of such person to the Health
Officer of the City of Newark.
Any person found guilty in any Court of law of being engaged
in soliciting or in prostitution in the City of Newark as described
in N.J.S. 2C:34-1 et seq. shall immediately report for a medical examination
at the office of the Department of Health and Community Wellness to
ascertain if the person is infected with a venereal disease.
The failure to report for such medical examination shall result
in a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days, or both.
d.
Any person(s) found guilty in any Court of law of being engaged in
soliciting or in prostitution in the City of Newark as described in
N.J.S. 2C:34-1 et seq. shall immediately report to the Department
of Health and Community Wellness for a test to ascertain if the person(s)
is infected with the disease Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
The full cost of the AIDS test shall be borne entirely by the convicted
person(s) with the first preference being the "john," second preference
the "pimp" and third preference the "prostitute."
In addition, convicted person(s) shall be required to report
back to the Department of Health and Community Wellness within six
months from the date of their initial AIDS test for the purpose of
undergoing a second AIDS test. The full cost of the test shall be
borne by the convicted person(s) in accordance with the aforementioned
preference. The Department of Health and Community Wellness shall
maintain confidential records of all person(s) convicted of violating
N.J.S. 2C:34-1 et seq., who are required to report for AIDS testing.
The failure to report for AIDS testing shall result in a fine
with a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $1,000, or imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
[1]
Editor's Note: Also refer to N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.4; N.J.A.C 8:57-2.1
et seq. and N.J.S.A. 26:5C-6.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-3]
When a reportable disease reported to the Health Officer is
believed to have been contracted in any municipality other than this
City, the Health Officer shall send a copy thereof within 24 hours
after its receipt by him/her, together with such other information
relating to such case as he/she may have, to the Health Officer of
the place where the disease was believed to have been contracted,
if such municipality is located out of this State. If such municipality
is located within this State he/she shall forward such information
to the State Department of Health.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-4]
a.
Every physician, superintendent or other person having control or supervision over any State, County or municipal hospital, sanatorium or other public or private institution in the City in which any person ill or infected with any reportable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this Article, is received for care or treatment, shall, within 24 hours after any such person has been received into such institution, report such disease to the Health Officer of the City.
b.
The report shall be in writing, signed by the physician, superintendent
or other person having charge of the institution, and shall set forth
the nature of the disease, the name, age, sex, and color of the person
ill or infected with the disease, and the home address of such person
or the address from which he/she was received into the institution
together with the date upon which he/she was received.
c.
When a disease reported under this section by an institution located
in the City is believed to have been contracted in a municipality
other than this City, the Health Officer shall, upon receipt thereof,
forward a copy within 24 hours to the Health Officer of the place
where the reported person lived before admittance into the institution.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.5, Reporting Diseases
from Hospitals.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-5]
The officer to whom reports of diseases are made in accordance with the provisions of Section 16:2-2, 16:2-3 and 16:2-4 of this Article, shall transmit within 24 hours after their receipt by him/her copies of such reports to the State Department of Health. Upon request by such Department, the officer so reporting shall give further written information concerning the measures which are being employed by the Health Officer of the City to prevent the spread of the disease named in such reports.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-6]
a.
Every physician who shall attend any person ill or infected with
the causative agent of amebiasis, cholera, diphtheria, salmonellosis
(other than typhoid fever), shigellosis, streptococcal sore throat
including scarlet fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever or any other
disease which may be transmitted through milk or milk products, on
any dairy or other premises where milk or milk products are produced
for sale or distribution, or in any dwelling in which any person resides
who is employed on any such dairy or other premises, shall immediately
report such findings to the Health Officer and to the State Department
of Health by telephone or in writing and within 12 hours thereafter
submit a written report to the State Department of Health and to the
Health Officer of the City. The report shall state the name of the
disease, the name, age, sex, color and exact location of the person
who is ill or infected with such disease, the name of the owner or
manager of such dairy or other premises and the trade name of the
business.
b.
Where a physician is not in attendance upon a person suspected of
being ill or infected under the circumstances described in paragraph
a of this section, it shall be the duty of the owner or person in
charge of any dairy or other premises on which milk or other milk
products are produced for sale or distribution, to report immediately
by telephone or telegram and in writing to the State Department of
Health and the City Health Officer. The report shall state the name
of the suspected disease, the name, age, sex, color and exact location
of any person employed about such dairy or other premises who appears
to be ill or infected with any of the diseases named in paragraph
a of this section.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For general sanitary requirements of dairies and milk plants, see Section 13:4-51 of these Revised General Ordinances.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-7]
Every houseowner or householder who has reason to suspect that any person living, dwelling or being in any building or apartment under his/her control, is ill with any of the communicable diseases listed in Section 16:2-1 of this Article, a physician not being in attendance, shall, within 12 hours after discovering the same, report the facts by telephone or in writing to the Health Officer of the City.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-8]
a.
It shall be the duty of every teacher, nurse, and medical school inspector to report immediately to the principal or other person in charge of a school, the name of any child in such school suspected to be ill with a communicable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this Article. It shall be the duty of the principal or person in charge of every school to report immediately by telephone or in writing, to the Health Officer the name, age, sex, color and address of such ill child and the suspected nature of the disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-9]
It shall be the duty of the proprietor or keeper of any hotel, having reason to suspect that any person being in any building under his/her control is ill with a communicable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this Article, and a physician not being in attendance, to report immediately by telephone or in writing, to the Health Officer, the name, age, sex, color and address of such person and the suspected nature of the disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-10]
It shall be the duty of the person in charge of any labor or other camp, having reason to suspect that any person living in or attached to such camp is ill with a communicable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this Article, and a physician not being in attendance, to report immediately by telephone or in writing, to the Health Officer, the name, age, sex, color and address of such person and the suspected nature of the disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-11]
It shall be the duty of the master or person in charge of any vessel located in waters within the jurisdiction of the City, having reason to suspect that any person on a vessel under his/her control is ill with a communicable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this Article, and a physician not being in attendance to report immediately by telephone or in writing to the Health Officer, the ill person's name, age, sex and color, the suspected nature of the disease and the name and location of the vessel upon which such person is located.
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CROSS REFERENCE: Ships bearing property or personnel suspected of carrying infections may be prohibited from the City. See Section 16:2-43.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-12]
It shall be the duty of all persons owning or having interest
in, or having in their possession or under their control, or having
knowledge of any dog, cat or other animal, affected with rabies, or
suspected of being affected with rabies to report this fact immediately
to the Health Officer and/or his or her designee by telephone and
in writing. The written report shall contain a description of the
animal, the location of the animal and the name and address of the
owner.
[1]
Editor's Note: For statutory requirements as to report of
rabies in animals, see State Sanitary Code, Chapter 3, Regulations
2.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. 14:2-13]
a.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer, as soon as a person ill with a disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this chapter is reported to the officer designated to receive such reports, to make an investigation when necessary, in order to protect the public health, for the purpose of ascertaining the source of the infection, securing such information as may be requested by the State Department of Health, and giving all necessary directions to prevent or control the spread of the disease.
b.
In every case of illness which there is reason to believe may be
diphtheria, it shall be the duty of the attending physician, or if
there be no physician in attendance, then of the nurse, or other person
in attendance, to take cultures forthwith from the throat and nose
of the person suspected of being infected, or to permit the Health
Officer or his/her representative to take such cultures. These cultures
shall be immediately submitted by the person taking the same examination
to the State Department of Health, or to a laboratory which has been
approved by the State Department of Health for such examinations.
c.
Upon receiving a report of a case of lead poisoning, the Health Officer of the City, within two days, shall conduct an inspection of the dwelling of the person reported to be suffering from lead poisoning to determine whether any interior surface of that dwelling as provided in Section 16:3-1 et seq. has on it a paint containing more than 1% of metallic lead. The inspection shall include, but not be limited to, a sampling of the paint on the interior surfaces of the dwelling unit(s) occupied and all halls, staircases, railings and spindles, fire escapes, and all other common ways or areas to which the person poisoned may have had access. Within 30 days all other dwelling units in the building in question shall be inspected.
d.
Upon finding that a paint with more than 1% metallic lead is on any surface tested pursuant to paragraph c., the Health Officer of the City immediately shall commence proceedings under the provisions of Section 16:3-3 et seq. The finding of the presence of a paint prohibited by N.J.S.A. 15:4-4 shall constitute an immediate danger to the life, health, and safety of the occupants within the terms of N.J.S.A. 15:2-3(c), N.J.S.A. 15:10-3 and N.J.S.A. 15:9-1.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-14; Ord. 6 S+FK, 7-8-1987 § 3; Ord. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a.
The Health Officer or other duly authorized representative of the
Division of Medical Care Services or of the State Department of Health,
who has reason to believe that a person is ill or infected with a
communicable disease, may order such person to submit to a medical
examination and, if necessary, to furnish specimens for examination
in a laboratory approved by the State Department of Health.
b.
The City of Newark strongly urges all individuals of high risk groups
to undergo voluntary AIDS testing and does further urge all marriage
license applicants to also undergo voluntary AIDS testing. For the
purpose of this Article, high risk groups shall mean those individuals
who have sex with people having AIDS or the symptoms of AIDS; men
who have sex with many different male partners; people whose partners
are sexually active with many different people; individuals who are
drug users and share their needle with others; people whose partners
are drug users.
c.
In all cases where a voluntary test for AIDS produces positive test
results, it shall be unlawful to discriminate against the individual
in any manner because of the results.
d.
In all cases where voluntary tests for AIDS produces positive results,
the individual(s) and family members may be referred to the Department
of Health and Community Wellness for comprehensive counselling.
e.
In all cases where a voluntary test for AIDS produces positive test
results for marriage license applicants or any other individuals,
the licensed physician or approved laboratory facility conducting
the test shall ensure the strictest confidentiality of each marriage
license applicant or individual. No test results shall be made available
to any agency or individual, including the spouse-to-be, without the
express written consent of the tested individual.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-15]
a.
No person shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance to any building,
apartment or vessel by the Health Officer or his/her representative
in the discharge of his/her official duties.
b.
No person shall interfere with or obstruct the inspection or examination
of any occupant of such building, apartment or vessel by the Health
Officer or his/her representative in the discharge of his/her duties.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-16]
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer, upon receiving a
report of a communicable disease, to establish immediately such isolation
or quarantine, or other restrictive measures, as may be required by
law, ordinance or regulation.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-2017]
Whenever isolation or quarantine is to be established on any
premises, the Health Officer shall cause a written order establishing
such isolation or quarantine to be served upon the person in charge
of such premises. Service upon any responsible member of a household
shall be deemed sufficient service upon all the members of the household
of the person served. In lieu of such service, such order may be posted
on the building or premises occupied by the affected person. When
so posted all persons on such premises shall be bound by such notice.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-18]
When a communicable disease exists in any house or apartment,
the Health Officer may post or cause to be posted upon such house,
in plain view, near the entrance thereof, or upon the door of the
apartment in which the case is isolated, a placard stating the existence
therein of a communicable disease, and the name of such disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-19]
a.
No person shall interfere with or obstruct the posting of any placard
by any Health Official in or on any place or premises.
b.
No person shall conceal or mutilate any such placard or remove it
except by permission of the Health Officer.
c.
It shall be the duty of the occupant of the premises where a placard
has been posted to notify the Health Officer immediately of any interference
with or removal of such placard.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-20]
When isolation or quarantine pursuant to this chapter has been
established it shall remain in force until the Health Officer has
terminated such isolation or quarantine.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-21]
The minimum period of isolation of persons ill or infected with
the following communicable diseases shall be as follows:
a.
Diphtheria, until two successive cultures from the nose and two from
the throat taken not less than 24 hours apart beginning at least one
week after cessation of drug therapy, if used, are found to be free
from diphtheria bacilli, or the bacilli have been determined to be
nonvirulent, in a laboratory approved by the State Department of Health
for such examinations.
b.
Measles (rubeola), as soon as fever and catarrhal symptoms of the
eyes, nose and throat are detected and until seven days after appearance
of the rash.
c.
Meningococcal meningitis, until seven days after the onset of the
disease or for duration of fever, whichever is longer.
d.
Pertussis (whooping cough), until 21 days after the onset of the
paroxysmal cough.
e.
Poliomyelitis, for seven days after the onset of the disease or for
the duration of fever, whichever is longer.
f.
Streptococcal sore throat including scarlet fever, until clinical
recovery, or not less than seven days. Patients with complications
resulting in purulent discharges should be isolated as long as discharges
persist.
g.
Smallpox, until 16 days after the onset of the disease and until
all lesions have completely healed.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.10, Isolation and
Restriction for Communicable Disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-22]
After isolation or quarantine of any person ill with or exposed
to a communicable disease shall have been established, such person
shall not leave the apartment or premises where he/she is isolated
or quarantined, nor shall any other person remove such person, or
permit him/her to be removed, unless permission shall first have been
granted by the Health Officer of the City.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-23]
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to prevent, except under such conditions as he/she may specify, any member of the household from leaving premises where a person ill with a communicable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this chapter is not, or cannot be removed to a hospital or other suitable place, or cannot be isolated effectively.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-24]
When a person ill with a communicable disease is effectually
isolated on the premises, the Health Officer may, at his/her discretion,
refrain from isolating or quarantining other members of the family
or household in which such disease may exist, who do not come in contact
with the patient or his secretion or excretions, or with the nurse
or other person caring for the patient.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-25; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer promptly to remove, or cause to be removed, to a hospital, a person ill with a communicable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this chapter, if in the judgment of the Health Officer such is necessary.
b.
When such hospitalization is established it shall be strictly maintained
until terminated by order of the Health Officer.
c.
No person, except the physician and nurse or other person in attendance
upon the patient, or duly authorized representatives of the State
Department of Health or the Department of Health and Community Wellness
of the City, shall be permitted to come in contact with or visit a
person hospitalized in accordance with the provisions of this section,
except by permission of the Health Officer of the City.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-26]
a.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer promptly to remove or cause to be removed a person ill with a communicable disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this chapter, from a hotel within the City to a hospital, or other suitable place, or to see that the case is effectively isolated on the premises if in the judgment of the Health Officer such action seems necessary.
b.
If there be no hospital or other suitable place available, or if,
for any sufficient reason, such person cannot be removed, it shall
be the duty of the Governing Body to make provision, when necessary,
for the medical and nursing care in such hotel.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-27]
If any person sick with a communicable disease shall refuse to be removed to any locality from the place where he may be, upon the direction of the Health Officer, or if any person shall forcibly resist such removal or aids in such resistance he/she shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 1:1-9 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-28]
Persons ill or infected with a communicable disease shall not
contact others in such a manner as to cause or contribute to, promote
or render liable the spread of such disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-29]
a.
A person shall not expose or permit the visiting, association or contact of any person under his/her charge with any individual ill or infected with a disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this chapter, or with discharges of any kind from such individual.
b.
A person shall not needlessly expose himself/herself, or visit or come in personal contact with any individual ill or infected with a disease listed in Section 16:2-1 of this chapter, or with discharges of any kind from such individual or in any manner, cause or contribute to, promote or make possible the spread thereof.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-30]
It shall be the duty of the superintendent or person in charge
of any hospital, or other institution or dispensary, in which there
is a person ill with any communicable disease, to take such precautions
as will prevent the spread of infection.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-31]
a.
Persons ill or infected with a communicable disease are prohibited
from attending any public, private or Sunday school, or any public
or private gathering; nor shall such person visit or make use of any
public building or its facilities.
b.
It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in immediate
charge of a public, private or Sunday school, to exclude therefrom
any child or other person ill with a disease suspected to be communicable,
until evidence is presented by the Health Officer, or a physician,
that such child or other person is not likely to transmit infection.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For provision requiring isolation of certain ill children, see Section 16:2-8 of this chapter.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-32]
Every child living in or visiting a household, at the time when
a communicable disease exists therein, may be excluded from every
public, private or Sunday school, and from every public or private
gathering, for such time and under such conditions as may be prescribed
by the Health Officer; provided, that in the application of this section
the Health Officer may waive or decrease the period of exclusion if
he/she has satisfactory information that the exposed child may have
acquired immunity either by an attack of the disease or otherwise.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For report of suspected communicable disease in children attending schools, see Section 16:2-8.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-33]
a.
The Health Officer of the City shall, whenever a person is ill or
infected with smallpox within his/her jurisdiction, either remove
such person or cause him/her to be removed to a suitable hospital,
or to be isolated effectively.
b.
Every occupant of a household in which smallpox may have occurred
shall be immediately vaccinated and quarantined until the vaccination
is successful or until evidence of protection is established to the
satisfaction of the Health Officer. Such person, when released from
quarantine, shall be kept under observation for not less than 16 days
from the date of last exposure. If such occupant of a household refuses
to be vaccinated, he/she shall be quarantined at his/her own expense
for at least 16 days from the date of his/her last exposure, and until
discharged by the Health Officer.
c.
Other persons, who have been exposed to the risk of contracting smallpox
by proximity to a case or suspected case of the disease, shall be
quarantined for a period of not less than 16 days from the date of
last exposure. Such persons may be released from quarantine and kept
under observation if evidence of protection against smallpox is established
to the satisfaction of the Health Officer.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.10, Isolation and
restriction for communicable disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-34]
a.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer when a person is ill or
infected with typhoid fever within his/her jurisdiction to keep such
case under supervision until clinical recovery and until three successive,
authentic, fresh specimens of the intestinal discharges and urine
taken at intervals of not less than seven days, beginning at least
seven days after termination of specific drug therapy, have been found
to be free from salmonella typhosa, such examination to be made in
a laboratory approved by the State Department of Health for such examinations.
b.
The Health Officer shall require persons recovering from typhoid
fever to submit, commencing 90 days after discharge from isolation,
at least four authentic, fresh specimens of intestinal discharges
not less than three months apart, to a laboratory approved by the
State Department of Health for such examinations. If any of the specimens
in this period are positive for salmonella typhosa, the individual
shall come under the regulations of N.J.S. 26:4-50 concerning carriers
of typhoid fever.
c.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer when a person is ill or
infected with salmonellosis other than typhoid fever within his/her
jurisdiction, to keep such person under supervision until clinical
recovery and until three successive, authentic, fresh specimens of
intestinal discharges and urine taken at intervals of not less than
seven days, beginning at least seven days after termination of specific
drug therapy, have been found to be free from salmonella paratyphi
and salmonella schottmuelleri, such examination to be made in a laboratory
approved by the State Department of Health for such examinations.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 16:2-39, Whooping Cough; Child to Wear
Special Armband in Public Places, has been deleted as children with
communicable diseases are hospitalized and isolated.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-36]
a.
When any person has been exposed at home or elsewhere to a person ill with diphtheria, meningococcal meningitis, measles (rubeola), poliomyelitis, streptococcal sore throat, including scarlet fever, or smallpox, such person may be prohibited by the Health Officer from attending any public or private school, or any public gathering or from leaving the premises upon which such exposed person resides or may be, until permission is granted by the Health Officer; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not exceed the maximum period of incubation as fixed in Section 16:2-41 of this chapter for the disease to which such person was exposed.
b.
When any person has been exposed at home or elsewhere to a person
ill with a communicable disease other than those named in this section,
the Health Officer may, at his/her discretion, refrain from quarantining
such exposed person.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-37]
For purposes of this chapter, the maximum period of incubation
of the following communicable diseases is hereby declared as followed:
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Diphtheria
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7 days
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Measles (rubeola)
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14 days
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Meningococcal meningitis
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7 days
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Pertussis (whooping cough)
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14 days
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Poliomyelitis
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14 days
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Salmonellosis (other than typhoid fever)
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14 days
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Smallpox
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16 days
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Streptococcal sore throat including scarlet fever
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7 days
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Editor's Note: See also N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.10, Isolation for
communicable disease.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-38]
No person shall bring or cause to be brought into the City any
person infected with any communicable disease, unless such infected
person be a resident of the City, and then only on a permit granted
by the Health Officer. No person shall bring or cause to be brought
into the City any article liable to propagate a communicable disease.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For similar restriction as to animals, see Section 6:2-1 of these Revised General Ordinances.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-39]
When the Health Officer and his/her designee shall make any order requiring any steamboat, or any other vessel or craft, suspected by such Officer to have on board any infected or diseased person or property, not to enter the waters of the City and bounding the same, or to remove therefrom, the Officer shall have power to require the crew and passengers on board of such steamboat or vessel, or craft, not to enter the City until permission shall be given by such division. If such crew or passengers, or any of them, shall enter the City contrary to such order, after service of such order upon the master or person in charge of such steamboat, vessel or craft, the master or person in charge of the steamboat, vessel or craft, upon whom such order was served, and the person so entering shall each, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 1:1-9 of these Revised General Ordinances. If such order shall have been served upon the owner or consignee of such steamboat or vessel, or craft, such owner or consignee shall also be punished as herein provided.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For requirement that masters of vessels in the City must report suspected cases of communicable disease, see Section 16:2-11.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-40]
a.
Adequate cleansing and disinfection of premises, furniture and belongings,
when deemed necessary by the Health Officer, or required by this chapter
or other law, shall immediately follow the recovery, death or removal
of a person ill or infected with a communicable disease. Such cleansing
and disinfection shall be performed upon the order and under the direction
of the Health Officer.
b.
It shall be the duty of the patient, upon convalescence or recovery
from any communicable disease, and of the nurse or other persons in
attendance on such patient, throughout the course of the disease as
well as at its termination, to cleanse, and, when necessary, to disinfect
their persons.
c.
The physician, nurse or other necessary attendant upon a case of
communicable disease, after attending upon the case, shall take such
precautions and practice such methods of cleansing or disinfection
of his/her person or garments as will prevent the conveyance to others
of infective material from the patient, or as may be required by law
or regulation.
d.
It shall be the duty of the physician in attendance on any case,
known or suspected by him/her to be a case of communicable disease,
to inform the nurse or other person in attendance in regard to the
disinfection and disposal of bodily discharges. Such information shall
be given on the first visit and shall be in accordance with the regulations
of the State Department of Health. It shall be the duty of the nurse
or other person in attendance to carry out such disinfection and disposal
until further or different directions have been given by the Health
Officer.
e.
The personal or bed clothing of any person ill or infected with a
communicable disease shall not be sent to a public laundry except
under such conditions as may be prescribed by the Health Officer.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For other restrictions concerning the laundering or cleaning of material from quarantined premises, see Section 16:2-45.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:6-7]
a.
No household washing, garments, bed clothes, or other article received
for washing, laundering, cleaning or dyeing, shall be accepted by
or in any laundry, launderette, or cleaning or dyeing establishment
or installation from persons or occupants of any house under quarantine
for communicable disease. Where such articles to be processed are
delivered directly to the licensed establishment or installation,
it shall be the duty of the licensee, his/her agent or employee to
make inquiry of the person making delivery thereto, or using the facilities
thereof, whether or not the articles to be processed have come from
a person or premises under quarantine for a communicable disease,
and to refuse processing if they do so originate; provided, however,
that laundry from premises where contagious disease exists may be
handled in a public laundry or launderette if the householder presents,
with the laundry, a certificate of approval issued for that particular
household by the Division of Community Health.
b.
All persons and all collectors, route men, employees, agents and agencies of processors or receivers of articles to be processed, shall comply with the requirements of the preceding section of this chapter, and, failing therein, shall be guilty of a violation thereof and be subject to the penalty provided for in Section 1:1-9 of these Revised General Ordinances.
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Editor's Note: The State Sanitary Code has the effect of law.
See N.J.S.A. 26:1A-9.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-41]
The provisions of Chapter V of the New Jersey State Sanitary
Code entitled "Preparation, Handling, Transportation, Burial and Disinterment
of Dead Human Bodies" shall be enforced within the City by the Division
of Community Health and the City Health Officer.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 14:2-41.1]
It shall be unlawful for any person or cemetery association
incorporated under the provisions of N.J.S. 8:1-1 et seq. to inter
the body of any deceased person, animal, or the ashes thereof, in
any plot or lot owned by the person or cemetery association when the
plot or lot is located within six feet of the property line of any
residence which adjoins or is adjacent to the plot or lot.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 14:2-41.2]
The provisions of subsection 16:2-46.2 shall be enforced within the City by the Division of Community Health and the City Health Officer.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 14:2-41.3]
Any person who violates any provision of subsection 16:2-46.2 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
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Editor's Note: Section 14:2-42 of R.O. 1966 "Domestic Servants;
Health Certificates" has been discontinued from the Code.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:2-43; Ord. 6 S+FG, 11-5-1992 Preamble; Ord. 6 PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
The Division of Community Health may, within the limits of available
appropriations therefor, purchase and distribute free, in accordance
with the rules of the Division of Community Health, biologicals and
antibiotics, for use in preventing or treating communicable diseases.
