For the purposes of this article, the terms used herein are
defined as follows:
The thorough removal of dust and other contaminating material
in such a way as to prevent the entry thereof, as far as may be possible,
into other rooms or dwellings; washing with soap and hot water; and
scouring, airing and exposure to sunlight.
The application of disinfecting substances to infected materials
in sufficient concentration and for a sufficient length of time to
destroy pathogenic bacteria. When gaseous disinfectants are used,
all cracks, crevices and openings shall first be closed.
The placing apart of infected persons for the purpose of
preventing contact with other persons and the establishment of restrictions
directly surrounding such persons.
The condition resulting from restrictive measures which are
applied to household premises or areas of greater magnitude for the
prevention of the spread of communicable diseases to other areas.
A.
The diseases as set forth and revised in N.J.A.C. 8:57-1.1 et seq.,
Communicable diseases, shall be reportable in the manner prescribed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Board of Health codification;
see Ch. BH:1, Art. I, Adoption of Code by Board of Health]
B.
The following cases are also reportable by state law: all animal
bites.
All reports of cases or suspected cases of reportable diseases
shall be governed by the rules and regulations as set forth in N.J.S.A.
26:4-15 to 26:4-26.
A.
Whenever a report of a communicable disease is received, the person
infected shall, at the discretion of the Board of Health, be isolated
or quarantined as the Board of Health may order or direct.
B.
In establishing isolation or quarantine, the Board of Health shall
define the place and the limits of the area within which the infected
person is to be isolated. No person except the attending physician
or nurse shall enter or leave the area of isolation without the permission
of the Board of Health. Isolation or quarantine shall be continued
until it is determined by examination that the person no longer has
the disease in an infectious state.
C.
After the isolation or quarantine of any person infected with or
exposed to a communicable disease shall have been established, such
person shall not leave the apartment or premises where he is isolated
or quarantined, nor shall any other person remove such person or permit
him to be removed, unless a permit for such removal shall have been
issued first by the Board of Health.
A.
No person shall expose or permit the exposure of anyone to any communicable
disease or its causative agent.
B.
No person suffering from a communicable disease or harboring the
causative organism of any communicable disease and no articles which
may tend to propagate or spread such disease shall be brought into
the City without permission from the Health Officer. Whenever it shall
come to the knowledge of any person that such persons or articles
have been brought into this City without the permission of the Board
of Health, he shall immediately give notice thereof to the Board of
Health. No person shall remove any such diseased person or infected
article from any house or place without approval of the Board of Health.
The regulations covering this item are found in N.J.S.A. 26:4-6
and are governed thereby.
The Board of Health may, if it shall be deemed necessary, require
a person believed to be a carrier of disease germs to furnish specimens
for examination. It shall be the duty of such person to furnish the
necessary specimens for examination or to permit the Board of Health
or its representative to collect such specimens.
Whenever the Board of Health shall deem it necessary to establish
the true character of any disease which, in its opinion, may be communicable,
a medical examination of the person infected may be required, and
such specimens of secretions or other material for examination shall
be taken from such person, and it shall be the duty of such person
to submit to such examination and furnish such necessary specimens.
No person shall interfere with or prevent the securing of such specimens.
The Board of Health may cause any person suspected to be infected
with a communicable disease to be isolated or quarantined until medical
or laboratory examinations show that the person is free of the causative
organisms of disease.
A.
Every veterinarian who shall attend any animal within this City having
or suspected of having rabies, glanders, anthrax or any other communicable
disease transmittable to humans shall, within 12 hours thereafter,
report in writing to the Board of Health the location of such diseased
animal, the type and character of the disease and the name and address
of the owner.
B.
It shall be the duty of any person having knowledge of any dog, cat
or other animal infected with rabies or suspected of being infected
with rabies within this City to forthwith notify the Board of Health
and, if possible, give a description of the animal, the location where
it may be found and the name and address of the owner or the person
having custody thereof.
C.
Whenever a dog, cat or other animal shall have bitten any person,
the owner or person in charge thereof shall securely confine such
animal for the purpose of observation in such a manner and for such
a period as may be designated by the Board of Health.
This item is covered under the rules and regulations of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration and is governed thereby.
Whenever death has been caused by any communicable disease,
the transportation, care, disposal and burial of the body shall be
in accordance with the regulations regarding same as required by the
State Sanitary Code, and in accordance with such further regulations
as the Board of Health may direct.
