This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative
Code of the Board of Health of the Township of Freehold" 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 an Executive Officer of the Board of Health who shall
be responsible to the Board of Health. The Executive Officer shall hold the
necessary license. He shall be appointed by the Board of Health for a term
of one year. The Executive Officer shall, subject to the superior authority
of the Board, be the general agent of the Board for the enforcement of its
ordinances and the sanitary laws of the State of New Jersey.
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 Code. All such personnel shall, where
required, be appropriately licensed.
Whenever the Executive 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
provisions of this Code:
A. Power to prevent the sale of food. The Executive 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.
B. Power to seize and destroy unwholesome food. The Executive
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 may, by resolution, make rules and regulations which
interpret or amplify any provision of Part III, Board of Health Legislation,
of the Code of the Township of Freehold or for the purpose of making the provisions
of Part III, Board of Health Legislation, of the Code of the Township of Freehold
more effective. No regulation, however, shall be inconsistent with, alter
or amend any provision of said Part III, 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 said Part III.