There shall be a Department of Health and Welfare, the head of which shall be the Director of Health and Welfare, who shall be the Manager or shall be appointed by the Manager for an indefinite term, subject to suspension or removal by the Manager, and who shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by a General Salary Ordinance. The Director of the Department of Health and Welfare shall be qualified by training and experience for the duties of his office. Within the Department of Health and Welfare there shall be a Division of Health and a Division of Welfare.
A. 
Within the Department of Health and Welfare there shall be a Division of Health, the head of which shall be the Health Officer, who may be the County Health Officer through the appropriate contractual arrangements or appointed by the Manager or the Director of the Department of Health and Welfare. Under the supervision of the Manager and/or Director, the Division of Health shall:
(1) 
Have all of the functions, powers and duties of a local board of health under Title 26 of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, except that, as required by the Charter, the Council shall have and exercise all local legislative powers pursuant to that title.
(2) 
Plan and administer a comprehensive public health program, including, without limitation thereto, management and enforcement of environmental sanitation, mental sanitation, septic system control, communicable disease control, child and adult health and health education, together with such other services as may be authorized by the Charter, ordinance or direction and supervision of the Manager.
(3) 
Administer and enforce the local health ordinances, including the ordinance relating to on-site sewage disposal (septic).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 118, Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual.
(4) 
Maintain and administer records of vital statistics, including births, deaths and marriages, in accordance with state law, and receive application for and issue marriage licenses, pursuant to the law, under which there shall be a Registrar of Vital Statistics, who shall be appointed by the Manager. Said Registrar of Vital Statistics may be the Township Clerk and shall have charge of the administrative duties involved in obtaining reports of and recording births, marriages and deaths in the municipality, together with such related work as may be required in accordance with general law and ordinances of the municipality.
B. 
The Manager shall appoint and employ such health officers, animal warden or such other personnel as he deems necessary to carry into effect the powers vested by law. Whenever required by law, employees within the Department of Health shall be the holders of proper licenses issued by the State Department of Health and/or the appropriate licensing authority. The Manager shall fix the duties and terms of employment of such employees, and such employees shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed within a General Salary Ordinance.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The currently effective Salary Ordinance is on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
Within the Department of Health and Welfare there shall be a Division of Welfare, comprised of the Local Assistance Board appointed pursuant to the Charter and this chapter. The Manager shall appoint a Director of Welfare pursuant to statute. The Director of Welfare, under the supervision of the Director of the Department of Health and Welfare and/or the Manager, except as otherwise required by law, shall:
A. 
Administer laws and ordinances relating to relief of the needy, including aid to needy persons who are eligible for public assistance provided through county and state agencies.
B. 
Provide or arrange for temporary shelter and custodial care to dependent and homeless persons.
C. 
Enter into and perform cooperative agreements with other public agencies and voluntary charitable organizations and services relating to the functions of the Division.