This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative
Code of the Board of Health of the Township of Maplewood" and is herein referred
to as the "code."
There shall be a Secretary to the Board of Health who shall act as clerk
to the Board, keep an accurate record of all official actions of the Board
and carry out such other duties as may be imposed by the Board.
There shall be a Health Officer who shall act as the executive officer
and general agent of the Board. He shall assign duties to the other employees
of the Board and supervise their activities. The Health Officer shall enforce
the laws of the state relating to public health and the ordinances of the
Board and carry out such additional duties as may be imposed upon him by the
Board. The term of office of the Health Officer shall be one (1) year.
There shall be a Plumbing Inspector who shall enforce the ordinances
of the Board and the laws of the State of New Jersey relative to plumbing
and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Board
or its executive officer. The term of office of the Plumbing Inspector shall
be one (1) year.
There shall be a Sanitary Inspector who shall enforce the ordinances
of the Board and the laws of the state relating to public health and shall
perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Board or its executive
officer.
The Board shall employ from time to time for such periods as the Board
shall determine such professional, technical and clerical employees as are
necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the affairs of the
Board.
Whenever the Health Officer finds that the public safety will not permit
delay, he may exercise one (1) 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 provision
of this Code.
A. Power to prevent the sale of food. The Health 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 Health
Officer may order the seizure and the 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.
C. Communicable diseases.
(1) Medical examinations.
(a) 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
by a physician designated by the Board of Health, and such specimens of excretion
or other material for examination shall be taken from such persons, and it
shall be the duty of the person to submit to the examination and furnish the
necessary specimens. No person shall interfere with or prevent the securing
of such specimens.
(b) The Board 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 the disease.
(2) Carriers.
(a) The Board may, if it shall be deemed necessary, require
a person believed to be a carrier of communicable 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 Health Officer or
his representative to collect the specimens.
(b) For the purpose of this subsection, all "carriers" shall
be considered as being affected with the disease and shall be subject to and
comply with all provisions of the rules and regulations of the Board of Health
which relate to the quarantine, isolation and control of persons affected
with such disease.
There shall be, when appointed by the Board of Health special health
reporting officers, who shall promptly report to the Board every violation
of health ordinances, rules and regulations which may come within their observation
and knowledge. The police and fire officers of the township may be designated
special health reporting officers of the Board of Health.