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NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-11 - Failure of municipality to comply; provision of adequate program by state; reinstatement of authority of municipality

26:3A2-11. Failure of municipality to comply; provision of adequate program by state; reinstatement of authority of municipality  a. In the event any municipality fails to comply with section 10 of this act: (1) The State Commissioner of Health shall cause a public health services program meeting "Standards of Performance," to be provided in that municipality at the expense of the municipality. Expenditures for this purpose shall be adequate to provide by contract or direct employment of staff and other necessary resources, the services required in the "Standards of Performance." The staff, contracted services, or resources necessary to provide the required services in municipalities of various sizes and conditions shall be determined by the commissioner. (2) State health aid funds to which that municipality would otherwise be entitled shall be delivered to and administered by the State Department of Health. Those funds shall be used solely for providing public health services meeting "Standards of Performance" in that municipality. b. When a municipality submits a plan acceptable to the department which provides assurances that public health services in that municipality will meet "Standards of Performance" the department may relinquish powers granted to it under the authority of this section under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the department. L.1975, c. 329, s. 11, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-12 - Municipality participating in local or contracting health agency; withdrawal

26:3A2-12. Municipality participating in local or contracting health agency; withdrawal  a. A municipality participating in a local health agency or contracting health agency may withdraw therefrom in the following manner: The governing body or local board of health, whichever is applicable, after participation for not less than 2 years in a local health agency or contracting health agency may by resolution declare its intention to establish its own local health agency or join with one or more municipalities in establishing a local health agency meeting "Standards of Performance." A certified copy of that resolution, setting forth the date of the municipality's intention to withdraw, shall be submitted to the agency from which it proposes to withdraw a minimum of 6 months prior to the proposed withdrawal date. The withdrawal shall be effective on the date set forth in that resolution. b. In the event that the requirements of section 10 of this act are not met within 6 months after the time of withdrawal, the municipality shall be subject to the provisions of section 11 of this act. L.1975, c. 329, s. 12, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-13 - Standards of performance; review and revision by public health council

26:3A2-13. Standards of performance; review and revision by public health council  Within 6 months after the effective date of this act, the Public Health Council shall review and revise the present "Standards of Performance," and provide new "Standards of Performance," which shall include (1) core standards applicable to every local health agency, and (2) supplemental standards applicable to individual local health agencies which reflect specific public health needs of such local agencies. Said council shall periodically conduct a review and revision of the "Standards of Performance" as may be necessary thereafter. L.1975, c. 329, s. 13, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-14 - Appointment of health officer, other personnel

26:3A2-14. Appointment of health officer, other personnel  14. Every local health agency shall be administered by a full-time health officer. The health officer and other personnel employed by a municipality, groups of municipalities or county which shall have adopted, or which shall hereafter adopt, the provisions of the "Civil Service Act," P.L.1986, c.112 (N.J.S.11A:1-1 et seq.), shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of that act. The health officer shall not be prohibited from simultaneously performing other functions or holding other titles within that governmental unit.  L.1975,c.329,s.14; amended 1993,c.64,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-14.1 - Public health nurse in provisional status for more than 2 years; eligibility to compete for position

26:3A2-14.1. Public health nurse in provisional status for more than 2 years; eligibility to compete for position  Any other law, rule or regulation relating to the qualifications required for appointment to any permanent position in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, any employee of a local health agency, created pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, who has served in a provisional status for more than 2 years as a public health nurse and is holding such position on the effective date of this act shall be eligible to compete in appropriate examination for this position in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service. L.1981, c. 309, s. 1, eff. Dec. 3, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-15 - Necessity of license by employee with certain type and class of work

26:3A2-15. Necessity of license by employee with certain type and class of work  No local health agency shall appoint or employ any person as health officer, public health laboratory technician, sanitary inspector, veterinary meat inspector or plumbing inspector nor appoint or employ any person to do work ordinarily performed by a health officer, public health laboratory technician or an inspector of any of the classes named who is not the holder of a current license or certificate issued by the State Department of Health authorizing the performance of such type and class of work. L.1975, c. 329, s. 15, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-16 - Transfer of civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency

26:3A2-16. Transfer of civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency  Each person who shall have been employed as a full-time employee of a local health agency whose employment by such agency was governed by the provisions of the Civil Service law and whose employment by such agency shall have been terminated by reason of the assumption of its activities and responsibilities by another local health agency shall be transferred to such other local agency, shall be assigned duties comparable to those previously performed by him, and shall be entitled to and credited with all rights and privileges accruing to him by reason of his tenure in such previous office or position, the same as if the entire period of such previous employment had been in the position to which he shall have been transferred. His compensation shall be fixed at not less than the amount received by him at the time of transfer. L.1975, c. 329, s. 16, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-17 - Transfer of non-civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency

26:3A2-17. Transfer of non-civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency  Each person who shall have been employed as a full-time employee for a period of 2 years or more by a local health agency whose employment by such agency was not governed by the provisions of the Civil Service law, and whose employment by such agency shall have been terminated by reason of the assumption of its activities and responsibilities by another local health agency, shall be transferred to the local health agency and be assigned duties comparable to those previously performed by him. He shall be entitled to and credited with all rights and privileges accruing to him by reason of his tenure in such previous office or position the same as if the entire period of such employment had been in the position to which he shall have been transferred. In the event employment by the county health department to which such person shall have been transferred is subject to the provisions of the Civil Service law, the board shall forthwith certify to the Civil Service Commission, pursuant to applicable rules of said commission, the entitlement of such person to such rights and privileges. In such event, the Civil Service Commission shall appropriately classify such person in the competitive civil service without examination; a person so classified shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of the Civil Service law with regard to the terms of his employment, promotion, tenure, classification, compensation and like matters. His compensation shall be fixed at not less than the amount received by him at the time of transfer. L.1975, c. 329, s. 17, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-18 - Terminated part-time employee; placement on preferential reemployment list

26:3A2-18. Terminated part-time employee; placement on preferential reemployment list  Every person, who shall have been employed as a part-time employee of a local board of health for a period of 2 years or more, and whose employment by such agency shall be terminated by reason of the assumption by another local health agency of activities and responsibilities, shall be placed on a preferential reemployment list for a period of at least 2 years for positions in that local health agency requiring the same license and type and class of work. L.1975, c. 329, s. 18, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-19 - Annual budget; certification by board of chosen freeholders; apportionment to municipalities; assessment, levy and collection of tax

26:3A2-19. Annual budget; certification by board of chosen freeholders; apportionment to municipalities; assessment, levy and collection of tax  The county health officer shall prepare, subject to the advice of the county board of health, in each year, a budget setting forth in detail the amounts of money necessary for the operation of the county health department during the ensuing year and present that budget to the board of chosen freeholders. Such sum as approved by the board of chosen freeholders shall be certified by the board of chosen freeholders to the county board of taxation which shall apportion such amount among the municipalities participating in the county health department in accordance with the provision of R.S. 54:4-49. The amount thus apportioned to each municipality shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes are assessed, levied and collected therein. L.1975, c. 329, s. 19, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-20 - Review by legislature; progress reports by commissioner

26:3A2-20. Review by legislature; progress reports by commissioner  The Legislature, through the Senate and General Assembly Standing Committees on Institutions, Health and Welfare, shall review the implementation of this act. To facilitate this review, the commissioner shall submit annual progress reports to the committees for a period of 2 years after the effective date of this act, and any other such reports thereafter as may be deemed necessary by the committees. All such reports shall also be submitted to the Legislature's Office of Fiscal Affairs. L.1975, c. 329, s. 20, eff. April 1, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-20.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-20.1 - Sale of tobacco to persons under age 21, prohibition, enforcement; reports.

26:3A2-20.1 Sale of tobacco to persons under age 21, prohibition, enforcement; reports.  2. a. The Commissioner of Health is authorized to enforce the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2000, c.87 (C.2A:170-51.4) with respect to the prohibition on the sale and commercial distribution of tobacco products to persons under 21 years of age. The commissioner may delegate the enforcement authority provided in this section to local health agencies, subject to the availability of sufficient funding. The commissioner shall report quarterly to the Legislature on the enforcement program's progress, use of grants awarded pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1966, c.36 (C.26:2F-7), results of enforcement efforts and other matters the commissioner deems appropriate. b. The Department of the Treasury shall provide the commissioner with information about retail tobacco dealer licensees necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. L.1995, c.320, s.2; amended 2000, c.87, s.3; 2005, c.384, s.4; 2017, c.118, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-20.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-20.2 - Authority of Cannabis Regulatory Commission.

26:3A2-20.2 Authority of Cannabis Regulatory Commission.  7. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission established pursuant to section 31 of P.L.2019, c.153 (C.24:6I-24) and the Commissioner of Health are authorized to coordinate and enforce the provisions of section 6 of P.L.2021, c.25 (C.2A:170-51.11) with respect to the prohibition on the sale or distribution of cannabis items, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33), to persons under 21 years of age. The commission, or commissioner, or both, may delegate the enforcement authority provided in this section to local health agencies, subject to the availability of sufficient funding. The commission, in consultation with the commissioner, shall report on the enforcement program's progress, results of enforcement efforts, and other matters the commission deems appropriate in the commission's annual report on personal use cannabis activities that is prepared pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 14 of P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-12). L.2021, c.25, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-21 - Short title

26:3A2-21. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Environmental Health Act." L.1977, c. 443, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-22 - Findings, declarations relative to hazardous materials emergency response.

26:3A2-22 Findings, declarations relative to hazardous materials emergency response.  2. The Legislature finds that environmental health programs for the control of air pollution, solid waste, hazardous waste, noise, pesticides, radiation, and water pollution and to protect workers and the public from hazardous substances and toxic catastrophes are inherently regional in nature and that the existing county health departments have experience administering environmental health programs on a regional basis and that they are among the most efficient health units in the State. The Legislature declares that it is the policy of this State to provide for the administration of environmental health services by county departments of health throughout the State in a manner which is consistent with certain overall performance standards to be promulgated by the Department of Environmental Protection. The environmental health services shall include the monitoring and enforcement of environmental health standards, the operation of a technical resource center and the enactment and enforcement of environmental health ordinances to control air pollution, solid waste, hazardous waste, noise, pesticides, radiation, and water pollution, to protect workers and the public from hazardous substances and toxic catastrophes, and to protect against other threats to environmental health. The Legislature further declares that the burdens placed upon the existing system of emergency and hazardous materials response programs require the implementation of measures to improve the coordination between the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Health and Senior Services, the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and county health departments in order to provide comprehensive Statewide planning and supervision of all emergency management emergency response activities by these departments, and to provide for the Statewide standardization of the necessary and appropriate levels of planning, training, exercising, and equipment availability and usage for each county for the protection of the public health and the environment, and to properly prepare to respond to a terrorist incident involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive weapons. L.1977,c.443,s.2; amended 1991, c.99, s.1; 2005, c.3, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-24 - Provision of environmental health services by department

26:3A2-24. Provision of environmental health services by department  The county department shall provide environmental health services, which meet the performance and administrative standards authorized in section 10 of this act, for the territorial area of the county, under the direction of a full-time employee trained and experienced in managing environmental health programs, provided, however, that such environmental health services shall be provided by any municipal or regional health agency certified by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 15 within its area of jurisdiction. L.1977, c. 443, s. 6, eff. March 2, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-25 - Powers and duties of certified local health agency

26:3A2-25. Powers and duties of certified local health agency  7. A certified local health agency shall investigate citizen complaints; provide public information and citizen education services in all matters concerning environmental health; monitor the various State statutes concerning environmental health, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or any ordinance adopted pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-27); report any violation of those statutes, rules and regulations to the department; gather evidence of violations as required; and provide witnesses for any resultant court action as needed. A certified local health agency may maintain an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce, or to restrain the violation of, any environmental health law, rule or regulation, or ordinance adopted hereunder, which violation occurs, or threatens to occur, within the geographical jurisdiction of a certified local health agency.  A certified local health agency may initiate legal proceedings for a violation of any environmental health law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, including the making and issuing of complaints and summonses by serving the summons upon the violator and filing the complaint promptly with a court having jurisdiction. The county counsel or the prosecutor of the municipality in which a violation has occurred shall be authorized to act as counsel to the certified local health agency for prosecution of the violation, and any penalties collected from the prosecution shall be deposited in the "Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund" established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1991, c.99 (C.26:3A2-35) for use by the certified local health agency of the county or municipality prosecuting such violations.  Unless specifically precluded by State statute, penalties for a violation prosecuted under this section shall be collected pursuant to the "penalty enforcement law," N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.  L.1977,c.443,s.7, amended 1983,c.38,s.2; 1991,c.99,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-25.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-25.1 - Enforcement by certified local health agency.

26:3A2-25.1 Enforcement by certified local health agency.  10. In addition to the environmental health laws that are enforced by a certified local health agency pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-25), a certified local health agency may agree to enforce the provisions of P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.94 et seq.) as provided in section 17 of P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.110). L.2012, c.79, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-26 - Technical resource center

26:3A2-26. Technical resource center  The county department may operate a technical resource center for environmental health services to provide: a. training programs for public and private persons or groups concerned with environmental health; b. laboratory services for analyzing materials to determine compliance with environmental health standards; c. technical assistance; d. library services; e. data collection and exchange services, concerning the results of all monitoring activities within the county; and, f. any other function or service deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. The technical resource center may be established at the county college, if any, within the county. L.1977, c. 443, s. 8, eff. March 2, 1978.