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NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-73 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-73 - Duty to report to local board

26:4-73. Duty to report to local board  Whenever one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, swollen or reddened, or show any unnatural discharge at any time within two weeks after its birth, and no licensed practitioner of medicine is in attendance upon the infant at the time, the midwife, nurse, attendant or relative having charge of such infant shall report the fact in writing, within six hours, to the local board of health having jurisdiction over the locality in which the parents of the infant reside.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-74 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-74 - Compulsory treatment

26:4-74. Compulsory treatment  Upon receipt of such report the local board shall direct the parents or persons having charge of such infant to place the infant immediately under the care of a licensed physician, or under the care of the physician of the local municipal government of the locality over which the local board has jurisdiction, if the parents are unable to pay for medical services.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-75 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-75 - Distribution of copies of law

26:4-75. Distribution of copies of law  The local board shall furnish a copy of this article to every licensed physician, nurse, and midwife, and any other person deemed proper by the local board in the locality over which the board has jurisdiction, and the state department shall cause a sufficient number of such copies to be printed to supply each local board with the necessary quantity.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-76 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-76 - Free remedies

26:4-76. Free remedies  The state department shall furnish, free of cost, to a licensed physician or midwife, any prophylactic remedy which it deems best for the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum, together with instructions which it considers necessary for the proper administration of the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-77 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-77 - Violations; penalty; recovery

26:4-77. Violations; penalty; recovery  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be recovered in a civil action by the local board of the municipality in which the violation occurs. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 476, s. 46.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-78 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-78 - Report of suspected cases of rabies

26:4-78. Report of suspected cases of rabies  Whenever a dog, cat or other animal is affected by rabies or suspected of being affected by rabies or has been bitten by an animal known or suspected to be affected by rabies, the owner or person in charge of the animal or any person having knowledge thereof, shall forthwith notify the local board having jurisdiction of the place where the animal is located. The notification shall be in writing, signed by the person making the same and shall state where the animal may be found.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-79 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-79 - Report by physician attending person bitten by animal

26:4-79. Report by physician attending person bitten by animal  Every physician shall, within twelve hours after his first professional attendance upon any person bitten by a dog, cat or other animal, report to the person designated by law or by the local board, under authority of law, to receive reports of reportable communicable diseases in the municipality in which the person so bitten may be, the name, age, sex, color and the precise location of the person so bitten.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-80 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-80 - Report by parent or guardian when child is bitten and no physician attends

26:4-80. Report by parent or guardian when child is bitten and no physician attends  The parent or guardian of a child bitten by a dog, cat or other animal, when no physician attends such child, shall within twelve hours after first having knowledge that the child was so bitten, report to the person designated by law or by the local board, under authority of law, to receive reports of reportable communicable diseases in the municipality in which the child so bitten may be, the name, age, sex, color and the precise location of the child.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-81 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-81 - Report when adult is bitten and no physician attends

26:4-81. Report when adult is bitten and no physician attends  If an adult is bitten by a dog, cat or other animal and no physician attends him, the adult, or if he is incapacitated, the person caring for him, shall report to the person designated by law or by the local board of health to receive reports of communicable diseases in the municipality in which the adult so bitten may be, the name, age, sex, color and the precise location of the adult. The report shall be made within twelve hours after the adult was so bitten, or if he is incapacitated, the report shall be made within twelve hours after the person caring for him shall first have knowledge that the adult was so bitten.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-82 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-82 - Confining animal which has attacked or bitten person

26:4-82. Confining animal which has attacked or bitten person  The local board, within its jurisdiction, may serve notice upon the owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other animal which has attacked or bitten a person, to confine the animal at the expense of the owner or person in charge of it upon the premises of the owner or person in charge or at some other place designated in the notice, for at least ten days after the animal has attacked or bitten a person.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-83 - Killing or confining animal bitten by another

26:4-83. Killing or confining animal bitten by another  The local board, within its jurisdiction, shall serve a notice, in writing, upon the owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other animal known or suspected to have been bitten by an animal known or suspected of being affected by rabies, requiring the owner or person in charge of the animal to kill it or confine it for a period of not less than six months.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-84 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-84 - Confining animals to prevent spread of rabies

26:4-84. Confining animals to prevent spread of rabies  Whenever the local board or any officer or inspector thereof has reason to believe or has been notified by the State Department that there is danger that rabies may spread within the jurisdiction of such board, such board, officer or inspector shall serve a notice, in writing, upon all persons within the jurisdiction of such board, so far as the same may be known to the board or to such officer or inspector thereof, owning or having charge of any dog, requiring such person to confine such dog, or such board, officer or inspector in lieu of serving such notice, in writing, may cause a notice to be published in the official newspaper of such municipality. Other animals may be included in the order whenever, in the opinion of such board, this is necessary. Whenever the State Department has knowledge that any case of rabies exists among dogs or other domestic animals, within the State, and in its judgment the disease is liable to spread, the department may issue an order requiring any local board to order animals confined as provided in this section, and to cause its provisions to be enforced, by appropriate proceedings either in law or in equity. Amended by L.1939, c. 201, p. 578, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-85 - Permit to release animals

26:4-85. Permit to release animals  An animal confined under order of the local board shall not be released until a certificate of release has been issued by the board.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-86 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-86 - Examination of animals by local board

26:4-86. Examination of animals by local board  26:4-86. The local board or the duly authorized agent of such board, within its jurisdiction, shall be permitted by the owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other animal which has attacked or bitten a person, to examine the animal at any time, and daily if desired, within a period of ten days after the animal has attacked or bitten a person, to determine whether the animal shows symptoms of rabies.  If the animal dies within the ten day confinement period or if the owner or person in charge of the animal elects to destroy the animal at any time during the confinement period, the local board may order a laboratory examination for rabies to be performed.  No person shall refuse, obstruct, or interfere with the local board in making any examination authorized pursuant to this section. Amended 1989,c.297,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-87 - Local board to report prevalence of rabies

26:4-87. Local board to report prevalence of rabies  Each local board shall furnish information to the state department concerning the prevalence of rabies within its jurisdiction whenever or as often as requested to do so by the state department.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-88 - Circular on rabies; distribution

26:4-88. Circular on rabies; distribution  The state department shall prepare a circular containing a description of the symptoms, the methods of transmission, the treatment, and the preventive measures to be taken against the spread of rabies, and, upon application, shall provide sufficient copies of the circular for distribution. The circulars shall be furnished to the person empowered under the law to license dogs, and if there is no provision for such person within the jurisdiction of the local board of health, the local board is empowered to act. Such person or board shall apply to the state department for a sufficient number of such circulars, and shall, at the time of licensing, furnish a copy of the circular to each person who may obtain a dog license.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-89 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-89 - Free Pasteur treatment

26:4-89. Free Pasteur treatment  Each local board may furnish without charge the Pasteur treatment for any indigent person, residing within its jurisdiction, who has been bitten by an animal known or suspected to be affected by rabies. Any expense thus incurred shall be provided for by the governing body having charge of the finances of the municipality in which the indigent person resides in the same manner as the regular funds of the board are provided for.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-94 - Penalties; recovery.

26:4-94 Penalties; recovery.  26:4-94. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article, or any notice served thereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars ($5.00) for the first offense, and not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each subsequent offense, to be recovered in a civil action brought by and in the name of the State Department or a local board. Penalties hereunder shall be enforced and collected pursuant to sections 26:3-72, 26:3-77 and 26:3-78 of the Revised Statutes. amended 1939, c.201, s.2; 1942, c.41; 1953, c.26, s.47; 2014, c.69, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-95 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-95 - Powers of municipalities not affected

26:4-95. Powers of municipalities not affected  Nothing in this article shall be construed to change or affect the provisions of any law authorizing the mayor or governing body of a municipality to enforce measures for the restriction and control of rabies.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-95.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-95.1 - Establishment and conduct of virology program; objectives

26:4-95.1. Establishment and conduct of virology program; objectives  The State Department of Health is hereby directed to establish and conduct a virology program having as its objectives: (a) the furnishing of services as may be necessary to establish the presence of virus diseases, and to establish epidemiological control of virus diseases as well as those services necessary to determine the effectiveness of control measures. (b) development of improved techniques or methodologies in establishing the presence of virus diseases and the control thereof. L.1958, c. 24, p. 74, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-95.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-95.2 - Financing virology program

26:4-95.2. Financing virology program  The virology program shall be financed during the current fiscal year from any moneys available to the department. L.1958, c. 24, p. 74, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-95.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-95.3 - Findings, declarations relative to HPV.

26:4-95.3 Findings, declarations relative to HPV.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, and can be transmitted without intercourse; b. Although most HPV infections are benign and many strains clear on their own, certain strains have serious consequences, including cervical cancer and genital warts; c. HPV has been detected in over 90% of cervical cancer cases, and the American Cancer Society estimates that over 9,700 new cases of HPV-related cervical cancer will occur in the United States this year; and  d. It is appropriate to take measures through education to significantly reduce medical problems and deaths attributable to HPV.  L.2007, c.134, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-95.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-95.4 - Public awareness campaign about HPV.

26:4-95.4 Public awareness campaign about HPV.  3. a. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education and the Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, shall establish a public awareness campaign to inform the general public about the clinical significance and public health implications of the human papillomavirus, including its causes and the most effective means of prevention and treatment. The public awareness campaign shall be established in accordance with accepted public health practice and recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and within the limits of available funds and any other resources available for the purposes thereof. b. The commissioner shall prepare a patient information brochure regarding the human papillomavirus, including its causes and the most effective means of prevention and treatment. The department shall distribute the pamphlet, at no charge, to all pediatricians in the State. The department shall update the pamphlet as necessary, and shall make additional copies of the pamphlet available to other health care providers upon request. L.2007, c.134, s.3; amended 2012, c.16, s.51; 2012, c.17, s.338.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-96 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-96 - Laboratory supplies

26:4-96. Laboratory supplies  The state department may prepare in the state bacteriological laboratory culture media, stains, solutions, cultures, cultural products, and other laboratory supplies which may be useful to the county or municipal laboratories, physicians, or pharmacists in this state. Such materials may be sold at prices fixed by the state department to county and municipal laboratories, physicians, and pharmacists in this state under rules and regulations adopted by the department.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-97 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-97 - Disposition of receipts from sale of supplies

26:4-97. Disposition of receipts from sale of supplies  All moneys received from the sale of such laboratory supplies shall be paid by the state department to the state treasurer and shall be added to the amount appropriated for the support of the bacteriological laboratory, and shall be expended by the state department for the maintenance of the laboratory.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-98 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-98 - Impure biological products; prohibiting sale or use of

26:4-98. Impure biological products; prohibiting sale or use of  If the state department ascertains that any vaccine virus, antitoxin, or other biological product sold, or offered for sale, or held for sale or use for prophylactic or remedial purposes is dangerous to human health, or so impure or inert as to be inefficacious in rendering immune or less susceptible to disease any person in whom the product may be used, the department may prohibit the further sale or use of such product or any other biological product manufactured or produced by the same party. No person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale, or use, or offer for use, any such prohibited product.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-99 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-99 - Free distribution of toxoid and vaccine; appropriation

26:4-99. Free distribution of toxoid and vaccine; appropriation  The state department may purchase and distribute free, in accordance with rules of the department, diphtheria toxoid or toxin-antitoxin, or both, and smallpox vaccine. For the purchase and distribution of such materials and for expenses incident to such distribution and the keeping of records of the use of such materials, the department may expend such sum as shall be appropriated in any annual or supplemental appropriation act.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-100 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-100 - Sale of surplus antitoxin manufactured by local board

26:4-100. Sale of surplus antitoxin manufactured by local board  The local board of health of any city which is engaged in the production of diphtheria antitoxin may sell any surplus antitoxin at a price determined by it.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-100.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-100.1 - Anti-pneumococcic serum; purchase and distribution free by State Department of Health

26:4-100.1. Anti-pneumococcic serum; purchase and distribution free by State Department of Health  The Department of Health of the State of New Jersey is hereby authorized to purchase and to distribute free, anti-pneumococcic serum for the treatment of persons affected with pneumonia and for determining the type of pneumococci from persons suspected or known to have the disease. L.1938, c. 24, p. 97, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-100.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-100.2 - Anti-pneumococcic serum; supplying free to licensed physicians

26:4-100.2. Anti-pneumococcic serum; supplying free to licensed physicians  Anti-pneumococcic serum may be supplied free by the said department to a physician licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey only after he has signed an application which shall contain a statement that the person to be treated is affected with pneumonia and is financially unable to purchase the serum, and such other facts as the State Department of Health may require, including the name and address of the patient, the type of pneumococci present, the duration of the disease and the amount of serum requested. The said department may review any such application for serum and if it finds a false or misleading statement as to the ability of the person to pay for the serum, a bill therefor shall be presented to said person. L.1938, c. 24, p. 97, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-100.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-100.3 - Rules and regulations by State Department of Health

26:4-100.3. Rules and regulations by State Department of Health  The State Department of Health shall be and is hereby empowered to make necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of administering this act. L.1938, c. 24, p. 98, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-100.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-100.4 - Typhoid vaccine and other biologicals and antibiotics; free distribution

26:4-100.4. Typhoid vaccine and other biologicals and antibiotics; free distribution  The Department of Health of the State of New Jersey is hereby authorized, within the limits of available appropriations therefor, to purchase and to distribute free, in accordance with rules of said department, typhoid vaccine, other biologicals, and antibiotics, for use in preventing or treating communicable diseases. L.1942, c. 148, p. 444, s. 1. Amended by L.1947, c. 323, p. 1048, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-100.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-100.5 - Expenditures authorized

26:4-100.5. Expenditures authorized  For the purchase and distribution of the said materials, and for expenses incident to such distribution and the keeping of records of the use of said material, the said department is hereby authorized to expend such sum as shall be appropriated by any law, or such amount as may be available to the department for other biological products, or which may otherwise be available. L.1942, c. 148, p. 444, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:4-100.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:4-100.6 - Poliomyelitis vaccine; regulation of purchase, sale, distribution and use

26:4-100.6. Poliomyelitis vaccine; regulation of purchase, sale, distribution and use  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no child shall be denied vaccination against poliomyelitis because of inability to pay the cost thereof. It is hereby found that there exists a shortage of poliomyelitis vaccine (hereinafter referred to as "the vaccine") and that the public interest requires that the purchase, sale, distribution and use of the vaccine shall, so long as the shortage shall exist, be controlled and regulated as herein provided, to the end that fair and equitable distribution may be had and the vaccine be administered to children and others in accordance with priority groups based on the relative susceptibility of various age groups of children and others to poliomyelitis. L.1955, c. 69, p. 230, s. 1.