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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-22 - Joint health officer, registered environmental health specialists.

26:3-22 Joint health officer, registered environmental health specialists.
26:3-22. Local boards of health of two or more adjacent municipalities may join in employing a health officer and one or more registered environmental health specialists and other personnel. In such case, the local boards of such municipalities or a regional health commission formed by them, as the case may be, shall fix the salary to be paid to these persons, arrange the duties of such persons and in the case of regional health commissions apportion the sums to be paid by each of the municipalities, which sums shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the local boards of such municipalities.
Amended 1947, c.181, s.4; 1997, c.416, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-23 - Registered environmental health specialist for township.

26:3-23 Registered environmental health specialist for township.
26:3-23. If in any township sufficient environmental inspection is not secured, the State department may, on notice to the local board, require the appointment by the local board of a registered environmental health specialist for the township who shall be paid by the local board of the township at an equitable rate of reimbursement for his services.
Amended 1997, c.416, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-24 - Registered environmental health specialist in municipality of over 2,000.

26:3-24 Registered environmental health specialist in municipality of over 2,000.
26:3-24. In every municipality containing a population of 2,000 inhabitants or more, there shall be at least one registered environmental health specialist appointed by the local board.
Amended 1997, c.416, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-25.1 - Receipt of maximum salary.

26:3-25.1 Receipt of maximum salary.
5. Every person holding a license issued under section 41 of P.L.1947, c.177 (C.26:1A-41), who is employed in a position for which this license is required by any board of health, municipality or group of municipalities shall receive the maximum salary in the person's range, within five years from the date of appointment to this position if the majority of the person's job performance evaluations are satisfactory.
L.1947,c.181,s.5; amended 1950, c.119, s.8; 1997, c.416, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-26 - Removal of licensed health officers; necessity of public hearing

26:3-26. Removal of licensed health officers; necessity of public hearing
No health officer, inspector or employee holding a license issued in the name of the State Department of Health, after five years' consecutive service in the employ of a local board or regional health commission, shall be removed from office or reduced in pay or position except for just cause and after public hearing as provided in section 26:3-27 of this Title.
Amended by L.1947, c. 181, p. 827, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-27 - Removal of health officer.

26:3-27 Removal of health officer.
26:3-27. The local board or regional health commission, not operating under the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, employing a health officer or any other person whom it is sought to remove, shall formulate or receive charges in writing, against such person and shall fix a time and place for a hearing thereon.
A written copy of the charges and a written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be served upon the person sought to be removed at least 20 days prior to the hearing.
At the hearing the local board or regional health commission shall hear all witnesses and receive all evidence produced, and if the charges are found to be true in fact, and just cause be shown, the local board or regional health commission may remove or reduce the pay, or position of the person against whom the charges are made.
Amended 1947, c.181, s.7; 1950, c.119, s.9; 1997, c.416, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.1 - Plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings and connection with sewers, cesspools, etc.; ordinances regulating

26:3-31.1. Plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings and connection with sewers, cesspools, etc.; ordinances regulating
Local boards of health may enact, amend or supplement ordinances to establish, amend or supplement rules and regulations affecting the installation, maintenance, repair and control of the plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings and the connection thereof with an outside sewer, cesspool or other receptacle, regulating the practice of plumbing, or dealing with the issuance of licenses to practice plumbing, by reference to such rules and regulations in any such ordinance and without the inclusion of the text thereof therein, if the rules and regulations to be adopted are printed or otherwise reproduced in book form as a code or as a part of a code of such rules and regulations; provided, that a copy of such printed code, so marked as to indicate plainly what portion thereof, if less than the whole, is intended to be adopted, is annexed to such ordinance; that said code or such portion thereof as is intended to be adopted is so described in said ordinance as to identify it and there is indicated in said description the common or trade name, if any, of such code of rules and regulations and that it is stated in the ordinance that three copies of said code, similarly marked, have been placed on file in the office of the municipal clerk, upon the introduction of said ordinance and will remain on file there until final action is taken on said ordinance, for the use and examination of the public.
L.1948, c. 275, p. 1177, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.2 - Publication of rules and regulations not required; filing printed copies

26:3-31.2. Publication of rules and regulations not required; filing printed copies
It shall not be necessary to publish any such rules and regulations, so to be adopted, as part of said ordinance, notwithstanding that a printed copy thereof is annexed thereto, either before or after the final passage of such ordinance; provided, that said printed copies are filed as aforesaid, and, if said ordinance is adopted, the said copies shall remain on file in said office so long as said ordinance is in effect, and three copies shall be placed on file, and shall so remain on file, in the office of the body or department having charge of the enforcement of said ordinance, so long as said ordinance is in effect, for the use and examination of the public.
L.1948, c. 275, p. 1178, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.3 - Proof of ordinance

26:3-31.3. Proof of ordinance
For the purpose of proof of any such ordinance or the receipt thereof in evidence in all courts and places, such copy of said code, so marked and so annexed to such ordinance, shall be construed to be part of said ordinance as fully as though it had been set forth at length therein.
L.1948, c. 275, p. 1178, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.5 - Local health officer to act as agent of landlord in engaging fuel oil dealer; conditions

26:3-31.5. Local health officer to act as agent of landlord in engaging fuel oil dealer; conditions
The governing body of any municipality may provide, by ordinance, that the local health officer or other officer designated in the ordinance shall, whenever necessary to protect the health and safety of residential tenants, act as an agent for a landlord in engaging a fuel oil dealer to deliver fuel oil at a reasonable price per gallon and to refire the burner to restore the proper heating of any residential property rented by said landlord; provided, however, that at least 12 hours have elapsed, if the outside air temperature is between 33` and 55` F., inclusive, or at least 4 hours have elapsed, if the outside air temperature is 32` F. or less, since the tenant has lodged a complaint with any municipal officer or agency, prior to which complaint a bona fide attempt has been made by the tenant or his representative to notify the landlord of the lack of heat, and the landlord has failed to take appropriate action. Lack of heat means maintaining less heat than required by R.S. 26:3-31.
L.1980, c. 170, s. 2, eff. Dec. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.6 - Billing to landlord or municipality for delivery of fuel oil and refiring of burner

26:3-31.6. Billing to landlord or municipality for delivery of fuel oil and refiring of burner
Any fuel oil dealer who delivers fuel oil or refires the burner in accordance with section 2 of this act may bill the landlord directly, or the municipality in which the rental property is located may issue a voucher to the fuel oil dealer who delivered the fuel oil for the money amount due on the fuel oil delivered and the service charge for refiring the burner, if any. The voucher shall be paid in the manner provided for the approval and payment of claims pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:5-17.
L.1980, c. 170, s. 3, eff. Dec. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.7 - Liability of landlord or agent due to negligence; penalty enforcement

26:3-31.7. Liability of landlord or agent due to negligence; penalty enforcement
4. Any landlord or his agent whose negligence or failure to act results in municipal action pursuant to section 2 of this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $300.00 for each affected dwelling unit in the residential property. Such penalty shall be recoverable by the municipality in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). Any action to collect or enforce any such penalty shall be brought in the Superior Court or municipal court. The amount of such penalty shall be paid to the municipality to be used for general municipal purposes.
L.1980,c.170,s.4; amended 1991,c.91,s.289.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.8 - Penalty enforcement proceeding; reimbursements; injunction; collection of reimbursements

26:3-31.8. Penalty enforcement proceeding; reimbursements; injunction; collection of reimbursements
In any penalty enforcement proceeding brought pursuant to this act the court shall also order the landlord or his agent to reimburse the municipality for the actual costs incurred for any fuel oil delivered and the service charge for refiring the burner, if any, and for reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The court shall further be empowered to issue any appropriate injunctive orders, and to authorize immediate collection of reimbursable costs due the municipality out of the goods and chattels of the landlord, including all sums due, or which may come due, as present or future rents. Any landlord who prevails in such an action shall be entitled to reimbursement by the municipality for all reasonable costs and expenses. Such landlord, however, shall still remain responsible for the cost of any fuel oil delivered and any charge for refiring the burner incurred by the municipality.
L.1980, c. 170, s. 5, eff. Dec. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-31.9 - Immunity of municipality or its employees in enforcing act; exception

26:3-31.9. Immunity of municipality or its employees in enforcing act; exception
No municipality or its employees shall be liable for any damages to any person or property in enforcing this act except for the gross negligence or malfeasance of any municipal official, officer or employee, and under no circumstances shall a municipality be held liable for damages from the lack of heat in the residential property.
L.1980, c. 170, s. 6, eff. Dec. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-32 - Granting of licenses and permits in cities over 80,000

26:3-32. Granting of licenses and permits in cities over 80,000
Local boards of health in cities having a population of more than 80,000 inhabitants may grant and regulate licenses and permits incident to health matters and charge a reasonable fee for any such license or permit, but this provision shall not apply to any fee otherwise specifically provided for.
Amended by L.1981, c. 462, s. 30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-33 - Sanitation, plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings

26:3-33. Sanitation, plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings
Local boards of health may within their respective jurisdictions:
a. Secure the sanitary condition of every building, public or private.
b. Compel, prescribe, regulate and control the plumbing, ventilation and drainage of every building, public or private, and the connection thereof with an outside sewer, cesspool or other receptacle;
c. Require plans of such plumbing, ventilation or drainage, with necessary drawings or descriptions, to be submitted to it for its inspection and approval, and may charge a fee not exceeding two dollars ($2.00), to be paid by the owner or other person filing the plans at the time of filing; and
d. Require every master and foreman plumber and every building contractor to register his name and address at the office of the board.
Amended by L.1949, c. 94, p. 412, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-34 - Delegation of powers to members or officers of board

26:3-34. Delegation of powers to members or officers of board
The local board of health in any municipality, except townships other than densely populated townships having a public water supply, may delegate by resolution any of its powers to any member of the board or to any officer thereof, to be exercised only when the board is not in session. Notice by any member or officer of the board shall be notice by the board, and the person served therewith shall be bound thereby.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-35 - Annual report to director

26:3-35. Annual report to director
The local board of health, on or before the fifteenth day of February in each year, in addition to other reports required, shall prepare and file with the director an annual report for the preceding calendar year. Such report shall state the condition of the public health within the limits of its jurisdiction, noting therein any special cause for the deterioration of health or of hazard thereto, and shall contain answers to any questions which may have been addressed to the local board by the director.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-36 - Fee for preparing report

26:3-36. Fee for preparing report
The person performing the clerical work necessary in the preparation of the annual report required by section 26:3-35 of this title, upon receiving a certificate from the director of health that such annual report has been duly prepared and received by the director at the time required, shall be entitled to receive from the proper disbursing officer of the municipality for which the report is made the sum of two dollars for such clerical services.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-37 - Appropriation for dispensaries

26:3-37. Appropriation for dispensaries
The body having charge of the finances of any city of the first class may by resolution, approved by the mayor, appropriate and set aside annually to the credit of the board having charge of the public health in the city a sum of money, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to be used by such board for the establishment and maintenance of medical dispensaries for the free distribution of medicines among the poor of such city. The money so appropriated shall be annually levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected in the city.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-38 - Establishment and control; annual expenses

26:3-38. Establishment and control; annual expenses
The local board having charge of the public health in any city of the first class, provided the body having charge of the finances in such city shall appropriate the necessary moneys:
a. Shall establish, in suitable locations in the city, dispensaries for the free distribution of medicines among the poor, and for that purpose shall procure suitable quarters where medicines and medical attendance can be given to the poor of the city;
b. May appoint for that purpose necessary officers or employees and fix their salaries and terms of office; and
c. May provide medicines and medical attendance, and, in general, supervise and direct the affairs of such dispensaries.
The expense incurred under the provisions of this section shall not exceed ten thousand dollars in any one year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-40 - Visiting nurses; appointment; salaries

26:3-40. Visiting nurses; appointment; salaries
The local board having charge of the public health in any city of the first class may appoint and designate nurses, who shall be regularly graduated from a recognized training school of nurses, to act as nurses in such dispensary and to render such services as may be required of them in attendance upon the sick poor of such city.
The salaries of such nurses shall be fixed by the local board, but in no event shall exceed the sum of seventy-five dollars per month and shall be chargeable to the appropriation providing for such dispensary.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-41 - Estimate of township appropriation necessary for health purposes; appropriation

26:3-41. Estimate of township appropriation necessary for health purposes; appropriation
The local board of health of each township shall each year, before the budget of municipal taxes to be levied for the year shall be determined, present to the governing body of the municipality, an estimate of the appropriation which it believes necessary for health purposes. The governing body shall appropriate the amount of such estimate or such other amount as it may determine.
Amended by L.1943, c. 115, p. 347, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-42 - Payment of township health bills

26:3-42. Payment of township health bills
Every expenditure of money shall be presented by an itemized bill, approved by the president and secretary of the local board, to the usual disbursing officer of the township who shall pay the same.
Amended by L.1943, c. 115, p. 347, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-43 - Estimate of appropriation by municipality necessary for health purposes; appropriation

26:3-43. Estimate of appropriation by municipality necessary for health purposes; appropriation
The local board of health of every municipality other than a township, shall each year, before the budget of municipal taxes to be levied for the year shall be determined, present to the governing body of the municipality, an estimate of the appropriation which it believes necessary for health purposes. The governing body shall appropriate the amount of such estimate or such other amount as it may determine.
Amended by L.1943, c. 115, p. 347, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-44 - Additional appropriations in case of epidemics; borrowing money

26:3-44. Additional appropriations in case of epidemics; borrowing money
Whenever an epidemic of any contagious or infectious disease exists or is threatened, or any special need arises for the protection of the public health, and in the judgment of the local board of health of any municipality the expenditure of a greater sum than that already appropriated to the local board for the current year is necessary, the local board shall so certify to the body having control of the finances of the municipality. Thereupon the body having control of the finances of such municipality may appropriate such sum as the local board may certify to be necessary. If the funds at the disposal of the governing body of the municipality are not sufficient for such purpose, it may borrow the sum on the credit of the municipality. In such event the governing body shall place an amount equal to the sum borrowed with interest in the next annual tax levy, and with the money so raised shall pay the debt incurred.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-45 - Power to define nuisance

26:3-45. Power to define nuisance
The local board may pass, alter or amend ordinances and make rules and regulations to declare and define what shall constitute a nuisance in lots, streets, docks, wharves, vessels and piers, and all public or private places within its jurisdiction.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-46 - Abatement of nuisances

26:3-46. Abatement of nuisances
The local board, within its jurisdiction, shall examine into and prohibit any nuisance, offensive matter, foul or noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, and all causes of disease which may be known to the board or brought to its attention, which, in its opinion, are injurious to the health of the inhabitants therein, and shall cause the same to be removed and abated at the expense of the owner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-47 - Abatement without ordinance

26:3-47. Abatement without ordinance
The power given to the local board to remove and abate nuisances, sources of foulness, or causes of sickness hazardous to the public health, shall not depend upon whether the board has exercised its power to pass, alter, or amend ordinances in relation to the public health.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-48 - Nuisance on public property; notice

26:3-48. Nuisance on public property; notice
Whenever a nuisance, noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of ill health or disease is found on public property or on a highway, notice shall be given by the local board to the person officially in charge thereof to remove and abate the same within such time as the board may specify. If he fails to comply with the notice, the mode of procedure shall be the same as is hereinafter provided in case of a like condition existing on private property.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-49 - Nuisance on private property; notice

26:3-49. Nuisance on private property; notice
Whenever any nuisance, noxious gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of ill health or disease is found on private property, the local board shall notify the owner to remove and abate the same, at his own expense, within such time as the board may specify. A duplicate of the notice shall be left with one or more of the tenants or occupants.
If the owner resides out of the state or cannot be so notified speedily, a notice left at the house or premises with the tenant or occupant, or posted on the premises, shall suffice.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-50 - Failure to comply with notice; abatement

26:3-50. Failure to comply with notice; abatement
If the owner when notified, as provided in section 26:3-49 of this title, shall not comply with the notice or order of the local board within the time specified, the board shall proceed to abate the nuisance and remove the cause of such foul or noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or other thing detrimental to the public health.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-51 - Restraining proceedings of board

26:3-51. Restraining proceedings of board
No injunction shall issue out of any of the courts of this state to stay, stop, or enjoin proceedings, or to prevent any local board from proceeding with the removal and abatement of any alleged nuisance, source of foulness, or cause of sickness, hazardous to the public health, until the board has been duly notified to appear and be present at the hearing of the application, and has had an opportunity to be heard thereon.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-52 - Suits against board for damages

26:3-52. Suits against board for damages
No suit shall be maintained in any of the courts of this state to recover damages against any local board, its officers or agents, on proceedings instituted to remove and abate such nuisances and cause of disease, unless it shall be shown in the suit that the alleged nuisance and cause of disease did not exist, or was not hazardous and prejudicial to the public health, and unless it be shown that the board acted without reasonable and probable cause to believe that such nuisance did exist and that such foul or noxious odors, gases, vapors or other cause was in fact prejudicial and hazardous to the public health.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-53 - Notice to remove, abate nuisance.

26:3-53 Notice to remove, abate nuisance.
26:3-53. A notice by any health officer or registered environmental health specialist to remove and abate any nuisance shall be taken as a notice from the board. If the owner or persons notified fails to remove and abate the nuisance complained of, the board may cause it to be removed and abated in a summary manner, giving written directions to its representative in relation thereto, and he shall proceed according to the directions so given.
Amended 1997, c.416, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-54 - Expenses of abatement; recovery

26:3-54. Expenses of abatement; recovery
The local board may recover, by a civil action, the expenses incurred in such removal and abatement from any person who shall have caused or allowed such nuisance, source of foulness, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of sickness, hazardous to the public health to exist, or from any owner, tenant, or occupant of premises who, after notice as herein provided, shall fail to remove and abate the same within the time specified in the notice.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 468, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-55 - Payment of expenses by local authorities

26:3-55. Payment of expenses by local authorities
In case the local board fails to recover an amount sufficient to defray such expenses or shall deem it inexpedient to bring action, it may present a bill, certified by the board, or by a majority thereof, for such expenses or for such part thereof as may not have been recovered, to the proper disbursing officer of the municipality, and it shall be audited and paid by the municipality in and for which the local board is organized, in the same manner as the bills for the ordinary current expenses of the municipality are paid.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-56 - Action for injunctive relief

26:3-56. Action for injunctive relief
The local board, instead of proceeding in a summary way to abate a nuisance hazardous to the public health, may institute an action in the Superior Court, in the name of the State, on relation of the board, for injunctive relief to prohibit the continuance of such nuisance.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 468, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-57 - Injunctive relief; costs

26:3-57. Injunctive relief; costs
The court may charge the costs of the action upon the property whereon the nuisance is found, and enforce the payment of the same by sale of the property, or any part of it; or the court may order the person who caused the nuisance, or allowed it to continue, to pay the costs.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 469, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-58 - Liability of local board for costs

26:3-58. Liability of local board for costs
In case no such nuisance shall be found to exist, costs shall be awarded against the local board which caused the action to be brought, but only in case it shall appear to the court that no probable cause existed for bringing the action.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 469, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-59 - Search warrants

26:3-59. Search warrants
26:3-59. The Superior Court or any municipal court may issue a warrant to search for any nuisance affecting health. Such warrant may be issued according to the practice of the court, upon the information and belief of any officer or agent of the State Department of Health, or of any local board of health that there is in any dwelling house, store, stable or any building of any kind whatsoever any nuisance affecting health or any person sick of any contagious or infectious disease, or any condition of contagion or infection which may have been caused by anyone recently sick of any such disease in any such dwelling house or other place. The warrant shall be directed to the sheriff of the county within which the search is to be made, or to any constable, marshal, police officer, or officer or agent of the local board having jurisdiction within the place where such search is to be made.
Amended 1953, c.26, s.18; 1991,c.91,s.290.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-60 - Cause for issuance of warrant

26:3-60. Cause for issuance of warrant
A warrant as described in section 26:3-59 of this title shall direct the officer to search in such dwelling house, store, stable, or other building for such nuisance affecting health, or for any person affected with any contagious or infectious disease, or for any condition of contagion or infection which may have been caused by anyone recently sick of any such disease in such dwelling house or other place.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-61 - Abatement under warrant

26:3-61. Abatement under warrant
If a nuisance is found, the officer shall remove and abate it; and if a person affected with a contagious or infectious disease is found, the officer shall deal with him according to law, and the ordinances of the local board; and if a condition of contagion or infection is found to exist, the officer shall destroy the same by means of proper disinfection.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-63 - Officers required to assist in execution of warrant

26:3-63. Officers required to assist in execution of warrant
The sheriff of the county and any constable, marshal, or police officer of any county or municipality shall, if required by any officer to whom the search warrant may be directed, be present and assist in the execution of the warrant.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-64 - Ordinance- and rule-making power

26:3-64. Ordinance- and rule-making power
The local board of health may enact and amend health ordinances, and make and alter necessary rules and regulations in the execution of any power delegated to it or in the performance of any duty imposed upon it by law, subject to the limitations specified in section 26:2-28 of this title. An ordinance or rule of the local board shall be in force only within the jurisdiction of the board which enacts it.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-66 - Procedure in enactment of health ordinance code

26:3-66. Procedure in enactment of health ordinance code
26:3-66. No health ordinance or code shall be finally adopted unless it shall have been:
a. Given a first reading, which first reading may be by title, at a meeting held at least one week prior to final passage;
b. Published, in summary form, in a newspaper published and circulating in the municipality or county for which the local board is organized, and in the case of a municipal board of health, if there be no such newspaper, then in at least one newspaper published and circulating in the county in which the municipality is located, at least two days prior to final passage.
The publication shall contain a notice stating the time and place when and where the local board will consider the final passage of the proposed ordinance or code;
c. Posted on the bulletin board or other place upon which public notices are customarily posted in the building where the local board regularly meets prior to the meeting for final consideration. Copies of the ordinance or code shall be made available to members of the general public of the county upon request; and
d. Upon the opening of the meeting for final consideration of the ordinance or code, given a second reading, which reading may be by title. Thereafter, the ordinance may be passed with or without amendments, or rejected.
Amended 1991, c.36; 1996, c.113, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-67 - Publication of summary of health ordinance, code, title

26:3-67. Publication of summary of health ordinance, code, title
26:3-67. Before any health ordinance or code shall take effect, a summary of the ordinance or code, or its title, shall be published at least once in a newspaper published and circulating as prescribed in section 26:3-66 of this title.
Amended 1996, c.113, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-68 - Amendment or repeal of ordinance

26:3-68. Amendment or repeal of ordinance
The local board may amend or repeal any provision of a health ordinance or code, such amendment to be passed and amended in the manner prescribed in sections 26:3-66 and 26:3-67 of this title for the enactment of an original ordinance or code.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-69.1 - Definitions

26:3-69.1. Definitions
As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Local board of health" shall mean a county or municipal board of health, or the board of health of any regional local or special health district, having power to regulate, by ordinance, public health or sanitation.
(2) "Code" means printed code regulations or set of regulations, standards or set of standards concerning, affecting or relating to the subject matter of any such ordinance of substantially uniform character, approved by the State Department of Health.
(3) "Related document" means any printed document or part thereof adopted by reference in a code directly, or by successive adoptions by reference through other printed documents.
(4) "Printed" includes lithographing and any other method of duplicating.
L.1950, c. 188, p. 421, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-69.2 - Adopting certain codes and related documents by reference

26:3-69.2. Adopting certain codes and related documents by reference
Any local board of health may enact, amend or supplement ordinances establishing, amending or supplementing a code or any parts thereof by reference to such code in any such ordinance and without inclusion of the text thereof in such ordinance if the code to be adopted and any related documents are printed in book form and a copy of such printed code and related documents so marked as to indicate plainly what portion thereof, if less than the whole, is intended to be adopted, is annexed to such ordinance and if such code and related documents or such portion thereof as is intended to be adopted is so described in said ordinance as to identify them and there is indicated in said description the common or trade name, if any, of such code and related documents and it is stated in the ordinance that three copies of said code and said related documents, similarly marked, have been placed on file in the office of the secretary, clerk or other similar officer of said local board of health, upon the introduction of said ordinance and will remain on file there until final action is taken on said ordinance, for the use and examination of the public.
L.1950, c. 188, p. 421, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-69.3 - Publication of adopted code or related documents unnecessary

26:3-69.3. Publication of adopted code or related documents unnecessary
It shall not be necessary to publish any such code or related documents, so to be adopted, as part of any such ordinance notwithstanding that printed copies thereof are annexed thereto, either before or after the final passage of such ordinance, if said printed copies are filed as aforesaid.
L.1950, c. 188, p. 422, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-69.4 - Copies of adopted code and related ordinances to remain on file

26:3-69.4. Copies of adopted code and related ordinances to remain on file
In event that any such ordinance is adopted, the said copies of said code and related documents shall remain on file in said office, so long as said ordinance is in effect, and three copies shall be placed on file and shall remain on file in the office of any board, body or officer having in charge the enforcement of said ordinance, for the use and examination of the public so long as said ordinance is in effect and printed copies of said ordinance and said code and related documents shall be made available to citizens on request and for which a nominal fee may be charged.
L.1950, c. 188, p. 422, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-69.5 - Copy of adopted code and related documents construed as part of ordinance

26:3-69.5. Copy of adopted code and related documents construed as part of ordinance
For the purpose of proof of any such ordinance or receipt thereof in evidence in all courts and places, such copy of such code and related documents, so marked and annexed to such ordinance, shall be construed to be part of said ordinance, as fully as though it had been set forth at length therein.
L.1950, c. 188, p. 422, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-70 - Local board may prescribe penalty

26:3-70. Local board may prescribe penalty
The local board may prescribe a penalty for the violation of any provision of a health ordinance or code. Such penalty shall not be more than $500.00 nor less than $5.00.
Amended by L.1969, c. 253, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-70.1 - Minimum penalty

26:3-70.1. Minimum penalty
The minimum penalty permissible as prescribed by section 1 of this act, shall remain at $2.00 for those health ordinances adopted prior to the effective date of this act.
L.1969, c. 253, s. 2, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-71 - Penalty need not be specific amount

26:3-71. Penalty need not be specific amount
The penalty for the violation of a provision of a health ordinance or code need not be for a specific amount, but the local board may provide that the penalty shall not be less than one given sum nor greater than another given sum. The amount of the penalty between the maximum and minimum inclusive shall be left to the discretion of the court.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 470, s. 20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-72 - Jurisdiction of proceedings to recover penalties; process

26:3-72. Jurisdiction of proceedings to recover penalties; process
Every municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of any provision of a health ordinance or code of a local board, if the violation occurs within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.); process shall issue at the suit of such local board and shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 470, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-75 - Certified copy of health ordinance or code as proof of legal enactment

26:3-75. Certified copy of health ordinance or code as proof of legal enactment
A copy of the health ordinance or section of the code alleged to have been violated, certified to under the hand of the clerk or president of the local board, and under the seal of such board, if it has a seal, shall be taken as full and legal proof of the existence of such ordinance or code, and that all requirements of law in relation to the ordaining, publishing and making of the same, so as to make the same legal and binding, have been complied with, unless the contrary be shown.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-77 - Imprisonment for failure to pay judgment

26:3-77. Imprisonment for failure to pay judgment
The court may cause a defendant who refuses or neglects to pay the amount of a judgment rendered against him and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 470, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-78 - Additional penalty for second violation of same ordinance

26:3-78. Additional penalty for second violation of same ordinance
In case a defendant shall have been twice convicted, within the space of six months, of the violation of the same health ordinance or code and due proof of such fact is made, the court may, in addition to the imposition of the penalty prescribed by section 26:3-70 of this Title, cause the defendant to be imprisoned in the county jail or county workhouse, with or without hard labor, for any number of days not exceeding one for each dollar of the penalty.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 470, s. 26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-83 - Terms "municipality" and "board of health" defined

26:3-83. Terms "municipality" and "board of health" defined
The term "municipality," when used in this act, shall mean any township or incorporated municipality in New Jersey. The term "board of health," when used in this act shall mean the board of health in any municipality or township organized under the provisions of Title 26, chapter three, article one, Revised Statutes or other body having the powers of a board of health.
L.1938, c. 67, p. 177, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-84 - Formation of association for furnishing public health services

26:3-84. Formation of association for furnishing public health services
Boards of health of 2 or more municipalities are hereby authorized to form an association to furnish such boards with public health services. Any board of health which desires to participate in such an association shall express its intention so to do by resolution. An association formed under the provisions of this act shall be known as a "regional health commission." Municipalities associating together to form a regional health commission may not withdraw therefrom for a period of 2 years after such municipality shall have joined such association.
L.1938, c. 67, p. 177, s. 2. Amended by L.1970, c. 60, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-85 - Composition of commission

26:3-85. Composition of commission
A regional health commission shall consist of two members from each board of health participating therein except that when more than seven boards of health participate, the commission shall consist of one member, or a designated representative, from each board. When an independent local board of health is in place, the members or representatives to serve on a regional commission shall be appointed by the board of health. In municipalities having no independent local board of health, members of regional health commissions shall be appointed by the local governing body. Members shall serve on regional health commissions at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
L.1938,c.67,s.3; amended 1991,c.127.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-87 - Authority of commission; treasurer; bond; disbursement of funds

26:3-87. Authority of commission; treasurer; bond; disbursement of funds
A regional health commission shall have authority to receive funds from any source and expend such funds to furnish public health services to each board of health participating therein. The treasurer of a regional health commission shall be required to furnish bond in such amount and in such form as shall be approved by said commission. Said treasurer is authorized to pay from funds received by him for the use of the regional health commission bills approved by such commission. The treasurer of any municipality, the board of health of which participates in a regional health commission, is authorized to pay to the treasurer of the regional health commission such sum available for the use of the local board of health as may be approved by such board.
L.1938, c. 67, p. 178, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-88 - Health officer, inspectors, nurses, etc.; terms; salaries

26:3-88. Health officer, inspectors, nurses, etc.; terms; salaries
A regional health commission may employ a health officer, as hereinafter provided, to serve in part or all of the area in which it is rendering service who shall devote his full time to the duties of his office, and such inspectors, nurses, clerks and other employees, as may be necessary to perform the services it is authorized and has agreed to render. It shall fix the terms of office and the salaries of its employees.
L.1938, c. 67, p. 178, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-89 - Restrictions in appointment of employees

26:3-89. Restrictions in appointment of employees
A regional health commission shall be subject to the same restrictions in the appointment of employees as apply to a local board of health under the provisions of section 26:3-20 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1938, c. 67, p. 178, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-90 - Appointment of agents

26:3-90. Appointment of agents
Before any person employed by a regional health commission shall act as an agent of a local board of health in any municipality, he shall be so appointed by such board.
L.1938, c. 67, p. 178, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:3-91 - Persons already employed by boards of health; control and direction of work

26:3-91. Persons already employed by boards of health; control and direction of work
Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a board of health participating in a regional health commission from retaining persons already in its employ, but the work of such persons, insofar as it relates to matters over which the health officer furnished by the regional health commission has supervision in the municipality, shall thereafter be directed by such health officer.
L.1938, c. 67, p. 178, s. 9.