Title 26, Title 26: HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

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 shal…

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 sh…

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 (Civ…

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 emp…

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…

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…

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 o…

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 de…

26:3A2-2. Policy The Legislature declares that the policy of this State is to assure the provision of a modern and manageable array of public health services to all citizens of the State and to encourage the efficient delivery of such services by areawide health departments where…

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 subm…

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 …

26:3A2-20.10 Compliance deadline. 8. Any local overdose fatality review team in existence on the date of enactment of this act shall conform to the requirements of, and operate in accordance with, the provisions of this act no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of thi…

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 …

26:3A2-20.3 Definitions. 1. As used in this act: "Confidential case report" means a report created by a local overdose fatality review team summarizing the data collected and analyzed regarding a confirmed fatal drug overdose. "De-identifiable data" means data or information not …

26:3A2-20.4 Local overdose fatality review team established, county health department; membership requirements. 2. a. (1) A county health department may establish a local overdose fatality review team to conduct a comprehensive review of confirmed overdose fatalities, or a sample…

26:3A2-20.5 Duties of local overdose fatality review team. 3. a. A local overdose fatality review team established pursuant to section 2 of this act shall: (1) establish and implement appropriate protocols and procedures that allow the local teams to operate in accordance with ap…

26:3A2-20.6 Disclosure of relevant information. 4. a. To the extent not otherwise inconsistent with State and federal laws and only upon written request of the chair of a local overdose fatality review team and as necessary to carry out the official functions of the local team an…

26:3A2-20.7 Unspecified information kept confidential. 5. a. Information and records acquired by a local overdose fatality review team, except for information contained within the annual report submitted pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection a. of section 3 of this act, shall b…

26:3A2-20.8 Pursuit of available funds for implementation. 6. a. The Department of Health, the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner, applicable county and local health departments, applicable county medical examiner offices, and local overdose fatality review teams may purs…

26:3A2-20.9 Report to Governor, Legislature. 7. a. The Department of Health shall analyze and compile reports from each local overdose fatality review team and submit one Statewide annual overdose fatality report containing information from each local team. The report shall be su…

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.

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 worker…

26:3A2-23. Definitions 3. As used in this act unless otherwise specifically indicated: a. "Air pollution" means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and duration as are, or tend to be, injurious to the human health or welfare, …

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 d…

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 conc…

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 provisi…

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…

26:3A2-27. Environmental health ordinances; formulation, adoption and enforcement 9. A board of health of a county or municipality, or a regional health commission, with, or that is, a certified local health agency, or the governing body of any such county or municipality without…

26:3A2-28. Promulgation of environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedure; delegation of powers; comprehensive model ordinances 10. a. The commissioner shall promulgate, after consultation with the Commissioner of Health, environmental health…

26:3A2-29. Authorization to make grants to county departments; State's contribution amount 11. a. The commissioner is authorized to make grants to certified local health agencies for the provision of environmental health services. The commissioner shall prescribe procedures for a…

26:3A2-3. Definitions 3. As used in this act unless otherwise specifically indicated: a. "Local health agency" means any county, regional, municipal or other governmental agency organized for the purpose of providing health services, administered by a full-time health officer and…

26:3A2-30. Employees of local health agency; transfer to county department Each person, who shall have been employed by a local health agency, including a regional health commission formed for the provisions of air pollution services, and whose employment by such agency shall hav…

26:3A2-31. Annual budget; submission by county health officer; tax levy; determination by board of chosen freeholders The county health officer shall prepare and submit annually to the board of chosen freeholders, subject to the advice of the county board, in each year, a budget …

26:3A2-32. Severability If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be aff…

26:3A2-33. Work program to meet standards; certification of municipal or regional health agency as authorized local government for performance of environmental health services within its jurisdiction A county department shall, within 15 months of the promulgation of environmental…

26:3A2-34. Certified local health agency may charge fee 7. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a certified local health agency, if authorized by ordinance, may charge a reasonable fee for any service provided in connection with an environmental health ordinance, but such fee…

26:3A2-35. County, municipality to establish Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund 8. Each county and municipality with a certified local health agency, shall establish an "Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund." Any fees, fines or penalties collected pursuant to P.L.19…

26:3A2-36 Plan for standardization, coordination of hazardous materials emergency response programs. 2. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, with the concurrence of the Department of Health and the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in …

26:3A2-37 Grants to local health agencies for hazardous materials emergency response programs. 3. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2005, c.3 (C.26:3A2-38), to the extent that State or f…

26:3A2-38 Rules, regulations relative to grant awards, performance standards, interlocal agreements. 4. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, with the concurrence of the Department of Health and the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in …

26:3A2-4. County board of health; establishment; procedure; counties with health agencies a. The board of chosen freeholders of any county in this State, on its own initiative, after public hearing may, by ordinance or resolution, establish a county board of health. Notice of the…

26:3A2-5. Members; qualifications; term of office; meetings; powers a. A county board of health shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members appointed by the board of chosen freeholders. No more than two members of a county board of health may be members of the …

26:3A2-6. County health department; establishment; report by county board in counties without department; public hearing; submission to commissioners a. The county board of health shall establish a county health department, under the administration of a full-time health officer, …

26:3A2-7. County health advisory commission The county board of health may establish a county health advisory commission and may appoint not less than nine nor more than 15 citizens to serve as members of that commission, each of whom shall be chosen with due regard to his knowle…

26:3A2-8. Health ordinances; adoption; enforcement The county board of health shall, in order to perform any power delegated to it or in the performance of any duty imposed upon it by law, adopt, amend and repeal health ordinances and provide services necessary for the appropriat…

26:3A2-9. Health ordinances; laws applicable to enactment and enforcement A county board of health shall enact and enforce health ordinances in the manner prescribed by articles 4 and 5, of chapter 3 of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 26:3-64 through 26:3-82). L.1975, c. 3…