Title 26, Title 26: HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

26:1A-37.8. Powers, duties of council 4. The council shall have the powers and duties to: a. Enlist the active support and assistance of individual citizens, civic groups, private enterprise, voluntary organizations and others in an effort to promote and improve the fitness of al…

26:1A-37.9. Acceptance of grants, gifts 5. The council is authorized and empowered to accept from the State government, or any instrumentality thereof, or from any person, firm, or corporation in the name of and for the State, services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by …

26:1A-38 Qualifications for licensing of health officers, registered environmental health specialists. 38. The Public Health Council shall prescribe the qualifications necessary for the licensing of health officers and registered environmental health specialists and shall prescri…

26:1A-39 Examinations for applicants for licensure. 39. The commissioner in consultation with the Public Health Council shall cause examinations to be conducted in such manner and at such times and places as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the qualifications of ap…

26:1A-4 Public Health Council. 4. There shall be in the department a Public Health Council which shall consist of 10 members, each of whom shall be chosen with due regard to his knowledge of and interest in public health and each of whom shall be a citizen of this State. Two of s…

26:1A-40. Examinations; subjects Every such examination shall be in such public health subjects as the commissioner shall direct. L.1947, c. 177, p. 808, s. 40.

26:1A-41 Issuance of licenses for health officer, registered environmental health specialist. 41. The commissioner shall, in the name of the department, issue the following licenses: a. Health officer's license; b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.416). c. (Deleted by amendment…

26:1A-42 Issuance of initial license. 42. Each applicant whose examination shall be approved by the commissioner shall receive the initial license to which his examination may entitle him. All licenses issued by the commissioner shall expire on December 31 of each year and may be…

26:1A-42.1 Preparation, adoption of fee schedule. 19. The commissioner shall prepare a fee schedule to cover the reasonable administrative costs associated with examination and licensing procedures and submit the fee schedule to the Legislature for review. The commissioner shall …

26:1A-43 Suspension, revocation of license. 43. Any license issued in accordance with the provisions of this article, and any health officer's license or sanitary inspector's license heretofore issued by the Department of Health, may be suspended or revoked, after notice and hear…

26:1A-45. Hearing before whom; rules Whenever it is necessary for the Department of Health to hold any hearing or to make any investigation, under any law or rule, the hearing may be held or the examination be made by the direction of the commissioner, in accordance with such rul…

26:1A-46. Administering oaths; examining witnesses; perjury The commissioner and any member of the department authorized for such purpose by him, may, in any part of the State, administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath in any matter relating to the powers and duties of th…

26:1A-47. Subpoenas The commissioner may issue subpoenas, signed by him requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers in any part of the State before him, or a member of the department designated by him. L.1947, c. 177, p. 811, s. 47.

26:1A-48. Failure to obey subpoena; penalty Any person who, being served with a subpoena issued pursuant to the provisions of section forty-seven of this act, shall fail to attend or give testimony, unless such testimony incriminate him or subject him to a fine or punishment, sha…

26:1A-49. Action for penalty under section 26:1A-48 The Attorney General shall prosecute the action for the recovery of the penalty prescribed in section forty-eight of this act when requested so to do by the commissioner, and when, in his judgment, the facts and the law warrant …

26:1A-5. Divisions; directors There shall be within the department such divisions as the commissioner may, subject to approval by the Public Health Council, from time to time establish. Each division shall be under the supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by…

26:1A-50. Establishment of districts; district State health officers; civil service; duties The commissioner may, subject to approval by the Public Health Council, from time to time establish such health districts as he may deem necessary. He shall, subject to the provisions of T…

26:1A-51. Perth Amboy Port health offices abolished The offices of Perth Amboy Port health officer and deputy Perth Amboy Port health officer are hereby abolished. The terms of office of the present Perth Amboy Port health officer and deputy Perth Amboy Port health officer shall …

26:1A-52. Transfer of powers, duties, records and property The functions, powers, duties, records and property of the present State Department of Health and of the Perth Amboy Port health officer are hereby transferred to and vested in the State Department of Health established u…

26:1A-53. Expiration of terms of existing State Board of Health members The terms of office of all the members of the present State Board of Health shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1947, c. 177, p. 813, s. 53.

26:1A-54. Expiration of term of State Director of Health The term of office of the present State Director of Health shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, but he shall continue in office until a State Commissioner of Health is appoin…

26:1A-55. Transfer of powers and duties of State Board of Health and Director of Health to State Department of Health The functions, powers and duties of the State Board of Health and the functions, powers and duties of the present Director of Health are hereby transferred to and…

26:1A-56. Existing State Sanitary Code regulations to continue until superseded The regulations contained in the present State Sanitary Code shall continue with full force and effect until superseded pursuant to sections seven and eight of this act. L.1947, c. 177, p. 814, s. 56.…

26:1A-57. Appropriations transferred All appropriations available and to become available to the present State Department of Health and all appropriations available and to become available to the offices abolished by this act are hereby transferred to the State Department of Heal…

26:1A-58. Employees transferred The employees of the present State Department of Health, except as otherwise provided in this act, are hereby transferred to the State Department of Health established under this act. Persons so transferred shall be assigned to such duties as the c…

26:1A-59. Rights under Civil Service and pension or retirement laws preserved Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or by any pension law or retirement system. L.1947, c. 177, p. 81…

26:1A-6. Meetings of Public Health Council The Public Health Council shall enact and from time to time may amend rules in relation to its meetings and the transaction of its business. It shall meet in the offices of the department at Trenton in each month at such times as its rul…

26:1A-60. Quarters for department The department shall be provided with suitable quarters which shall be sufficient to house all of the divisions of the department within the same building. L.1947, c. 177, p. 814, s. 60. Amended by L.1950, c. 29, p. 62, s. 6.

26:1A-61. State Department of Health, references as meaning; powers of Commissioner of Health Whenever the terms "State Board of Health," "State Department of Health" and "Department of Health" occur or any reference is made to any of said terms, in any law, they, and each of the…

26:1A-62. State Commissioner of Health, references as meaning Whenever the terms "State Director of Health," "Perth Amboy Port health officer" and "deputy Perth Amboy Port health officer" occur or any reference is made to any of said terms, in any law, they, and each of them, sha…

26:1A-63. Pending proceedings This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the State Board of Health or the State Department of Health, and pending on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and such actions …

26:1A-64. Repeal The following sections of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed: Revised Statutes, sections 26:2-1 to 26:2-55, inclusive, 26:4-111, 26:4-114 and 26:4-115. L.1947, c. 177, p. 815, s. 65.

26:1A-65. Liberal construction This act is intended to protect the public health in this State and shall be liberally construed. L.1947, c. 177, p. 816, s. 66.

26:1A-66. Construction in regard to specific matters; no denial of certain rights This act shall not be construed to deny the right of a person, parent, guardian or custodian to treat or provide treatment for himself or an ill minor in accordance with the religious tenets of any …

26:1A-67. Powers and duties vested in State Department of Labor or State Commissioner of Labor not affected The powers, duties and functions vested in the State Department of Health under the provisions of this act shall not be construed to affect in any manner the powers, duties…

26:1A-68. Effective date This act shall take effect on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, except that any appointment and any confirmation of any appointment permitted by this act may be made prior to such date. L.1947, c. 177, p. 816, s. 69.

26:1A-69. Bureau of Examination and Licensing established There is hereby established in the State Department of Health a Bureau of Examination and Licensing. L.1948, c. 444, p. 1749, s. 3. Amended by L.1951, c. 42, p. 153, s. 1.

26:1A-7. State Sanitary Code 7. The Public Health Council shall have power, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, to establish, and from time to time amend and repeal, such reasonable sanitary regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or the…

26:1A-70. State Board of Barber Examiners, department of beauty culture and board of beauty culture control transferred The State Board of Barber Examiners, the department of beauty culture control, and the board of beauty culture control, and all of their respective functions, p…

26:1A-71. Powers of boards and agencies within Bureau of Examination and Licensing Subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this act and except as otherwise provided herein, each of the respective boards and agencies within the Bureau of Examination and Licensing …

26:1A-72. Boards transferred to continue as provided by existing law This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the respective boards enumerated in section four hereof. Such boards shall continue to be constituted as provided by existing law. L.1948, …

26:1A-73. Removal of members of boards; vacancies Any member of any of the boards enumerated in section four hereof may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of any of such boards shall …

26:1A-74. Personnel; appointment, employment or removal; compensation; inspectors; enforcement agents The authority, vested pursuant to existing law in any of the boards or agencies enumerated in section four hereof, or in any member or officer thereof, to appoint, employ or remo…

26:1A-75. Additional powers and duties of State Commissioner of Health In addition to other powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him by this act or by any other law, the State Commissioner of Health shall: (a) Supervise the work of the employees engaged in an…

26:1A-76. Transfer of personnel to Bureau of Examination and Licensing; inspectors and enforcement agents Such clerical, secretarial, recording or other personnel, except inspectors and enforcement agents, of each of the respective boards and agencies enumerated in section four h…

26:1A-77. Transfer of funds and investments The treasurer or custodian of the funds of each of the respective boards and agencies enumerated in section four hereof shall, on the effective date hereof, through the State Commissioner of Health, transfer to the State treasury all fu…