Title 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

26:3E-3.1. Posters provided by Department of Health The Department of Health, through local boards of health, shall make available to school districts, instructional posters and pamphlets prepared pursuant to P.L.1983, c.488 (C.26:3E-1 et seq.). L.1989, c.302, s.2.

26:3E-4. Obligation to remove food lodged in another persons throat Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall be obligated to remove or assist in removing or attempting to remove food which may become lodged in a person's throat. L.1983, c. 488, s. 4.

26:3E-5. Violations; penalty; action for recovery Any restaurant proprietor, or in the case of a public or nonprofit restaurant, manager or administrator who violates the provisions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $50.00 or more than $100.00 to be sued …

26:3E-6. Rules and regulations The Commissioner of Health shall promulgate all necessary regulations to carry out this act. L.1983, c. 488, s. 6.

26:4-1. "Communicable disease" defined As used in this chapter, "communicable disease" means any infectious or contagious disease so declared or defined by law or which has been or may hereafter be declared a "communicable disease" by the state department of health.

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.

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 pneumo…

26:4-100.10. Powers of Commissioner; violation (a) The commissioner shall have the power and authority, upon a finding that the vaccine continues to be in short supply, to make, promulgate, suspend, repeal and enforce rules and regulations concerning the purchase, sale, distribut…

26:4-100.11. Appropriation for purchase of vaccine In addition to the sums appropriated to the State Department of Health during the fiscal year 1955-56, there is hereby appropriated out of the general treasury for the period between the date of the enactment of this act and June…

26:4-100.12. General appropriation For carrying out the provisions of this act in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1956, there shall be appropriated to the State Department of Health any unexpended balances remaining from the appropriation contained in section 6 of this act. L.1…

26:4-100.13. "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," created; eligibility 2. a. There is created in the Department of Health the "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," hereinafter referred to as the "fund." The fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving account and shall be administered by the…

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 th…

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.

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 s…

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…

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 ex…

26:4-100.7. Purchase of vaccine to supplement federal grants; distribution The State Commissioner of Health (hereinafter referred to as "the commissioner") is authorized and directed, without compliance with chapter 48 of the laws of 1954, to purchase poliomyelitis vaccine supple…

26:4-100.8. Federal grants The commissioner on behalf of the State is authorized and directed to apply for and receive Federal grants of the vaccine or funds therefor and to use such funds for the purchase of the vaccine in accordance with the conditions of such grants and for di…

26:4-100.9. Participation and cooperation of other State departments In carrying out the purposes of this act the commissioner is authorized to enlist the participation and co-operation of the State Department of Education, the Division of Purchase and Property, the Division of C…

26:4-101. Permit to land infected vessel No vessel infected with a communicable disease, and no vessel on board of which there is any person, baggage, merchandise or materials infected with such disease, shall be brought to any wharf, nor shall any person or cargo so infected, or…

26:4-102. Examination and quarantine A permit shall not be granted until after the vessel, and every person and the baggage, merchandise or materials on it, has been examined, cleansed, ventilated, and purified, and a quarantine period has been observed. The state department is a…

26:4-103. Removal to quarantine station The local board may, whenever in its judgment the protection of the public health requires it, order the master or commander of any vessel within its jurisdiction to remove the vessel to a place of safety to be designated by the board, and …

26:4-104. Assistance in removal If the master or commander cannot be found, or if he fails to obey any such order, the local board may employ any necessary assistance to make the order effective.

26:4-105. Landing after removal to quarantine station The master or commander shall not, after the issuance of an order under the provisions of section 26:4-103 of this title, bring his vessel to any landing place within the jurisdiction of the local board, or land any person, ba…

26:4-106. Deposit of landing permit from other quarantine station No vessel coming from any foreign or domestic port, which shall pass any quarantine station, located in Long Island sound, or in New York bay, whose master or commander has obtained a written permit from the proper…

26:4-107. Issuance of permit without examination or quarantine If the local board, or the officer acting for it, shall have no reason to believe that such vessel, or any person, baggage, merchandise or materials on the vessel, is infected with a communicable disease, a permit to …

26:4-108. Refusal of permit If the local board, or the officer acting for it, has reason to believe that the vessel, or any person, baggage, merchandise or materials on it, is infected with any communicable disease, no permit to land shall be granted, except subject to any regula…

26:4-109. Anchorage of vessels at Perth Amboy The following vessels shall come to anchor at some place designated by the Perth Amboy port health officer for the purpose of inspection: a. Every vessel which, between the first day of March and the first day of December in any year,…

26:4-110. Anchorage place The anchorage place described in section 26:4-109 of this title shall be southward of a straight line extending from the south ferry wharf in Perth Amboy to the house on Staten Island formerly of Caleb Ward, as well as southward and eastward of a straigh…

26:4-112. Duties of Perth Amboy port health officer Whenever any such vessel shall arrive at the designated anchorage place, the Perth Amboy port health officer shall, subject to any regulation or special order of the state department: a. Visit the vessel and examine the sanitary…

26:4-113. Powers of Perth Amboy port health officer The Perth Amboy port health officer also shall have power with reference to such vessel, subject to any regulation or special order of the state department: a. To grant a permit to land any passenger, baggage, merchandise or mat…

26:4-116. Temporary port health officer; term; compensation Whenever, in time of threatened epidemic or injury to the public health, the state department shall consider that a health officer should be appointed for any port or maritime place other than Perth Amboy, the state depa…

26:4-117. Powers and duties of temporary port health officer A temporary port health officer shall exercise all the powers conferred upon, and perform all the duties required of, the local board of health by this article. He shall wholly supersede the local board having jurisdict…

26:4-118. Fees The following fees shall be paid to the local board or port health officer: a. For examination of every vessel from a foreign port, five dollars. b. For examination of every vessel from any port in the United States south of Cape Henlopen, if a steamer, three dolla…

26:4-119. Record of fees The port health officer shall keep a record of all fees received by him under this article.

26:4-12. Prohibiting sale of dairy product contaminated by communicable disease When the state department shall have reason to believe that any milk, cream, skimmed milk, or other dairy product has been contaminated by the emanations, exhalations or discharges of any person affec…

26:4-120. Fees to be paid to state treasurer All fees collected by the Perth Amboy port health officer or by his deputy, under the provisions of this article, shall be paid monthly to the state treasurer. Such health officer shall also give to the state treasurer a full account o…

26:4-121. Payment of expenses and fees All expenses incurred by, and all fees becoming due to, any port health officer or local board, or any of their employees, for services rendered or duties performed under the provisions of this article or under any regulation prescribed by t…

26:4-122. Expenses, fees, and costs; lien on vessel The port health officer or local board to whom any moneys shall be due on account of any expense or fees shall have a lien for the amount of the expenses or fees, and for all costs of suit and such counsel fee for the plaintiff …

26:4-123. Enforcement of lien If payment is not made on demand, the lien may be enforced by a suit in admiralty, or other proper suit, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

26:4-124. Jurisdiction of state department The state department may issue any necessary order revoking, modifying, supplementing, or superseding any order given, or act done, under the provisions of this article, by the local board or the port health officer.

26:4-125. Duty of commander to obey orders The master, commander, or other person in charge of any vessel concerning which, or concerning any person, baggage, merchandise or materials on board of which, any order may be given by the local board or port health officer, or by the s…

26:4-126. Reports to state department The state department may require from the local board and the port health officer any necessary reports relating to their duties under this article.

26:4-127. Regulations of state department The state department shall have the power, from time to time, to adopt, alter, and amend regulations prescribing the manner and form in which the local board and the port health officer shall exercise the powers conferred upon and perform…

26:4-128. Violations of article; misdemeanor Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction he shall be punished for each offense by a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not …

26:4-129. Liability to penalties in general Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or fails to perform any duty imposed by this chapter at the time and in the manner provided, shall be liable to a pe…