Title 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

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…