[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City of Salem as Sec. 2:15
of Ch. II of the 1975 Municipal Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be in and for this city a Board of Health in accordance
with An Act to Establish in this State Boards of Health and a Bureau of Vital
Statistics and to define their respective powers and duties, approved March
31, 1887, N.J.S.A. 26:3-1 et seq. and the several supplements thereto.
The Board of Health shall consist of seven members appointed by the
Council, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-5. All members of said Board hereafter
appointed shall hold office for the term of four years; provided, however,
that, in case of a vacancy caused therein by death, removal, resignation,
refusal to serve or for any other cause whatever, the person appointed to
fill said vacancy shall hold and exercise said office for and during the unexpired
term only.
The Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations for its own government
and shall elect a President from its own members.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15; 11-15-1999
by Ord. No. 99-18]
The Board of Health shall appoint a Registrar of Vital Statistics, secretary
and sanitary inspector, and it may also appoint other officers and assistants
as said Board may deem necessary. All appointees of said Board shall be governed
by the rules of said Board, and they may be removed for cause
by said Board. The police and designated members of the Department of Inspections
and Permits of this city shall be special sanitary inspectors/health officers,
and they shall promptly report to said Board any violation of the health ordinances
of this city which may come in their observation or knowledge.
The Board of Health shall not contract any debts of any kind beyond
the amount of appropriations first made for its use by the Council.
Salaries of the various officers and employees appointed by said Board
shall be determined by the Council.
