No person shall conduct or maintain any boardinghouse
for infants or children without having a license therefor from the
Board of Health, and the same shall be nontransferable and shall expire
on April 30 following the date of issue.
The Board of Health may revoke at any time any such license upon violation of any of the requirements set forth in § 292-50 of this article or rules and regulations adopted by the Board for the conduct of boarding homes for infants or children.
A.
No greater number of infants or children shall be
kept at any time than shall be authorized by the Health Department.
B.
The premises shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times and ample provision shall be made for light
and fresh air.
C.
Such infants or children at all times shall be kept
clean and properly clothed, shall be fed wholesome food and shall
be given proper medical attention and preventive treatment prescribed
by the Department.
D.
Any or all such infants or children shall be brought
to the weighing stations conducted by the Health Department as often
as required by said Department.
E.
No such infants or children shall be kept in any house
in which any of the other occupants are affected with tuberculosis
or any venereal disease in a communicable stage.
F.
All such infants or children shall at all times be
properly cared for, and such boarding home shall be conducted in a
manner which meets with the approval of the Health Department.
G.
All boarding homes for infants or children must be
approved by the Chief of the Fire Department of the City of East Orange.
H.
No license for a home shall be granted where adult
roomers or boarders are living.
The building and premises in which is conducted
the business of operating a boarding home for infants and children
may be inspected from time to time by the Health Officer or his authorized
representative or by the Chief or other authorized representative
of the Fire Department. At the time of such inspections, all rooms
in the building and all parts of the premises must be available and
accessible for such inspections, and the owner or operator is required
to provide the necessary arrangements to facilitate such inspections.
The term "boarding homes for infants or children"
shall be held to mean any house or other place where one or more children
are received, cared for or kept, unattended by their parents or legal
guardians, for the purpose of providing such child or children with
food, lodging or care. A child shall be regarded as unattended, within
the meaning of this section, even though the parent, close relative
or legal guardian of any child boarded or lodged at such home may
also reside at such home if such parent, close relative or legal guardian
shall be customarily absent therefrom during any substantial part
of a twenty-four-hour day.
This article shall not apply to:
A.
Any person caring for a child related by blood or
marriage.
B.
The State Board of Children's Guardians.
C.
Any children's home, orphan asylum or children's aid
society incorporated under the laws of this state.
D.
Any aid society of a properly organized and accredited
church or fraternal society organized for aid and relief to its members.
E.
Any charitable society incorporated under the laws
of this state, having as one of its objects the prevention of cruelty
to children or the care and protection of children.
