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Township of Bernards, NJ
Somerset County
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[1987 Revision]
For the purpose of this Revision, and in the interpretation and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise require, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD or BOARD of HEALTH or HEALTH DEPARTMENT — The Board of Health of the Township of Bernards in the County of Somerset.
CARRIER — Any person who is a bearer or transmitter of communicable disease germs and is himself immune to the disease.
HEALTH OFFICER — The Health Officer of the Township of Bernards, appointed by the Board of Health of the Township of Bernards, in the County of Somerset.
ISOLATION — The placing apart of persons or animals affected with or exposed to, or suspected of being affected with or exposed to, a communicable disease for the purpose of preventing contact with other persons and animals, and the establishment of restrictions directly surrounding such persons or animals.
MONTH — A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
ORDINANCE — Any act of local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted, and including this Revision, so long as it has been adopted by the procedure required for the adoption of an ordinance and so long as it remains in force and effect pursuant to law.
PERSON — Any individual, natural persons, partnerships, joint ventures, societies, associations, clubs, trustees, trusts, corporations or unincorporated groups, or any officers, agents, employees, servants, factors or any kind of personal representatives of any thereof in any capacity, acting either for himself or for any other person, under either personal appointment or pursuant to law.
QUARANTINE — The confining of persons, animals or materials within a designated area and the exclusion of other persons, animals, insects or materials from such area.
REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST — The Registered Environmental Health Specialist of the Township of Bernards appointed by the Board of Health of the Township of Bernards in the County of Somerset.
[Ord. #BH:97, 2-11-2016, added]
SALE — Every delivery whether the same be by direct sale or the solicitation or acceptance of an order and including exchange, barter, traffic in, keeping and exposing for sale, serving with meals, delivering for value, peddling, possessing with intent to sell and gratuitous delivery or gift by any person.[1]
STREET — Includes a street, avenue, road, alley, lane, highway, boulevard, concourse, driveway, culvert, sidewalk and crosswalk and every class of road, square, place or municipal parking field used by the general public.
TOWNSHIP — The Township of Bernards in the County of Somerset.
YEAR — A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
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Editor’s Note: The definition of “Sanitarian,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 2-11-2016 by Ord. No. BH:97.