This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative
Code of the Board of Health of the Township of Stillwater" and is referred
to herein as the "code."
There shall be a President of the Board of Health who shall preside
at all its meetings. He shall be appointed by the Board of Health from among
its members for a term of one year.
There shall be a Secretary of the Board of Health who shall be responsible
to the Board and who shall issue all licenses authorized by the Board. He
shall be appointed by the Board for a term of one year.
There shall be a Registrar of Vital Statistics who shall be responsible
to the Board of Health. He shall be appointed by the Board of Health for a
term of three years.
There shall be a Sanitary Inspector or Health Officer of the Board of
Health who shall be responsible to the Board of Health. He shall hold the
necessary license and shall be appointed by the Board of Health for a term
of one year. The Sanitary Inspector or Health Officer shall, subject to the
superior authority of the Board, be the general agent of the Board for the
enforcement of its ordinances and the sanitary laws of the State of New Jersey.
There shall be, when appointed by the Board, special reporting officers
of the Board of Health who shall promptly report to the Board every violation
of health ordinances, rules and regulations which may come within their observation
or knowledge. The Township police, Building Inspector, Engineer, and the officers
of the voluntary fire companies in the Township may be designated special
reporting officers of the Board of Health.
There shall be a Plumbing Inspector of the Board of Health who shall
be responsible to the Board. He shall be appointed by the Board of Health
for a term of one year.
The Board may employ such other personnel as it may deem necessary,
including technicians, inspectors and others necessary to carry out the powers
vested in the Board by law and by this Code. All such personnel shall, where
required, be appropriately licensed.
Whenever the Sanitary Inspector or Health Officer finds that the public
safety will not permit delay, he may exercise one or more of the following
powers without having to resort to legal proceedings and without the necessity
of giving notice or holding any hearing which would otherwise be required
under any provision of this Code:
A. Power to prevent the sale of food. The Sanitary Inspector or
Health Officer may prohibit the importation into the Township or sale of any
food, drink or other item intended for human consumption or use from a source
suspected of being infected, contaminated, unsanitary, unhealthy or dangerous.
B. Power to seize and destroy unwholesome food. The Sanitary Inspector
or Health Officer may order the seizure and destruction of any food, drink
or other item intended for human consumption which is unwholesome or dangerous
or likely to cause sickness or injury to the persons who consume it.
The Board of Health may, by resolution, make rules and regulations which
interpret or amplify any provision of this chapter or for the purpose of making
the provisions of this chapter more effective. No regulation, however, shall
be inconsistent with, alter or amend any provision of this chapter, and no
regulation shall impose any requirement which is in addition to or greater
than the requirements that are expressly or by implication imposed by any
provision of this chapter.