The Board of Health shall have the independent power to manage and operate the Board of Health and all those powers specifically prescribed in N.J.S.A. 4:54-1 et seq., together with such other powers as may be provided herein which may be necessarily implied.
It shall be the obligation and duty of the Board of Health to perform the following duties, and/or contract for health services of a technical and professional nature as more fully set forth below, provided in accordance with the Public Health Practice Standards of Performance for Local Boards of Health in New Jersey as set forth at N.J.A.C. 8:52.
A. 
Administration.
B. 
Health education.
C. 
County Environmental Health Act (CERA) environmental programs:
(1) 
Air pollution inspections.
(2) 
Water pollution inspections.
(3) 
Noise pollution inspections.
(4) 
Solid waste inspections.
(5) 
GIS recording activities.
(6) 
Pesticide program.
(7) 
Hazardous materials response.
(8) 
Hazardous materials billback and cost recovery program.
(9) 
Occupational health services.
D. 
Public health nursing.
(1) 
Reportable diseases and investigation.
(2) 
Public health clinic services.
(3) 
Tuberculosis control.
(4) 
Rape crisis intervention center.
(5) 
Maternal health.
(6) 
Adult health services.
(7) 
Flu clinics.
(8) 
Child health conferences.
(9) 
Childhood lead poisoning prevention program.
(10) 
School immunization audits.
(11) 
Special child health services.
E. 
Public health inspection.
(1) 
Retail food inspection program.
(2) 
Foodborne illness investigations.
(3) 
Public health complaint investigations.
(4) 
Recreational bathing inspections.
(5) 
Public kennel and pet shop inspections.
(6) 
Body art inspections.
(7) 
Rabies specimen transportation to state lab.
F. 
Epidemiology and bioterrorism.
(1) 
Epidemiology and disease surveillance bioterrorism planning.
(2) 
Practice standards.
(3) 
Health education/risk communication.
(4) 
Local Information Network and Communications System (LINCS) monitoring.