[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Montague 4-8-80 as Ord. No. 80-3. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-28-84 by Ord. No. 84-1; Ord. No. 2-10-98 by Ord. No. 98-01]
There shall be a Board of Health in the Township of Montague
consisting of all members of the Township Committee, the Township
Tax Assessor and a physician to be appointed by the Township Committee.
[Amended 2-28-84 by Ord. No. 84-1; Ord. No. 2-10-98 by Ord. No. 98-01]
The Township Committee shall appoint the physician for a term
of three years from the time of his appointment until a successor
is appointed as provided for under N.J.S.A. 26:3-9.
A.
The
Board of Health shall adopt bylaws governing its operation. The Mayor
shall serve as the Chairperson and the Deputy Mayor shall serve as
the Vice-Chairperson. The Board shall have the power and authority
to employ a secretary, experts and a staff for enforcing and carrying
out its purposes, including a sanitarian and other personnel as provided
by law, and to pay for their services and such other expenses as may
be necessary and proper, not to exceed any and all amounts appropriated
for the use of the Board of Health.
[Amended 3-10-81 by Ord. No. 81-2; 2-10-98 by Ord. No. 98-01]
B.
The
Board of Health shall have the powers and perform the duties prescribed
by law and also by municipal ordinance. It shall be the duty of the
Board of Health to enforce all ordinances of the township which relate
to public health and public health nuisances.
C.
The
Board of Health shall make all necessary rules and regulations for
the protection of the health of the inhabitants of the township and
to guard against the spread of contagious diseases and to prevent
by necessary rules the introduction of diseases, contagious or otherwise.
The powers and duties of the Board of Health shall be coextensive
with the limits of the township.
[Amended 2-10-98 by Ord. No. 98-01]
The Board of Health shall hold at least four regular meetings,
that is to say, quarter-annually each year. Special meetings may be
called by the Chairperson or as provided by law.
The appointees, agents and officers of the Board of Health shall
hold their offices during the term for which they are severally appointed
and shall not be removed except for cause and after an opportunity
has been given them for a hearing.
A.
The
Board shall not appoint any person as Health Officer, public health
laboratory technician, sanitary inspector, food and drug inspector,
milk inspector, meat inspector or plumbing inspector nor employ a
person to do work ordinarily performed by them who is not the holder
of a proper license as such.
B.
A
sanitary and plumbing inspector holding a license of the second degree
may be eligible to appointment as such inspector.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-15 for license and
certification requirements.
[Added 9-22-98 by Ord. No. 98-11; repealed 7-13-04 by Ord. No. 04-09]
[1]
Editor's Note: Advisory Board of Health, previously codified
herein was repealed in its entirety 7-13-04 by Ordinance No. 04-09.
