{"id":"DUT-NJ-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937; amended L.2005, c.222, s.31; L.2012, c.17, s.337)","authority":"Revised Statutes of 1937 as amended","instrument":"N.J.S.A. 26:4-2, Powers of State department and local board (communicable disease control)","title":"Powers of State department and local board","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises"],"clause":"In order to prevent the spread of disease affecting humans, the Department of Health, and the local boards of health within their respective jurisdictions and subject to the State sanitary code, shall have power to:... d. Maintain and enforce proper and sufficient quarantine, wherever deemed necessary.... f. Disinfect any premises when deemed necessary.","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. 26:4-129 to -130: $10 to $100 per offense on any person who violates the chapter or \u0027fails to perform any duty imposed by this chapter\u0027 (Ex. DUT-NJ-003)","functions":[],"notes":"The Department of Health and every local board of health may declare diseases communicable and epidemic, require reporting, maintain and enforce quarantine, remove infected persons, disinfect any premises and remove or destroy infected articles, and during a declared public health emergency \u0027the department shall oversee the uniform exercise of these powers in the State and the local board of health shall be subject to the department\u0027s exercise of authority.\u0027 Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://law.onecle.com/new-jersey/title-26/26-4-2.html","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20170913105237/http://law.onecle.com/new-jersey/title-26/26-4-2.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":191912,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-NJ","url":"/library/DUT-NJ-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NJ-002","citation":"New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937; amended L.2005, c.222, s.31; L.2012, c.17, s.337), N.J.S.A. 26:4-2, Powers of State department and local board (communicable disease control) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NJ-002)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["DUT-NJ-001","DUT-NJ-003"]}