{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-3a2-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:3A2-4","heading":"County board of health;  establishment;  procedure;  counties with health agencies","body":"a.  The board of chosen freeholders of any county in this State, on its own  initiative, after public hearing may, by ordinance or resolution, establish a  county board of health.  Notice of the public hearing shall be published at  least 15 days prior to that hearing in a newspaper circulated throughout the  county.\nb.  In any county in which the board of chosen freeholders has established a  county health agency there may be established a county board of health, pursuant to this act.  Said existing county health agency shall be continued as  a county health department, as provided herein.  In any county having a board  of health and vital statistics, organized pursuant to chapter 11 of Title 26 of  the Revised Statutes, that board shall be continued as a county board of health  as provided herein.\nL.1975, c. 329, s. 4, eff. April 1, 1976.  Amended by L.1977, c. 258, s. 1, eff. Oct. 12, 1977;  L.1977, c. 443, s. 4, eff. March 2, 1978.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"0b273e60b4fe670eb6456581f7a81163d10e269a07336dcb4d45934e0ec800ae","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-3a2-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-3a2-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}