{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-4-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:4-4","heading":"Notice to local board to control disease;  proceeding to compel action","body":"Whenever within the jurisdiction of a local board there is a person infected  with any communicable disease, the State department may cause a notice in  writing, signed by the Commissioner of Health, to be sent to the local board  requiring it to take action for the restriction of the spread of the  communicable disease within the time specified in the notice.\nIf no action is taken by the local board within the time specified in the notice, the State department may bring a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ  to compel the local board to take the action ordered in the notice.\nAmended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 472, s. 35.","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":"2d49e8c1f030b867ce8eda8c39aba2a94d18ea5b68f558487971cdc92c67823f","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-4-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-4-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}