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2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 26 - HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Chapter 4 - "Communicable disease" defined
- Section 26:4-1 - "Communicable disease" defined
- Section 26:4-2 - Powers of State department and local board.
- Section 26:4-3 - Evaluation of destroyed goods; reimbursement of owner
- Section 26:4-4 - Notice to local board to control disease; proceeding to compel action
- Section 26:4-5 - Closing public or private schools by reason of epidemic
- Section 26:4-6 - Prohibiting attendance of teachers or pupils
- Section 26:4-8.1 - Immunization at public expense
- Section 26:4-9 - Epidemic in state institution
- Section 26:4-10 - Public drinking cup; violation a misdemeanor
- Section 26:4-11 - Transportation by carriers of infected persons or articles
- Section 26:4-12 - Prohibiting sale of dairy product contaminated by communicable disease
- Section 26:4-13 - Removal of order prohibiting sale
- Section 26:4-14 - Penalty for violation of prohibition
- Section 26:4-15 - Reporting of communicable diseases by physicians
- Section 26:4-16 - Reporting of communicable diseases by house owner or householder
- Section 26:4-17 - Physicians to report persons affected with disease on dairy premises
- Section 26:4-18 - Report when member of family of sick person is employed on dairy premises
- Section 26:4-19 - Report of persons affected with communicable diseases in institutions
- Section 26:4-20 - Transmission of duplicate of report from institutions in certain cases
- Section 26:4-21 - Certificate of cases reported to local board
- Section 26:4-22 - Fee for cases reported to local board
- Section 26:4-23 - Register of reported cases; inspection
- Section 26:4-24 - Reports of local boards to state department
- Section 26:4-26 - Fee for cases reported to state department
- Section 26:4-27 - Definitions
- Section 26:4-28 - Venereal diseases declared infectious and communicable
- Section 26:4-29 - Determination of infectiousness; review
- Section 26:4-30 - Examination of suspected person on report from director
- Section 26:4-31 - Duty of suspected person to be examined; sex of examining physician
- Section 26:4-32 - Prostitute; examination; certificate prohibited
- Section 26:4-33 - Discovery of sources of infection
- Section 26:4-34 - Duty of attending physician
- Section 26:4-35 - Examination and isolation of infected person failing to report to attending physician
- Section 26:4-36 - Quarantine; persons who may be quarantined; duration; penalty
- Section 26:4-37 - Quarantine, restrictions, proceedings, report
- Section 26:4-38 - Report of private cases to state department
- Section 26:4-39 - Report of institutional cases to state department
- Section 26:4-40 - Contents of report
- Section 26:4-41 - Contents of reports secret; exceptions
- Section 26:4-42 - Occupations forbidden infected persons
- Section 26:4-43 - Permit to remove from district
- Section 26:4-44 - Information required for permit
- Section 26:4-45 - Report of issuance of permit
- Section 26:4-46 - Free treatment by local board
- Section 26:4-47 - Free diagnosis and treatment by state department of health
- Section 26:4-48 - Rules and regulations; authority of State Director of Health as to quarantine or examination
- Section 26:4-48.1 - Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds
- Section 26:4-49 - Additional penalty for second offense
- Section 26:4-49.1 - Blood sample, syphilis testing for pregnant women.
- Section 26:4-49.2 - Standard serological test; duty of State Department of Health
- Section 26:4-49.3 - Statement of blood test in birth or stillbirth report.
- Section 26:4-49.4 - Effective date
- Section 26:4-49.5 - Migrant laborers; definition
- Section 26:4-49.6 - Examination of migrant laborers; notice to State Department of Health
- Section 26:4-49.7 - Examination and treatment by order of court
- Section 26:4-49.8 - Examination and treatment for venereal disease of inmates of institutions
- Section 26:4-50 - Examination of disease carriers
- Section 26:4-51 - Application to court for compulsory examination
- Section 26:4-52 - Proceedings instituted
- Section 26:4-53 - Warrant, trial and commitment
- Section 26:4-57 - Penalty
- Section 26:4-57.1 - Application for financial aid
- Section 26:4-57.2 - Inquiry by director of health
- Section 26:4-57.3 - Determination of kind and amount of aid; maximum annual amount
- Section 26:4-60 - Register of reported cases and examinations; inspection
- Section 26:4-69 - Expenditure of appropriations
- Section 26:4-70 - Rules and regulations by state department; distribution of copies; enforcement
- Section 26:4-71 - Investigation of reported cases
- Section 26:4-71.3 - Leaving hospital against medical advice; report to local board of health
- Section 26:4-73 - Duty to report to local board
- Section 26:4-74 - Compulsory treatment
- Section 26:4-75 - Distribution of copies of law
- Section 26:4-76 - Free remedies
- Section 26:4-77 - Violations; penalty; recovery
- Section 26:4-78 - Report of suspected cases of rabies
- Section 26:4-79 - Report by physician attending person bitten by animal
- Section 26:4-80 - Report by parent or guardian when child is bitten and no physician attends
- Section 26:4-81 - Report when adult is bitten and no physician attends
- Section 26:4-82 - Confining animal which has attacked or bitten person
- Section 26:4-83 - Killing or confining animal bitten by another
- Section 26:4-84 - Confining animals to prevent spread of rabies
- Section 26:4-85 - Permit to release animals
- Section 26:4-86 - Examination of animals by local board
- Section 26:4-87 - Local board to report prevalence of rabies
- Section 26:4-88 - Circular on rabies; distribution
- Section 26:4-89 - Free Pasteur treatment
- Section 26:4-90 - Killing of unmuzzled dog running at large
- Section 26:4-91 - Appointment of dog killer; restrictions on killing dogs
- Section 26:4-92 - Compensation of dog killer
- Section 26:4-94 - Penalties; recovery
- Section 26:4-95 - Powers of municipalities not affected
- Section 26:4-95.1 - Establishment and conduct of virology program; objectives
- Section 26:4-95.2 - Financing virology program
- Section 26:4-95.3 - Findings, declarations relative to HPV.
- Section 26:4-95.4 - Public awareness campaign about HPV.
- Section 26:4-96 - Laboratory supplies
- Section 26:4-97 - Disposition of receipts from sale of supplies
- Section 26:4-98 - Impure biological products; prohibiting sale or use of
- Section 26:4-99 - Free distribution of toxoid and vaccine; appropriation
- Section 26:4-100 - Sale of surplus antitoxin manufactured by local board
- Section 26:4-100.1 - Anti-pneumococcic serum; purchase and distribution free by State Department of Health
- Section 26:4-100.2 - Anti-pneumococcic serum; supplying free to licensed physicians
- Section 26:4-100.3 - Rules and regulations by State Department of Health
- Section 26:4-100.4 - Typhoid vaccine and other biologicals and antibiotics; free distribution
- Section 26:4-100.5 - Expenditures authorized
- Section 26:4-100.6 - Poliomyelitis vaccine; regulation of purchase, sale, distribution and use
- Section 26:4-100.7 - Purchase of vaccine to supplement federal grants; distribution
- Section 26:4-100.8 - Federal grants
- Section 26:4-100.9 - Participation and cooperation of other State departments
- Section 26:4-100.10 - Powers of Commissioner; violation
- Section 26:4-100.11 - Appropriation for purchase of vaccine
- Section 26:4-100.12 - General appropriation
- Section 26:4-100.13 - "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," created; eligibility
- Section 26:4-101 - Permit to land infected vessel
- Section 26:4-102 - Examination and quarantine
- Section 26:4-103 - Removal to quarantine station
- Section 26:4-104 - Assistance in removal
- Section 26:4-105 - Landing after removal to quarantine station
- Section 26:4-106 - Deposit of landing permit from other quarantine station
- Section 26:4-107 - Issuance of permit without examination or quarantine
- Section 26:4-108 - Refusal of permit
- Section 26:4-109 - Anchorage of vessels at Perth Amboy
- Section 26:4-110 - Anchorage place
- Section 26:4-112 - Duties of Perth Amboy port health officer
- Section 26:4-113 - Powers of Perth Amboy port health officer
- Section 26:4-116 - Temporary port health officer; term; compensation
- Section 26:4-117 - Powers and duties of temporary port health officer
- Section 26:4-118 - Fees
- Section 26:4-119 - Record of fees
- Section 26:4-120 - Fees to be paid to state treasurer
- Section 26:4-121 - Payment of expenses and fees
- Section 26:4-122 - Expenses, fees, and costs; lien on vessel
- Section 26:4-123 - Enforcement of lien
- Section 26:4-124 - Jurisdiction of state department
- Section 26:4-125 - Duty of commander to obey orders
- Section 26:4-126 - Reports to state department
- Section 26:4-127 - Regulations of state department
- Section 26:4-128 - Violations of article; misdemeanor
- Section 26:4-129 - Liability to penalties in general
- Section 26:4-130 - Proceedings for recovery of penalties; disposition
- Section 26:4-131 - Short title.
- Section 26:4-132 - Findings, declarations relative to Statewide automated and electronic immunization registry.
- Section 26:4-133 - Definitions relative to Statewide automated and electronic immunization registry.
- Section 26:4-134 - Statewide automated and electronic immunization registry.
- Section 26:4-135 - Immunity from liability.
- Section 26:4-136 - Construction of act relative to obligations, rights of persons.
- Section 26:4-137 - Confidentiality of registry information.
- Section 26:4-138 - Certain transmissions of information permitted.
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