26:4-4.Ā  Notice to local board to control disease;Ā  proceeding to compel action
Whenever within the jurisdiction of a local board there is a person infectedĀ  with any communicable disease, the State department may cause a notice inĀ  writing, signed by the Commissioner of Health, to be sent to the local boardĀ  requiring it to take action for the restriction of the spread of theĀ  communicable disease within the time specified in the notice.

If 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 writĀ  to compel the local board to take the action ordered in the notice.

Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 472, s. 35.