N.J. Admin. Code § 8:52-3.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:52-3.4 - Specialized regional expertise and capacity

(a) Each local health agency, by February 18, 2005, shall have access to the following regional expertise and capacities to meet standards of performance:

1. Administrative leadership and planning and coordination to implement all "10 essential public health services" set forth at 8:52-3.2(a)1 through 10;

2. Public health community planning and coordination of population-based preventive health services;

3. Coordinated public health nursing services and the administration thereof;

4. Coordinated public health education and health promotion services and the administration thereof;

5. Epidemiological investigations and data analysis;

6. Public health laboratory analyses;

7. Coordinated information technology management;

8. Training and staff development;

9. Coordinated environmental health services;

10. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of health data and information;

11. Application skills for health-related grants;

12. Development of medical policy;

13. Coordinated prevention and control of communicable disease;

14. The conduct of public health and health services research and evaluation studies;

15. Development of public health applications that use the geographical index system (GIS);

16. A technical library consisting of current public health information; and

17. Public health emergency preparedness planning.

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