Section 26:3A2-4 - County board of health; establishment; procedure; counties with health agenciesa. 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.b. 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.L.1975, c.329, s.4, eff. 4/1/1976; amended by L.1977, c.258, s.1, eff. 10/12/1977; L.1977, c.443, s.4, eff. 3/2/1978.