The Department of Health is hereby empowered and directed to apply and carry into effect the proposals, terms and provisions of said reciprocal agreement, in the several zones therein prescribed, respectively within the territorial limits of this State, and to enforce the same by the exercise of such administrative and legal authority, and the institution and prosecution of such actions, suits or other proceedings as may be necessary or appropriate, as are now or may hereafter be provided under the laws and practice of this State.
N.J.S. § 32:20-7