New Jersey § 26:1a-2
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 26:1a-2, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26:1a-2.
a. The Department of Health, established pursuant to P.L.1947, c. 177 ( C.26:1A-1 et seq. ), and continued and constituted and redesignated as the Department of Health and
Senior Services pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 001-1996, is continued and constituted
and redesignated as the Department of Health. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall be redenominated as the Commissioner
of Health. b. Whenever the terms “ Department of Health and Senior Services ” and “ Commissioner of Health and Senior Services ” occur or any references are made thereto in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract,
document, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, the same shall be deemed
to mean or refer to the “Department of Health” and the “Commissioner of Health,” respectively. c. The Commissioner of Health shall have the power, not inconsistent with section
13 of P.L.1947, c. 177 ( C.26:1A-13 ) or the provisions of P.L.2012, c. 17 ( C.26:1A-2.1 et al.), to organize the work of the Department of Health in such organizational
units as the commissioner may determine to be necessary for its efficient and effective
operation.
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