New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 52 - PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN NEW JERSEY
Subchapter 11 - POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Section 8:52-11.2 - Countywide or multi-countywide community health planning
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) To minimize costs and for consistency with existing data, the minimum unit of planning for New Jersey shall be the county.
(b) Each local board of health shall assure that public health policies promote and support the population's health and safety goals identified in the health improvement strategies that were developed through the countywide or multi-countywide Community Health Improvement Plan and incorporate by reference prior planning information obtained through other processes.
(c) Each Community Health Improvement Plan shall consist of:
(d) The objectives of the Community Health Improvement Plan shall be:
(e) Each local health agency within the countywide or multi-countywide area shall be responsible for implementation of the Community Health Improvement Plan in their jurisdiction by February 18, 2007.
(f) Each local board of health shall ensure that there is a mechanism to guide the development of the Community Health Improvement Plan which includes, but is not limited to:
(g) Each Community Health Improvement Plan shall be used to guide the development of needed public health programs and services. CHIP shall foster coordination with existing programs and services, and reduce or eliminate programs and services which are not needed or have been found to be ineffective.
(h) Each local board of health that demonstrates a local need for public health services, as defined in "Healthy People 2010," that is not addressed by the Community Health Improvement Plan shall address that need.