New Jersey Statutes Title 26. Health and Vital Statistics 26 § 4-24

The officer to whom the report of a communicable disease is delivered and whose duty it is to make a record of the same, shall, at least once each week, and daily when required by the state department, transmit by mail the facts stated therein to the state department and shall upon request by the state department give full information concerning the measures employed by the local board to prevent the spread of the diseases mentioned in the reports, which facts and information shall be conveyed to the state department in writing.

Proof that the state department has not received the report of such facts and information from any officer shall be prima facie evidence that the same has not been transmitted to the department by the officer.