Every person, who shall have been employed as a part-time employee of a local board of health for a period of 2 years or more, and whose employment by such agency shall be terminated by reason of the assumption by another local health agency of activities and responsibilities, shall be placed on a preferential reemployment list for a period of at least 2 years for positions in that local health agency requiring the same license and type and class of work.
N.J.S. § 26:3A2-18