The county department shall provide environmental health services, which meet the performance and administrative standards authorized in section 10 of this act, for the territorial area of the county, under the direction of a full-time employee trained and experienced in managing environmental health programs, provided, however, that such environmental health services shall be provided by any municipal or regional health agency certified by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 15 within its area of jurisdiction.
N.J.S. § 26:3A2-24