A permit shall not be granted until after the vessel, and every person and the baggage, merchandise or materials on it, has been examined, cleansed, ventilated, and purified, and a quarantine period has been observed. The state department is authorized to make regulations or to issue special orders with respect to the examination, cleansing, ventilation, purification, and the quarantine period required preliminary to the issuance of a permit.
N.J.S. § 26:4-102