... termination as a Salem County health officer was barred by N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-17 of the 1975 Local Health Services Act (LHS Act), N ... declaratory judgment that Salem County had violated her rights under N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-17; an order transferring her to the Gloucester County health agency ... of material fact, only a dispute over the meaning of N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-17. "Our review of the meaning of a statute is de ... during this reshuffling. 1 Plaintiff relies on one such provision, N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-17, which provides in pertinent part: Each person who shall have ... N.J.S.A. 26:3A2d-17 (emphasis added).] Thus, N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-17 provided protection to the employees of a local health agency ... local health agency. By the plain meaning of its text, N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-17 only applied if a local health agency has had ...