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N.Y. Public Health Law § 369 Certain cities; appointment of experts; compensation
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§ 369. Certain cities; appointment of experts; compensation. The commissioner of health or health officer in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, with the written consent of the mayor and subject to the approval of the board of estimate and …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 370 Certain cities; duty in case of peril to public health
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§ 370. Certain cities; duty in case of peril to public health. 1. In case of great and imminent peril to the public health of the city, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of health or health officer in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousa…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3700 Definitions
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§ 3700. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. Physician assistant. The term "physician assistant" means a person who is licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five hundred forty-one of the education law. 2. Physician. The term "physician" means a practiti…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3701 Commissioner; powers and duties
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§ 3701. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: 1. to promulgate regulations defining and restricting the duties which may be assigned to physician assistants by their supervising physician, the degree of supervision required…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3702 Special provisions
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§ 3702. Special provisions. 1. Inpatient medical orders. A licensed physician assistant employed or extended privileges by a hospital may, if permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the hospital, write medical orders, including those for controlled substances and …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3703 Statutory construction
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§ 3703. Statutory construction. A physician assistant may perform any function in conjunction with a medical service lawfully performed by the physician assistant, in any health care setting, that a statute authorizes or directs a physician to perform and that is appropriate to …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 371 Certain cities; sanitary codes
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§ 371. Certain cities; sanitary codes. 1. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand or the health officer in cities having a population of less than fifty thousand shall: (a) formulate, adopt, promulgate and enforce c…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3710 Definitions
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§ 3710. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. Specialist assistant. The term "specialist assistant" means a person who is registered pursuant to section sixty-five hundred forty-eight of the education law as a specialist assistant for a particular medical speciality as define…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3711 Commissioner; powers and duties
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§ 3711. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: 1. to promulgate regulations defining and restricting the duties which may be assigned to specialist assistants, the degree of supervision required and the manner in which such …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 372 Certain cities; existing regulations and sanitary codes
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§ 372. Certain cities; existing regulations and sanitary codes. The existing sanitary codes of cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, and all rules, regulations and special directions heretofore duly formulated, adopted and promulgated by the …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 373 Certain cities; sanitary codes; violations and penalties
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§ 373. Certain cities; sanitary codes; violations and penalties. 1. The sanitary code of a city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand may provide for specific penalties for any violation thereof not exceeding one thousand dollars for each offense. 2.…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 374 Certain cities; appeals from orders of commissioner of health or health officers
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§ 374. Certain cities; appeals from orders of commissioner of health or health officers. 1. Any person aggrieved by an order, decision or direction of the commissioner of health or health officer of a city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, may a…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 375 Certain cities; actions to restrain nuisances
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§ 375. Certain cities; actions to restrain nuisances. The commissioner of health or health officer of a city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, is authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the corporation counsel or city attorney, in the …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 376 Certain cities; enforcement
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§ 376. Certain cities; enforcement. The head of the police department shall whenever requested in writing by the commissioner of health or health officer in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, with the approval of the mayor, detail such num…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 377 Certain cities; license fees
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§ 377. Certain cities; license fees. No license or permit shall be issued to any person or for any purpose subject to the jurisdiction or control of the commissioner of health or health officer of a city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, except …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 378 Certain cities; contracts and fees for health services
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§ 378. Certain cities; contracts and fees for health services. (a) In cities having a population of less than one hundred and seventy-five thousand and in those cities which have by special law established a department of health, the commissioner of health or health officer, wit…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 380 State park health district; establishment
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§ 380. State park health district; establishment. The commissioner may in his discretion, from time to time, create health districts comprised exclusively of lands lying within the boundaries of a state park by filing in the office of the secretary of state an order defining gen…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3800 Policy and purposes of article
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§ 3800. Policy and purposes of article. The availability of adequate numbers of competent personnel for the provision of health services required by the people of the state is essential to the public health. Many of those returning from duty with the armed services possess exper…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3801 Veterans health manpower center
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§ 3801. Veterans health manpower center. The commissioner shall establish within the department a veterans health manpower center for the purpose of instituting and conducting studies and surveys of veterans health manpower resources, maintaining registries of such resources and…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3802 Powers and duties
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§ 3802. Powers and duties. 1. The veterans health manpower center shall have the following duties: (a) To identify veterans health manpower resources. (b) To conduct studies and surveys of health needs to determine the extent to which such needs can be filled by veterans with he…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3803 Veterans health care information program
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§ 3803. Veterans health care information program. 1. There is hereby created within the department the veterans health care information program (referred to in this section as the "program"), which shall provide information on health issues associated with military duty, includi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 381 State park health district; board of health; membership
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§ 381. State park health district; board of health; membership. Upon the making and filing of an order by the commissioner creating and establishing a state park health district pursuant to section three hundred eighty of this chapter, the local board of health of such district …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 382 State park health district; board of health; powers and duties
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§ 382. State park health district; board of health; powers and duties. The board of health of a state park health district shall have all the powers and duties of local boards of health and shall appoint a health officer qualified as provided by the sanitary code.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 383 State park health district; health officer; powers and duties
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§ 383. State park health district; health officer; powers and duties. The health officer of a state park health district shall have all the powers and duties under the law of the state and the sanitary code which local health officers now have or hereafter shall have within thei…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 390 Consolidated health district; establishment
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§ 390. Consolidated health district; establishment. The commissioner, on the written request of the town board of any town and the board of trustees of any village and the common council or other like authority of any city, may combine into one health district, hereinafter refer…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3900 Legislative findings and purposes
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§ 3900. Legislative findings and purposes. 1. The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that promotion of the continued health and safety of New York state's farming community continues to be an unmet need. It further finds that agriculture is ranked as the most dan…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3901 Definitions
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§ 3901. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Center" shall mean the center for agricultural medicine and health to be established in conjunction with the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital of Cooperstown, New York. 2. "…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3902 New York state center for agricultural medicine and health
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§ 3902. New York state center for agricultural medicine and health. There is hereby established a center for agricultural medicine and health to operate in conjunction with the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York. Such center shall operate under the guidance of …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3903 Purposes of the center
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§ 3903. Purposes of the center. In order to more effectively serve the health and medical needs of the state's agricultural community, the center shall: 1. develop strategies for the provision of comprehensive occupational health services for New York farmers and agricultural wo…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3904 Contributions
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§ 3904. Contributions. The center is authorized to receive any grant or contribution from any person, association, or public or private corporation.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3905 Funds
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§ 3905. Funds. The center is authorized to disburse funds to carry out its programs and activities.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3906 Contract authority
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§ 3906. Contract authority. The center is hereby authorized to enter into agreements or contracts with any public or private agency, corporation, or individual in order to carry out the provisions of this article. Funds made available by the center pursuant to this article shall…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3907 Agricultural health and safety advisory board
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§ 3907. Agricultural health and safety advisory board. 1. There is hereby created an advisory board to be known as the "agricultural health and safety advisory board", to be comprised of twelve members consisting of the following named persons or their designees: the commissione…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3908 Annual report
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§ 3908. Annual report. The director, in cooperation with the advisory board, shall report the activities of the center to the governor and the legislature on or before January first of each year. Such report shall include: 1. A description of on-going center research and program…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 391 Consolidated health district; board of health; organization
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§ 391. Consolidated health district; board of health; organization. 1. In every consolidated health district there shall be a board of health which shall consist of the supervisor of each town, the president of the board of trustees of each village, and the mayor and the supervi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 392 Consolidated health district; status of existing local boards of health
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§ 392. Consolidated health district; status of existing local boards of health. 1. When any consolidated health district is established, as provided in this article, the boards of health of the towns, villages or cities included within such district, shall thereupon cease to exi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 393 Consolidated health district; board of health; terms of office
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§ 393. Consolidated health district; board of health; terms of office. 1. Of the new reduced three member board of health of a consolidated health district first elected, one member shall be elected to serve until one year from the first day of January following his election, on…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 394 Consolidated health district; board of health; officers
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§ 394. Consolidated health district; board of health; officers. The board of health of a consolidated health district shall from time to time elect a president from among its members. The health officer of a consolidated health district shall serve as the secretary of the board …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 395 Consolidated health district; board of health; health officer; powers and duties
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§ 395. Consolidated health district; board of health; health officer; powers and duties. Each board of health and each health officer of a consolidated health district shall have all the rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred and imposed by law upon boards of health an…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 395-A Designation of depository
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§ 395-a. Designation of depository. The board of health of any consolidated health district may designate by resolution one or more banks or trust companies in which the moneys paid to the president of the board as provided herein shall be deposited. Notwithstanding the provisio…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 396 Consolidated health district; health officer; appointment
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§ 396. Consolidated health district; health officer; appointment. In each consolidated health district the board of health shall appoint a health officer qualified as provided in the sanitary code.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 397 Consolidated health district; appointment of attorney
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§ 397. Consolidated health district; appointment of attorney. The board of health of a consolidated health district may employ and fix the compensation of an attorney, which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as the other expenses of the district.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 398 Consolidated health district; compensation of board members
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§ 398. Consolidated health district; compensation of board members. 1. Members of the board of health of a consolidated health district, whether or not members of a town board or a village board of trustees, shall be allowed a per diem compensation of not more than ten dollars f…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 399 Consolidated health district; expenses
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§ 399. Consolidated health district; expenses. 1. The board of health of each consolidated health district shall from time to time audit all accounts, and allow or reject all charges, claims and demands against such health district for the remuneration and expenses of the health…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 4000 Legislative declaration
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§ 4000. Legislative declaration. The legislature finds and declares that hospice is a socially and financially beneficial alternative to conventional curative care for those afflicted by terminal illness. It further finds that hospice is a unique, interdisciplinary program of pa…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 4002 Definitions
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§ 4002. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: 1. "Hospice" means a coordinated program of home and in-patient care which treats the terminally ill patient and family as a unit, employing an interdisciplinary team…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 4004 Establishment of hospices
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§ 4004. Establishment of hospices. 1. The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of approval to any hospice except with the written approval of the public health and health planning council. However, a hospice demonstration program participant making application to the commi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 4006 Hospice construction
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§ 4006. Hospice construction. 1. The construction of a hospice shall require the prior approval of the commissioner. 2. An application for such construction shall be filed with the department, together with such other forms and information as shall be prescribed by, or acceptabl…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 4008 Certification of hospices
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§ 4008. Certification of hospices. 1. The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of approval to any hospice unless it complies with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, in accordance with the standards and procedures adop…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 401 Land; purchase or acquisition
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§ 401. Land; purchase or acquisition. 1. The commissioner, when an appropriation therefor has been made by the legislature, may acquire any real property which he may deem necessary for any departmental purpose by purchase or acquisition pursuant to the eminent domain procedure …