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N.Y. Public Health Law § 3654 Powers and duties of the commissioner and department
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§ 3654. Powers and duties of the commissioner and department. 1. The\ndepartment may conduct periodic inspections of a medical equipment\nservice agency to determine compliance with requirements set forth in\nthis article and any related regulations.\n 2. The commissioner may al…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3655 Medical equipment service agency advisory board
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§ 3655. Medical equipment service agency advisory board. 1. There is\nhereby created in the department a medical equipment service advisory\nboard to consist of the commissioner or his or her designee as an\nex-officio member, and eight other members appointed by the\ncommission…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3656 Enforcement
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§ 3656. Enforcement. 1. A medical equipment services agency may be\nsubject to fines as provided by this chapter for material violations of\nthe provisions of this article. A medical equipment services agency may\nhave its license revoked, suspended, or limited by the commission…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 366 Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer; powers and duties
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§ 366. Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer;\npowers and duties. 1. The commissioner of health or the health officer\nin cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five\nthousand shall:\n (a) exercise all the powers and be charged with all t…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 367 Certain cities; deputy commissioners; powers
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§ 367. Certain cities; deputy commissioners; powers. In case of the\nabsence or disability of the commissioner of health or health officer in\ncities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five\nthousand, or of any vacancy in the office, the deputy commissioner of\…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 368 Certain cities; advisory board; appointment; compensation
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§ 368. Certain cities; advisory board; appointment; compensation. 1.\nIn cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five\nthousand, the mayor may appoint, and at his pleasure remove five\nresident and practicing physicians of the city who shall act as an\nadviso…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 369 Certain cities; appointment of experts; compensation
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§ 369. Certain cities; appointment of experts; compensation. The\ncommissioner of health or health officer in cities having a population\nof less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, with the written consent\nof the mayor and subject to the approval of the board of estimate a…
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\ncase of great and imminent peril to the public health of the city, it\nshall be the duty of the commissioner of health or health officer in\ncities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five\nth…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3700 Definitions
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§ 3700. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. Physician assistant. The term "physician assistant" means a person\nwho is licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five\nhundred forty-one of the education law.\n 2. Physician. The term "physician" means a pr…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3701 Commissioner; powers and duties
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§ 3701. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have\nthe following powers and duties: 1. to promulgate regulations defining\nand restricting the duties which may be assigned to physician assistants\nby their supervising physician, the degree of supervision requi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3702 Special provisions
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§ 3702. Special provisions. 1. Inpatient medical orders. A licensed\nphysician assistant employed or extended privileges by a hospital may,\nif permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the hospital,\nwrite medical orders, including those for controlled substances a…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3703 Statutory construction
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§ 3703. Statutory construction. A physician assistant may perform any\nfunction in conjunction with a medical service lawfully performed by the\nphysician assistant, in any health care setting, that a statute\nauthorizes or directs a physician to perform and that is appropriate …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 371 Certain cities; sanitary codes
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§ 371. Certain cities; sanitary codes. 1. The commissioner of health\nin cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five\nthousand or the health officer in cities having a population of less\nthan fifty thousand shall:\n (a) formulate, adopt, promulgate and enfo…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3710 Definitions
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§ 3710. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. Specialist assistant. The term "specialist assistant" means a\nperson who is registered pursuant to section sixty-five hundred\nforty-eight of the education law as a specialist assistant for a\nparticular medical speciality as d…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3711 Commissioner; powers and duties
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§ 3711. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have\nthe following powers and duties:\n 1. to promulgate regulations defining and restricting the duties which\nmay be assigned to specialist assistants, the degree of supervision\nrequired and the manner in which …
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\nexisting sanitary codes of cities having a population of less than one\nhundred seventy-five thousand, and all rules, regulations and special\ndirections heretofore duly formulated, adopted and promulgated by t…
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.\nThe sanitary code of a city having a population of less than one hundred\nseventy-five thousand may provide for specific penalties for any\nviolation thereof not exceeding one thousand dollars for each offense.…
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\nor health officers. 1. Any person aggrieved by an order, decision or\ndirection of the commissioner of health or health officer of a city\nhaving a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, ma…
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\nof health or health officer of a city having a population of less than\none hundred seventy-five thousand, is authorized, by and with the advice\nand consent of the corporation counsel or city attorney, in t…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 376 Certain cities; enforcement
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§ 376. Certain cities; enforcement. The head of the police department\nshall whenever requested in writing by the commissioner of health or\nhealth officer in cities having a population of less than one hundred\nseventy-five thousand, with the approval of the mayor, detail such\…
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\nissued to any person or for any purpose subject to the jurisdiction or\ncontrol of the commissioner of health or health officer of a city having\na population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, exce…
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\ncities having a population of less than one hundred and seventy-five\nthousand and in those cities which have by special law established a\ndepartment of health, the commissioner of health or health officer, …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 380 State park health district; establishment
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§ 380. State park health district; establishment. The commissioner may\nin his discretion, from time to time, create health districts comprised\nexclusively of lands lying within the boundaries of a state park by\nfiling in the office of the secretary of state an order defining\…
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\nnumbers of competent personnel for the provision of health services\nrequired by the people of the state is essential to the public health.\nMany of those returning from duty with the armed services possess\ne…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3801 Veterans health manpower center
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§ 3801. Veterans health manpower center. The commissioner shall\nestablish within the department a veterans health manpower center for\nthe purpose of instituting and conducting studies and surveys of\nveterans health manpower resources, maintaining registries of such\nresources…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3802 Powers and duties
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§ 3802. Powers and duties. 1. The veterans health manpower center\nshall have the following duties:\n (a) To identify veterans health manpower resources.\n (b) To conduct studies and surveys of health needs to determine the\nextent to which such needs can be filled by veterans w…
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\ncreated within the department the veterans health care information\nprogram (referred to in this section as the "program"), which shall\nprovide information on health issues associated with military duty,\ninc…
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\nthe making and filing of an order by the commissioner creating and\nestablishing a state park health district pursuant to section three\nhundred eighty of this chapter, the local board of health of such\ndistr…
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.\nThe board of health of a state park health district shall have all the\npowers and duties of local boards of health and shall appoint a health\nofficer qualified as provided by the sanitary code.\n
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.\nThe health officer of a state park health district shall have all the\npowers and duties under the law of the state and the sanitary code which\nlocal health officers now have or hereafter shall have within t…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 390 Consolidated health district; establishment
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§ 390. Consolidated health district; establishment. The commissioner,\non the written request of the town board of any town and the board of\ntrustees of any village and the common council or other like authority\nof any city, may combine into one health district, hereinafter re…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3900 Legislative findings and purposes
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§ 3900. Legislative findings and purposes. 1. The legislature hereby\nfinds, determines, and declares that promotion of the continued health\nand safety of New York state's farming community continues to be an\nunmet need. It further finds that agriculture is ranked as the most\…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3901 Definitions
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§ 3901. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Center" shall mean the center for agricultural medicine and health\nto be established in conjunction with the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital\nof Cooperstown, New York.…
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.\nThere is hereby established a center for agricultural medicine and\nhealth to operate in conjunction with the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital,\nCooperstown, New York. Such center shall operate under the guidance …
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\nhealth and medical needs of the state's agricultural community, the\ncenter shall:\n 1. develop strategies for the provision of comprehensive occupational\nhealth services for New York farmers and agricultur…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3904 Contributions
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§ 3904. Contributions. The center is authorized to receive any grant\nor contribution from any person, association, or public or private\ncorporation.\n
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3905 Funds
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§ 3905. Funds. The center is authorized to disburse funds to carry out\nits programs and activities.\n
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3906 Contract authority
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§ 3906. Contract authority. The center is hereby authorized to enter\ninto agreements or contracts with any public or private agency,\ncorporation, or individual in order to carry out the provisions of this\narticle. Funds made available by the center pursuant to this article\ns…
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\nhereby created an advisory board to be known as the "agricultural health\nand safety advisory board", to be comprised of twelve members consisting\nof the following named persons or their designees: the commissi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3908 Annual report
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§ 3908. Annual report. The director, in cooperation with the advisory\nboard, shall report the activities of the center to the governor and the\nlegislature on or before January first of each year. Such report shall\ninclude:\n 1. A description of on-going center research and pr…
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.\nIn every consolidated health district there shall be a board of health\nwhich shall consist of the supervisor of each town, the president of the\nboard of trustees of each village, and the mayor and the supe…
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\nof health. 1. When any consolidated health district is established, as\nprovided in this article, the boards of health of the towns, villages or\ncities included within such district, shall thereupon cease to …
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.\n1. Of the new reduced three member board of health of a consolidated\nhealth district first elected, one member shall be elected to serve\nuntil one year from the first day of January following his election,…
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\nboard of health of a consolidated health district shall from time to\ntime elect a president from among its members. The health officer of a\nconsolidated health district shall serve as the secretary of the boa…
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;\npowers and duties. Each board of health and each health officer of a\nconsolidated health district shall have all the rights, powers, duties\nand obligations conferred and imposed by law upon boards of health…
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\nconsolidated health district may designate by resolution one or more\nbanks or trust companies in which the moneys paid to the president of\nthe board as provided herein shall be deposited. Notwithstanding the\nprov…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 396 Consolidated health district; health officer; appointment
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§ 396. Consolidated health district; health officer; appointment. In\neach consolidated health district the board of health shall appoint a\nhealth officer qualified as provided in the sanitary code.\n
N.Y. Public Health Law § 397 Consolidated health district; appointment of attorney
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§ 397. Consolidated health district; appointment of attorney. The\nboard of health of a consolidated health district may employ and fix the\ncompensation of an attorney, which shall be audited and paid in the same\nmanner as the other expenses of the district.\n
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.\nMembers of the board of health of a consolidated health district,\nwhether or not members of a town board or a village board of trustees,\nshall be allowed a per diem compensation of not more than ten dollar…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 399 Consolidated health district; expenses
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§ 399. Consolidated health district; expenses. 1. The board of health\nof each consolidated health district shall from time to time audit all\naccounts, and allow or reject all charges, claims and demands against\nsuch health district for the remuneration and expenses of the hea…