New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 2109. Communicable diseases; municipal hospitals for; establishment, inspection and regulation

1. The commissioner shall from time to time submit to the authorities of the several municipalities or counties of the state such recommendations as he may consider necessary as to the establishment of hospitals for communicable diseases, indicating the diseases for which in his judgment provision should be made and the extent of such provision.

2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to inspect from time to time all hospitals for communicable diseases maintained under the jurisdiction of any municipal or county authority and to report as to the condition and needs of such hospitals to the authorities of the municipality or county, and to include an abstract of such reports in his annual report.

3. The public health council may from time to time establish regulations in the sanitary code for the maintenance of hospitals for communicable diseases.