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New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 604. Supervision of public health programs

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In order to be eligible for state aid, under this title, each municipality shall employ a full-time local commissioner of health or public health director to supervise the provision of public health services for that municipality, subject to the following exceptions:

1. such person may serve as the head of a merged agency or multiple agencies, if the approval of the commissioner is obtained;  and

2. such person may serve as the local commissioner of health or public health director of additional counties, when authorized pursuant to section three hundred fifty-one of this chapter.

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