New York Public Health Law Title 1 - OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

• 200 - Department of Health; Continuation.
  There shall continue to be in the state government a department of health. The head of the department shall be the commissioner of health of...
• 201 - Functions, Powers and Duties of the Department.
  1. The department shall, as provided by law: (a) supervise the work and activities of the local boards of health and health officers throughout the...
• 202 - Divisions.
  1. There shall be in the department such divisions, bureaus and other units as the commissioner from time to time may determine to be necessary...
• 203 - Commissioner; Qualifications.
  The commissioner shall be a physician, a graduate of an incorporated medical college, of at least ten years' experience in the actual practice of his...
• 204 - Commissioner; Appointment; Term of Office.
  1. The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate and shall hold office until the...
• 205 - Commissioner; Compensation and Expenses.
  The commissioner shall receive an annual salary not to exceed an amount appropriated therefor by the legislature and his expenses actually and necessarily incurred in...
• 206 - Commissioner; General Powers and Duties.
  1. The commissioner shall: (a) take cognizance of the interests of health and life of the people of the state, and of all matters pertaining...
• 206-a - Discrimination in Hospital Staff Appointments and Privileges Prohibited.
  1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the governing body of a hospital a. To deny to or to withhold from a physician,...
• 206-b - Special Requirements With Respect to Lyme Disease Diagnosis.
  1. Within thirty days after the effective date of this section, the commissioner shall, in writing, order every physician practicing in Suffolk, Westchester and Nassau...
• 207 - Health Care and Wellness Education and Outreach Program.
  1. There is hereby created within the department the health care and wellness education and outreach program. The department may conduct education and outreach programs...
• 208 - Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Qualifications and Duties.
  1. The commissioner shall appoint and at pleasure remove a first deputy commissioner and such other deputy commissioners as he shall deem necessary for the...
• 209 - Deputy Commissioners; Compensation.
  The commissioner shall fix the compensation of deputy commissioners within the amount appropriated therefor by the legislature.
• 210 - Officers and Employees; Appointment.
  The commissioner shall appoint such assistant commissioners, officers and other assistants as are necessary for the proper performance of the powers and duties of the
• 211 - Training.
  The commissioner may, within the appropriation allowed therefor, provide suitable training for personnel engaged in or to be engaged in the maintenance or improvement of...
• 211-a - Continuation of Salaries of Employees of the Department While Receiving Training.
  The commissioner may, within the amounts appropriated therefor, continue the salaries, in full or in part, of employees of the department and the institutions in...

Last modified: February 3, 2019