New York Social Services Law Title 5 - PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL CARE FOR ADULTS

• 193 - Public Homes.
  1. Each public welfare district may establish and maintain a public home, which may include an infirmary for the care of chronically sick patients in...
• 194 - Powers and Duties of Commissioners of Public Welfare in Relation to Public Homes.
  Commissioners of public welfare shall 1. be responsible for the management of the home and for the care of its inmates, 2. have control of...
• 194-a - Additional Power of Work Assignment Granted to Commissioner of Public Welfare of Monroe County.
  When, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision eight of section one hundred ninety-four of this chapter, the commissioner of public welfare of Monroe county deems...
• 195 - Medical Care.
  1. Each inmate shall be examined by the attending physician or physicians as soon after admission to the public home as practicable. 2. A medical...
• 196 - Report on Needs of Inmates of Public Homes.
  It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public welfare to report to the legislative body as to the needs of the home and...
• 197 - Inmates' Right of Appeal.
  Any inmate of a public home, who considers himself to have a cause for complaint against any officer or employee of the public home, shall...
• 198 - Control of Inmates.
  If any inmate shall wilfully disobey the rules of the home in such a way as to be detrimental to the welfare of the other...
• 199 - Power of Commissioner of Public Welfare to Detain Certain Inmates.
  The commissioner of public welfare shall have power to detain in the public home, pending a vacancy for such person in a state institution, a...
• 200 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner of Public Welfare in Relation to the Public Farm.
  If the legislative body of a public welfare district shall authorize the maintenance of a public farm in connection with the public home, the commissioner...
• 202 - Construction and Administration of Public Homes.
  1. No building to be used as a public home shall be constructed, or remodeled, in whole or in part, except on plans and designs...

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