Public Health Law § 360 · Title 4. Certain Cities
Certain cities; department of public health; establishment
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 360. Certain cities; department of public health; establishment. 1. The common council or similar legislative body of each city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand which has not by special law established a department of health, is hereby authorized and empowered by ordinance to abolish its board of health and in its place to create, establish and maintain a department of public health.
2. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand, and the health officer in cities having a population of less than fifty thousand shall be the head of such department.
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