Public Health Law § 604 · Title 1. State Aid For Basic Services
Supervision of public health programs
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 604. Supervision of public health programs. 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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- Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PBH604
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