Public Health Law article 2, title 3, § 240 · Title 3. State Health Areas
State health areas; establishment; regional and district; appointment of officers
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 240. State health areas; establishment; regional and district; appointment of officers. 1. The commissioner shall from time to time divide the state, except cities of the first class, into as many regional and district health areas as he may determine to be necessary for the efficient operation of the department.
2. The commissioner shall appoint for each regional health area a regional health director who shall be a physician.
3. The commissioner shall appoint for each district health area a state district health officer who shall be a physician licensed or eligible for license to practice medicine and surgery in this state.
* NB There are 2 § 240's
Source of truth
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- Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PBH240
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- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
- The Senate's note "There are 2 § 240's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
- The law prints more than one section numbered 240 under different headings; this one is cited with its heading.
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