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Public Health Law article 2, title 3, § 243 · Title 3. State Health Areas

State health areas; professional and other employees

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Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)

* § 243. State health areas; professional and other employees. Whenever he may deem it expedient so to do, the commissioner may employ such professional or other assistants or employees as he shall consider necessary within the limits of his appropriation, and may assign them from time to time to regional and district health areas and in such manner as in his judgment will best aid in the control of communicable diseases and in the promotion of public health.

* NB There are 2 § 243's

Source of truth

Edition
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/PBH243
Text hash
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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 § 243's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
  • The law prints more than one section numbered 243 under different headings; this one is cited with its heading.

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