N.Y. Public Health Law § 2: Definitions

§ 2. Definitions. 1. Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise

expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter requires a

different meaning, the following terms shall have the respective

meanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:

(a) Department. The term "department" means department of health of

the state of New York.

(b) Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means commissioner of health

of the state of New York.

(c) Health district. The term "health district" means a county health

district, part-county health district, city, town, village or

consolidated health district having a separate board of health.

(d) County health district. The term "county health district" means a

health district comprising the entire county heretofore or hereafter

established.

(e) Part-county health district. The term "part-county health

district" means all that part of a county outside of a city or cities

having a population of fifty thousand or more heretofore or hereafter

established as a health district.

(f) County department of health. The term "county department of

health" means that division of the county government having jurisdiction

over the public health of a county or part-county health district.

(g) County health commissioner. The term "county health commissioner"

means the executive officer of a county department of health.

(h) Local board of health. The term "local board of health" means the

board of health of a county, part-county, city, village, town or

consolidated health district.

(i) Municipality. The term "municipality" means a city, village, town

or consolidated health district.

(j) Local health officer. The term "local health officer" means the

health officer of a county, part-county, city, village, town or a

consolidated health district.

(k) Sanitary code. The term "sanitary code" means sanitary code of the

state of New York.

(l) Communicable disease. The term "communicable disease" means

infectious, contagious or communicable disease.

(m) State institution in the department. The term "state institution

in the department" means any state hospital or institution subject to

the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the state department of

health, and such other state hospitals and institutions as may hereafter

be made subject to the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the

state department of health.

(n) Sexually transmissible disease. The term "sexually transmissible

disease" shall mean a disease that appears on the list of diseases

promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section twenty-three hundred

eleven of this chapter.

2. Whenever the term "state board of health" occurs or any reference

is made thereto, in any law, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the

department as described in this article.

3. Whenever the term "public health council" or "state hospital review

and planning council" occurs, or any reference is made thereto, in any

law, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the public health and health

planning council as described in article two of this chapter.