N.Y. Public Health Law § 208: Deputy commissioners; appointment; qualifications and duties

§ 208. Deputy commissioners; appointment; qualifications and duties.

1. The commissioner shall appoint and at pleasure remove a first deputy

commissioner and such other deputy commissioners as he shall deem

necessary for the proper organization and general classification of the

work of the department.

2. The first deputy commissioner shall be a physician licensed or

eligible for license to practice medicine and surgery in this state, and

who shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession

for a period of at least five years.

3. The deputy commissioners shall perform such duties as shall be

prescribed by the commissioner.