N.Y. Public Health Law § 2106: Communicable diseases; almshouses; removal of inmates

§ 2106. Communicable diseases; almshouses; removal of inmates. If a

communicable disease exists in any home operated by a public welfare

district or in the vicinity thereof, and the physician thereof shall

certify that such disease is likely to endanger the health of the

inmates thereof, the public welfare commissioner of the district may

cause such inmates or any of them to be removed to such other suitable

place in the county as the local board of health of the health district

where the almshouse is situated may designate, there to be maintained

and provided for at the expense of the county, with all necessary

medical care and attendance until they shall be safely returned to such

home or otherwise discharged.