N.Y. Public Health Law § 2109: Communicable diseases; municipal hospitals for; establishment, inspection and regulation

§ 2109. Communicable diseases; municipal hospitals for; establishment,

inspection and regulation. 1. The commissioner shall from time to time

submit to the authorities of the several municipalities or counties of

the state such recommendations as he may consider necessary as to the

establishment of hospitals for communicable diseases, indicating the

diseases for which in his judgment provision should be made and the

extent of such provision.

2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to inspect from time to

time all hospitals for communicable diseases maintained under the

jurisdiction of any municipal or county authority and to report as to

the condition and needs of such hospitals to the authorities of the

municipality or county, and to include an abstract of such reports in

his annual report.

3. The public health council may from time to time establish

regulations in the sanitary code for the maintenance of hospitals for

communicable diseases.