N.Y. Public Health Law § 211-a: Continuation of salaries of employees of the department while receiving training

§ 211-a. Continuation of salaries of employees of the department while

receiving training. The commissioner may, within the amounts

appropriated therefor, continue the salaries, in full or in part, of

employees of the department and the institutions in the department while

such employees are absent from their regular duties and are receiving

training for the better performance of duties, provided that no such

compensation shall be so continued to a greater extent than will

reimburse such employees for the loss of earnings while receiving such

training.