N.Y. Public Health Law § 232: Powers and duties

* § 232. Powers and duties. The commissioner shall, in consultation

with the commissioners of education, correctional services, mental

health, mental retardation and developmental disabilities and the

president of the civil service commission, have the following powers and

duties:

1. To recruit and select health corps professionals for service in

eligible institutions and facilities;

2. To place health corps professionals in eligible institutions and

facilities pursuant to agreements with the appropriate eligible

institutions and facilities;

3. To select recipients of scholarships and fellowships authorized

pursuant to section two hundred thirty-three of this title;

4. To develop criteria for the selection of students eligible for

health corps scholarships or fellowships under the provisions of section

two hundred thirty-three of this title, including, but not limited to,

the student's academic achievement, previous work experience in their

chosen health profession and a demonstrated interest in working with

institutionalized populations or with persons infected with the human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or who have acquired immunodeficiency

syndrome (AIDS) or in a health care setting eligible pursuant to this

title;

5. To accept and expend any grants, awards or other funds or

appropriations as may be available to effectuate the purposes of this

title subject to the limitations as to the approval of expenditures and

audit as prescribed for state funds by the state finance law; and

6. To do any and all things necessary to carry out its functions,

powers and duties and to effectuate the purposes of this title.

* NB Expired July 18, 1996