N.Y. Public Health Law § 242: District health officers; powers and duties

* § 242. District health officers; powers and duties. 1. Each state

district health officer, under the direction of the commissioner and

subject to the provisions of this chapter and the sanitary code, shall

act under the immediate supervision of the regional health director of

the regional health area in which his district is located, as the

representative of the commissioner in all matters affecting public

health within his district, and shall perform such duties and exercise

such powers as may be assigned to him.

2. Each state district health officer shall act as the representative

of the commissioner, and under his direction, in securing the

enforcement within his district of the provisions of the public health

law and the sanitary code.

* NB There are 2 § 242's