N.Y. Public Health Law § 2798: Powers and duties

§ 2798. Powers and duties. The tick-borne disease institute

established by section twenty-seven hundred ninety-seven of this article

shall have the following powers and duties:

1. to develop and promote investigations into the cause, prevention,

detection, spread, methods of treatment, and cure of tick-borne

diseases; and

2. to develop and promote an outreach campaign directed toward

targeted high-risk populations to provide coordinated information

regarding the cause, prevention, detection, and treatment of tick-borne

disease.