N.Y. Public Health Law § 323: Local health officer; compensation and expenses

§ 323. Local health officer; compensation and expenses. 1. Every

local board of health shall fix the compensation of the local health

officer, which in the case of the health officer of a city, town,

village and consolidated health district having a population of eight

thousand or less, shall not be less than the equivalent of fifteen cents

per annum per inhabitant, including Indians on reservations, of the

city, town, village or consolidated health district, according to the

latest federal or state census or enumeration; and in a city, town,

village and consolidated health district having a population of more

than eight thousand, shall not be less than twelve hundred dollars per

annum.

2. In addition to his compensation as provided herein, the board of

health shall allow the actual and reasonable expenses of the health

officer (a) in the performance of his official duties, (b) in going to,

attending and returning from the annual health conference or equivalent

meeting held yearly within the state (c) in going to, attending and

returning from conferences called by the commissioner or his authorized

representative and (d) in going to, attending and returning from

conferences called by the state district health officer of the district.

The board of health, in lieu of allowing the actual and reasonable

expenses for travel of said health officer, may determine by resolution

to allow him an amount not to exceed eight cents per mile for the use of

his own automobile for each mile actually and necessarily traveled by

him in the performance of the duties of his office and in going to,

attending and returning from any of such conferences.

4. (a) The regular compensation of a health officer appointed jointly

by two or more local boards of health for two or more towns or villages

shall be fixed jointly by such boards in such sum as they shall

determine in accordance with the provisions of this section, and such

compensation, together with the expenses of the health officer in the

performance of his duties and in attending the annual sanitary

conference or equivalent meeting and conferences called by the state

district health officer, shall be allowed by the local boards of health

and paid by the municipalities in the proportions to each as shall have

been determined in the resolutions or ordinances authorizing the joint

appointment of the health officer.

(b) The resolution or ordinance of the towns and villages authorizing

the local boards of health of said towns or villages to appoint a health

officer for the said towns or villages pursuant to subdivision three of

section three hundred twenty of this chapter, shall state the proportion

of compensation and expenses of the health officer for which each such

town or village shall be responsible.

5. The provisions of this section relating to the care of venereal

diseases shall not apply to municipalities where a satisfactory clinic

is reasonably available.