N.Y. Public Health Law § 327: Local health officer; nurses; appointment

§ 327. Local health officer; nurses; appointment. Every health

officer or other official exercising similar duties, by whatever

official designation he may be known, with the approval and consent of

the local board of health of his district, shall have power to employ

such number of public health nurses, qualified as provided by the

sanitary code, as in his judgment may be necessary within the limits of

the appropriation made therefor by the municipality.