N.Y. Public Health Law § 343: County or part-county boards of health; organization; appointment

§ 343. County or part-county boards of health; organization;

appointment. 1. The board of health of a county or part-county health

district shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be a member

of the board of supervisors, selected by the board of supervisors, and

at least one of whom shall be a physician licensed to practice in the

state of New York, and two of whom shall be a physician, nurse

practitioner, physician assistant or any combination thereof licensed to

practice in the state of New York, and in addition thereto, each city

which becomes a part of the county or part-county health district shall

be entitled to one additional representative member on the board of

health.

2. The members of the board of health of a county or part-county

health district shall be residents of the health district or a resident

of a contiguous county who has a background in a health-related field

and performs other substantial work within the health district

associated with their health-related background.

3. (a) The members of the board of health shall be appointed by the

board of supervisors.

(b) The county medical society of the county in which a county or

part-county health district is established may submit to the board of

supervisors a list of physicians from which the board of supervisors may

choose the medical members of the board of health.

(c) The additional city representative members of the board of health

shall each be appointed by the board of supervisors from a list of three

persons submitted by the mayor or other administrative head of such

city. Such city representative members so appointed shall have all the

powers and duties conferred upon other members of said board.