N.Y. Public Health Law § 361: Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer; appointment and qualifications

§ 361. Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer;

appointment and qualifications. 1. The commissioner of health in cities

having a population of fifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five

thousand shall be appointed by the mayor, and the health officer in

cities having a population of less than fifty thousand shall be

appointed by the same official or body who or which by charter is

authorized to appoint the heads of city departments.

2. No person shall be eligible to appointment as commissioner of

health or health officer unless he shall be a physician and surgeon duly

licensed to practice under the laws of this state and who has practiced

as such, or has been engaged in public health work for at least five

years and who shall comply with the qualifications therefor prescribed

by the public health council in the sanitary code, provided, however,

that a physician who has received the degree of doctor of public health

in a course in any institution of learning recognized by the University

of the State of New York shall be eligible for appointment as health

officer in cities having a population of less than fifty thousand.