N.Y. Public Health Law § 523: County laboratories; boards of managers; appointment; term

§ 523. County laboratories; boards of managers; appointment; term. 1.

The board of supervisors of a county establishing a laboratory pursuant

to this article shall appoint a board of managers for the laboratory

which shall consist of at least five members, two of whom shall be

physicians duly licensed to practice in the state of New York.

2. The county medical society may present to the board of supervisors

a list of physicians residing in the county from which the board may

choose the medical members of the board of managers.

3. In counties having a county board of health and a county health

commissioner, the president of the county board of health and the county

health commissioner shall be members of the board of managers

ex-officio.

4. The members of the board of managers, with the exception of the

members ex-officio, shall first be appointed, so that the term of one

member shall expire within one year from the first day of January of the

year in which he shall have been appointed, the term of another member

shall expire within two years of the first day of January of the year in

which he shall have been appointed, the term of another member shall

expire within three years of the first day of January of the year in

which he shall have been appointed, the term of another member shall

expire within four years of the first day of January of the year in

which he shall have been appointed, and the term of another member shall

expire within five years of the first day of January of the year in

which he shall have been appointed. Thereafter the terms of membership

shall be made for five years from the first day of January of the year

in which the appointment is made.

5. In any county in which a county health district has been or is

hereafter established, the boundaries of which are coterminous with the

county, the board of supervisors shall have power to abolish the board

of managers of the county laboratory, and confer all the powers and

duties of such board of managers upon the county board of health.

6. The members of boards of managers in existence at the time when

this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until their

respective terms have expired and their respective successors are

appointed and have qualified.

7. (a) The county laboratory board of managers in any county wherein

an alternative form of government shall have established a county health

district coterminous with the county is hereby abolished and the

laboratory transferred and reestablished as a division of the county

health department.

(b) The county may thereafter apply for state aid for such laboratory

and shall be entitled to such state aid as would be provided under this

section if the amount expended for maintenance and operation of such

laboratory were expended for maintenance and operation of a laboratory

established in accordance with other provisions of this chapter.