N.Y. Public Health Law § 525: County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties

§ 525. County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties. The

board of managers of each laboratory, or the county board of health in

any county wherein an alternative form of government shall have

established a county health district coterminous with the county,

subject to the provisions of the county government law of such county,

or a county board of health which has been vested with the powers and

duties of a board of managers pursuant to subdivision five of section

five hundred twenty-three of this chapter, shall have the following

powers and duties:

(a) to appoint a director or other person in charge of the laboratory

who shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the public

health council;

(b) to exercise general management and control of the laboratory, of

the grounds, buildings, rooms, employees and of all other matters

relating to the government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns

thereof;

(c) to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary in relation

to the administration of the laboratory and the fees to be charged for

laboratory service, not inconsistent with the provisions of this

chapter;

(d) notwithstanding any other general or special law, to cause to be

erected all additional buildings found necessary after the laboratory

has been placed in operation and to cause to be made all necessary

improvements and repairs within the limits of the appropriations made

therefor; and,

(e) to establish branch laboratories if the area to be served by the

laboratory is so large, if its topography is such as to make access to

the laboratory difficult, or if for any other reason such action seems

reasonable or desirable.

(f) to enter into an agreement annually with the governing board of

any charitable corporation or municipality operating and maintaining a

hospital to provide that the hospital collect fees for laboratory

services for the patients in such hospital in the same manner that

hospital charges are collected, and forward them to the laboratory, and

to provide that the cost of collecting such fees to be paid by the

county to the hospital in an amount mutually acceptable and in lieu of

actual and necessary expenses. No agreement shall become effective

unless and until approved by the commissioner and by resolution of the

board of supervisors.