N.Y. Public Health Law § 604: Supervision of public health programs

§ 604. Supervision of public health programs. In order to be eligible

for state aid, under this title, each municipality shall employ a

full-time local commissioner of health or public health director to

supervise the provision of public health services for that municipality,

subject to the following exceptions:

1. such person may serve as the head of a merged agency or multiple

agencies, if the approval of the commissioner is obtained; and

2. such person may serve as the local commissioner of health or public

health director of additional counties, when authorized pursuant to

section three hundred fifty-one of this chapter.