N.Y. Public Health Law § 614: Definitions

§ 614. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following

meanings:

1. "County", any county of the state other than one wholly embraced

within a city or any combinations of counties or parts of a county that

constitutes a health district.

2. "City", each city of the state having a population of one million

or more, according to the last preceding federal census.

3. "Municipality", a county or city.

4. "Governing body", the board of supervisors of a county or the

common council, city council or other legislative body of a city or

county.

5. "Local commissioner of health", the officer who administers and

manages public health programs within a county who is appointed pursuant

to section three hundred fifty-one of this chapter and who has the

general powers and duties specified in section three hundred fifty-two

of this chapter and the commissioner of health in a city having a

population of more than one million.

6. "Public health director", a person, including a county health

director, who, with appropriate medical consultation, administers and

manages public health programs within a county, or a city having a

population of less than two hundred fifty thousand, and who meets the

qualifications as prescribed pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five

of this chapter.