{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2109","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 2109","heading":"Communicable diseases; municipal hospitals for; establishment, inspection and regulation","body":"§ 2109. Communicable diseases; municipal hospitals for; establishment,\ninspection and regulation.  1. The commissioner shall from time to time\nsubmit to the authorities of the several municipalities or counties of\nthe state such recommendations as he may consider necessary as to the\nestablishment of hospitals for communicable diseases, indicating the\ndiseases for which in his judgment provision should be made and the\nextent of such provision.\n  2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to inspect from time to\ntime all hospitals for communicable diseases maintained under the\njurisdiction of any municipal or county authority and to report as to\nthe condition and needs of such hospitals to the authorities of the\nmunicipality or county, and to include an abstract of such reports in\nhis annual report.\n  3. The public health council may from time to time establish\nregulations in the sanitary code for the maintenance of hospitals for\ncommunicable diseases.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 21. Control of Acute Communicable Diseases","Title 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/2109","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"0f51337d4b0f47bfa0e32d3a39d65d79ec40b8ec90dd8fd2f6bd9ee2dc2399c8","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2108","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}