{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-321","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 321","heading":"Local health officer; power of commissioner to appoint; expenses","body":"§ 321. Local health officer; power of commissioner to appoint;\nexpenses.  1. If any local board of health fails to appoint a health\nofficer qualified as provided in the sanitary code, the commissioner may\nexercise the powers of a health officer in such municipality, or\ndesignate a health officer qualified as provided in the sanitary code,\nto exercise such powers.\n  2. The expenses lawfully incurred by the commissioner in such\nmunicipality shall be a charge upon and paid by such municipality until\nsuch time as a local health officer shall be appointed therein,\nwhereupon the jurisdiction conferred by this section on the commissioner\nor other person designated by him shall cease.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 3. Local Health Organization","Title 2. Local Health Officers"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/321","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"8542665e7cb9f9b9a318444c1b0010113befb4f2e68802ee44d7a1675c9b018a","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-320","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-322"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}