{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-614","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 614","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 614. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n  1. \"County\", any county of the state other than one wholly embraced\nwithin a city or any combinations of counties or parts of a county that\nconstitutes a health district.\n  2. \"City\", each city of the state having a population of one million\nor more, according to the last preceding federal census.\n  3. \"Municipality\", a county or city.\n  4. \"Governing body\", the board of supervisors of a county or the\ncommon council, city council or other legislative body of a city or\ncounty.\n  5. \"Local commissioner of health\", the officer who administers and\nmanages public health programs within a county who is appointed pursuant\nto section three hundred fifty-one of this chapter and who has the\ngeneral powers and duties specified in section three hundred fifty-two\nof this chapter and the commissioner of health in a city having a\npopulation of more than one million.\n  6. \"Public health director\", a person, including a county health\ndirector, who, with appropriate medical consultation, administers and\nmanages public health programs within a county, or a city having a\npopulation of less than two hundred fifty thousand, and who meets the\nqualifications as prescribed pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five\nof this chapter.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 6. State Aid to Cities and Counties","Title 3. State Aid; General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/614","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"0ae5a801c4ec4fa58be66d53512d011783ab58f40caf86619a1959c41887f810","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-613","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-615"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}