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N.Y. PBH Law § 2161

This is the official text of N.Y. PBH Law § 2161, part of New York’s PBH Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "PBH Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Poliomyelitis; persons twenty-one years of age and over; care and maintenance

Official statutory text

§ 2161. Poliomyelitis; persons twenty-one years of age and over; care\nand maintenance. Every county or part-county health commissioner, city\nhealth officer in cities having more than fifty thousand population, and\nstate district health officer shall, within their respective areas and\nafter approval by the commissioner, provide at the remediable stages of\nthe disease known as poliomyelitis, suitable surgical, medical or\ntherapeutic treatment or hospital care, and necessary appliances and\ndevices for all persons twenty-one years of age or over including\nIndians residing on reservations, so infected or exposed who cannot\notherwise be provided for. In a county the determination as to what\npersons cannot otherwise be provided for and relevant matters shall be\nmade by the board of supervisors of such county against which the same\nis to be a charge and an investigation and report thereon to such board\nupon which to make its determination shall be made by the public welfare\ncommissioner or such other county officer, or committee of the board as\nthe board of supervisors may designate by resolution. The charges\napproved for such treatment shall be in full payment thereof and shall\nbe accepted by the person or corporation furnishing such treatment as\nfull payment and no such person or corporation shall ask or receive\ndirectly or indirectly any other or additional compensation.\n

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