N.Y. PBH Law § 242
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District health officers; powers and duties
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* § 242. District health officers; powers and duties. 1. Each state\ndistrict health officer, under the direction of the commissioner and\nsubject to the provisions of this chapter and the sanitary code, shall\nact under the immediate supervision of the regional health director of\nthe regional health area in which his district is located, as the\nrepresentative of the commissioner in all matters affecting public\nhealth within his district, and shall perform such duties and exercise\nsuch powers as may be assigned to him.\n 2. Each state district health officer shall act as the representative\nof the commissioner, and under his direction, in securing the\nenforcement within his district of the provisions of the public health\nlaw and the sanitary code.\n * NB There are 2 § 242's\n
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