N.Y. PBH Law § 353

§ 353. Deputy county or part-county health commissioners; assistants\nand employees; appointment. 1. Local health officers who continue to\nhold office after the establishment of a county or part-county health\ndistrict, pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall be deputies\nof the county health commissioner, who may require any such local health\nofficer to perform within his jurisdiction any of the duties required of\nlocal health officers.\n 2. The county health commissioner may appoint with the approval of the\nboard of health such additional deputies, assistant deputies and other\nemployees as may be required to fulfill the purposes of this article in\nthe health district and as may be authorized by the board of supervisors\npursuant to the provisions of section four hundred one of the county\nlaw. Such deputies and assistant deputies and other employees shall have\nthe qualifications prescribed in the sanitary code.\n 3. The county health commissioner may designate in writing a deputy,\nqualified in accordance with the provisions of the sanitary code, to\nwhom shall be delegated all the powers and duties of the county health\ncommissioner when such commissioner is unable to act by reason of\nabsence or disability.\n