N.Y. PBH Law § 354
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County or part-county health districts; removal of deputies, assistants and health officers
Official statutory text
§ 354. County or part-county health districts; removal of deputies,\nassistants and health officers. 1. The board of health of a county or\npart-county health district shall have power to remove the health\nofficer of any local health district included within such county or\npart-county health district or any deputy or assistant deputy of the\ncounty health commissioner for cause, upon written charges, and after\nsuch health officer or deputy, or assistant deputy, after due notice,\nhas been given an opportunity to be heard.\n 2. The proceedings in connection with such removal shall be subject to\nreview by the commissioner, who within thirty days of the receipt of an\norder of the board of health removing such health officer, may revoke\nsuch order whereupon the order of removal shall be void.\n
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