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N.Y. PBH Law § 362

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Certain cities; term of office of commissioner and health officer; removal

Official statutory text

§ 362. Certain cities; term of office of commissioner and health\nofficer; removal. 1. The commissioner of health in cities having a\npopulation of fifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand, and\nthe health officer in cities having a population of less than fifty\nthousand, respectively, shall serve for a term of four years.\n 2. (a) The commissioner of health in cities having a population of\nfifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand and the health\nofficer in cities having a population of less than fifty thousand, shall\nnot be removed by the official or body appointing him during the term\nfor which he shall have been appointed other than for inefficiency,\nneglect of duty or misconduct in office, upon written charges and after\nan opportunity of being publicly heard in his defense.\n (b) A copy of such charges shall be personally served upon such\ncommissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty thousand\nto one hundred seventy-five thousand or health officer in cities having\na population of less than fifty thousand and he shall be given not less\nthan five days' notice of the time and place of the hearing.\n

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