New York Public Health Law

Every section of the New York Public Health Law, in order — 1,798 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 383 — State park health district; health officer; powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 390 — Consolidated health district; establishment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 391 — Consolidated health district; board of health; organization
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 392 — Consolidated health district; status of existing local boards of health
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 393 — Consolidated health district; board of health; terms of office
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 394 — Consolidated health district; board of health; officers
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 395 — Consolidated health district; board of health; health officer; powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 395-a — Designation of depository
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 396 — Consolidated health district; health officer; appointment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 397 — Consolidated health district; appointment of attorney
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 398 — Consolidated health district; compensation of board members
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 399 — Consolidated health district; expenses
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 401 — Land; purchase or acquisition
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 403 — Hospitals; property; authority to acquire and to hold
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 403-a — The New York state home for veterans and their dependents at Oxford
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 403-b — The New York state home for veterans in the city of New York
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 403-c — The New York state home for veterans in western New York
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 403-d — The New York state home for veterans in the lower-Hudson Valley
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 404 — Hospitals; property; authority to acquire and to hold
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 405 — Hospitals; visitors and officers; oaths and bonds
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 406 — Hospitals; refunds, waivers and compromises of bills
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 407 — Hospitals; privileges to students
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 408 — Hospitals; admission of patients; in general
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 409 — Department of health income fund
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 409-a — Department of health New York city veterans home income fund
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 409-b — Distribution of surplus revenue
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 409-c — Powers and duties of the commissioner; administrative and fiscal functions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 410 — Hospitals; reimbursement
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 420 — Boards of visitors; appointment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 421 — Boards of visitors; officers; meetings
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 422 — Boards of visitors; compensation and expenses of members
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 423 — Boards of visitors; general powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 424 — Boards of visitors; access to hospital; books, records and accounts
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 425 — Boards of visitors; reports to commissioner and governor
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 450 — Directors of hospitals; qualifications and appointment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 451 — Directors of hospitals; removal and suspension
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 452 — Directors of hospitals; general powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 453 — Treasurers of hospitals; appointment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 454 — Treasurers of hospitals; powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 455 — Hospitals; special police officers; powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 460 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 460-a — Restrictions on body piercing studios
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 461 — Permit required
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 462 — Application of article
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 463 — Denial of permit; notice of hearing
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 464 — Permits; display; renewal; duplicates
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 465 — Powers of the commissioner
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 466 — Judicial review
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 467 — Single use tattoo and body piercing equipment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 470 — Prohibition of tongue-splitting
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 500 — Wadsworth center for laboratories and research; establishment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 501 — State laboratories; approved laboratories; powers and duties of commissioner
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 502 — Environmental laboratories; examinations; certificates of approval
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 503 — Laboratories; state hospitals; service to counties and municipalities
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 504 — Laboratories; scientific tests on living animals; rules; approval
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 505 — Animal irritancy tests prohibited
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 505-a — Purchase of certain animals for scientific tests
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 506 — Unlawful interference with research laboratory operations
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 520 — County laboratories; establishment; charges
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 521 — County laboratories; establishment by referendum
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 522 — County laboratories; boards of supervisors; powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 523 — County laboratories; boards of managers; appointment; term
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 524 — County laboratories; boards of managers; officers; meetings; compensation and expenses
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 525 — County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 526 — County laboratories; annual reports
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 527 — County laboratories; director; powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 528 — County laboratories; bills and accounts; payment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 540 — City laboratories; continuation and establishment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 541 — City laboratories; operation and control
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 542 — City laboratories; boards of managers; appointment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 543 — City laboratories; board of managers; power to enter into agreements with hospitals
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 545 — City of New York; exceptions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 560 — Laboratory supply stations; districts; establishment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 561 — Laboratory supply stations; custodian; appointment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 562 — Laboratory supply stations; expenses
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 563 — Laboratory supply stations; control; inspection; discontinuance
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 570 — Declaration of policy and statement of purpose
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 571 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 572 — Certificates of qualification
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 573 — Issuance of certificates of qualification
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 574 — Permits
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 575 — Issuance of permits
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 575-a — Source plasma donation centers
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 576 — Duties and powers of the department
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 576-a — Clinical laboratories and cytotechnologists examining Pap smears
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 576-b — Performance of certain clinical laboratory services upon request
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 576-c — Electronic reporting of disease and specimen submission
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 577 — Enforcement
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 578 — Penalties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 579 — Scope and exceptions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 580 — Construction
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 581 — Separability
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 585 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 586 — Payment for services
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 587 — Prohibited practices
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 588 — Violations and penalties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 600 — State aid; general requirements
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 601 — Application for state aid
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 602 — Core public health services
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 602-a — Community health assessment
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 603 — Core public health services; implementation
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 604 — Supervision of public health programs
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 605 — State aid; amount of reimbursement
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 606 — Assessment of fees; third-party coverage or indemnification
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 607 — Supplemental health services grants
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 608 — State aid; children and youth with special health care needs support services
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 609 — State aid; laboratories
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 613 — State aid; immunization
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 614 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 615 — State aid; form
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 616 — Limitations on state aid
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 617 — Maintenance of effort
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 618 — Performance and accountability
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 619 — Commissioner; regulatory powers
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 619-a — Incentive standards of performance
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 620 — Public health services program audit recoveries
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 621 — State aid; public health emergencies
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 695 — Short title
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 695-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 695-b — Authorization of programs
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 695-c — Technical assistance
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 695-e — Assistance of other agencies
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 700 — Federal aid; department to administer
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 701 — Federal aid; powers and duties of commissioner
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 702 — Federal aid; custody and payment of funds
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 703 — Federal aid; allotments to municipalities and local health districts
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 800 — State health research council
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 801 — Organization; executive director
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 802 — Powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 803 — Gender-specific questions on grant applications
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 900 — Short title
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 901 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 902 — Grants for primary care undergraduate medical education
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 903 — Primary care physician loan repayment program
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 904 — Primary care practitioner scholarship program
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 905 — Grants for primary care practitioner education
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 906 — Grants for minority participation in medical education
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 907 — Reports
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 921 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 922 — New York state small business health insurance partnership program
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 923 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 924 — Primary care service corps practitioner loan repayment program
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1100 — Rules and regulations of the department
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1100-a — Fluoridation
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1101 — Inspection
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1102 — Violation; injunction and abatement
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1103 — Violation; penalties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1104 — Sewage removal or purification; condemnation of property
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1105 — Sewage removal or purification; rights of property owners
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1106 — Limitations; city of New York
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1107 — Orders of commissioner
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1108 — Powers and duties with respect to comprehensive public water supply planning
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1109 — Standards for water reuse
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1110 — School potable water testing and standards
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1112 — Emerging contaminant monitoring
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1113 — Drinking water quality council; established
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1114 — Lead service line replacement grant program
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1114-a — Voluntary public water system consolidation study
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1114-b — Service line inventories and mapping
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1115 — Realty subdivisions; definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1115-a — Remedy for purchaser of one parcel of unapproved realty subdivision
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1116 — Realty subdivisions; plans required to be filed and approved
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1117 — Realty subdivisions; duty of county clerk or register in respect to filing of plans and map
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1118 — Realty subdivisions; local regulations
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1119 — Realty subdivisions; filing fees to accompany plans
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1120 — Realty subdivisions; regulation by commissioner
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1125 — Water supply emergency plans
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1150 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1151 — Annual water supply statement
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1152 — Annual water supply statement; delivery
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1152-a — New York state public water supply report
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1153 — Rules and regulations
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1160 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1161 — Eligible projects; priority ranking
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1162 — Financial assistance; criteria and standards; regulations
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1163 — Financing agreements
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1164 — Inspection and certification
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1165 — Noncompliance; notification
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1166 — Implementation agreements
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1167 — Financial assistance; recipients
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1167-a — Reimbursement of state assistance payments or grants made to municipality or recipient; admissibility of state assistance payments or gra...
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1168 — Construction contracts; designations
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1169 — Compliance with other laws
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1300 — Nuisances; general powers of commissioner
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1300-a — Putting noisome or unwholesome substances or maintaining noisome business on or near highway
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1300-b — Throwing gas tar or refuse into public waters
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1300-c — Farming activities
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1301 — Nuisances; examination and abatement by order of governor; expenses
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1302 — Nuisances; local boards of health; duty to assist commissioner
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1303 — Nuisances; local boards of health; general powers and duties
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1304 — Nuisances; local health officers; general powers
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1305 — Nuisances; abatement by local boards of health
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1306 — Nuisances; abatement expenses
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1307 — Nuisances; abatement expenses; lien and execution
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1308 — Powers and duties of local boards of health
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1309 — City of New York; exceptions
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1310 — Removal of canine wastes in cities with a population of four hundred thousand or more persons and in the cities of Yonkers and Albany
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1311 — Hand washing facilities at certain public establishments featuring animals
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1320 — Noxious weeds and growths; declaration of nuisance
• N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1321 — Noxious weeds and growths; notice to abate; enforcement