Statute · New York Public Health Law
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 360 — Certain cities; department of public health; establishment
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 360
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- Statute
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- New York Public Health Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 360. Certain cities; department of public health; establishment. 1. The common council or similar legislative body of each city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand which has not by special law established a department of health, is hereby authorized and empowered…
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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 360 — Certain cities; department of public health; establishment is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 360. Certain cities; department of public health; establishment. 1. The common council or similar legislative body of each city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand which has not by special law established a department of health, is hereby authorized and empowered by ordinance to abolish its board of health and in its place to create, establish and maintain a department of public health.
2. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand, and the health officer in cities having a population of less than fifty thousand shall be the head of such department.