New York Laws
Article 9 - Department of Public Safety
146 - Health Officer.

§ 146. Health officer. No person shall be eligible to appointment as
health officer unless he shall be a physician and surgeon duly licensed
to practice under the laws of this state, and who has practiced as such
for at least ten years. The health officer shall possess such powers and
perform such duties as shall be delegated to or prescribed by the
commissioner of public safety or by ordinance of the common council.

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