2006 New York Code - Certain Cities; Commissioner Of Health And Health Officer; Appointment And Qualifications.

 
    §  361.  Certain  cities;  commissioner  of health and health officer;
  appointment and qualifications. 1. The commissioner of health in  cities
  having  a  population  of  fifty  thousand  to  one hundred seventy-five
  thousand shall be appointed by the mayor,  and  the  health  officer  in
  cities  having  a  population  of  less  than  fifty  thousand  shall be
  appointed by the same official or  body  who  or  which  by  charter  is
  authorized to appoint the heads of city departments.
    2.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to appointment as commissioner of
  health or 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,  or  has  been engaged in public health work for at least five
  years and who shall comply with the qualifications  therefor  prescribed
  by  the  public  health council in the sanitary code, provided, however,
  that a physician who has received the degree of doctor of public  health
  in  a course in any institution of learning recognized by the University
  of the State of New York shall be eligible  for  appointment  as  health
  officer in cities having a population of less than fifty thousand.