2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 5 - LABORATORIES
Title 2 - (520 - 528) COUNTY LABORATORIES
520 - County laboratories; establishment; charges.

 
    §  520.  County  laboratories; establishment; charges. 1. The board of
  supervisors  of  any  county  may  establish  therein  a  laboratory  or
  laboratories which shall serve the whole or part of the county.
    2.  In  the  resolution  of the board of supervisors establishing such
  laboratory it shall define the area which it is intended to serve, which
  area from time to time may by resolution be altered; provided,  however,
  that in defining such area the territory included in a town shall not be
  divided  and provided further, that no city or any part thereof shall be
  included in the area so defined unless the mayor and the common council,
  or  the  officials  exercising  similar  powers,  shall  have  consented
  thereto.
    3.  The services of such laboratories shall be rendered at an adequate
  and  reasonable  charge,  except  that,  with  the   approval   of   the
  commissioner, one or more services may be rendered without any charge.
    4.  The  board  of  supervisors may, in lieu of the establishment of a
  laboratory and with  the  approval  of  the  commissioner,  provide  for
  laboratory  service  by contracting with an established laboratory which
  is conveniently located.