NY Pub Health L § 523 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 2 - County Laboratories 523 - County Laboratories; Boards of Managers; Appointment; Term.

§  523. County laboratories; boards of managers; appointment; term. 1. The board of supervisors of a county establishing a laboratory  pursuant to  this  article  shall  appoint a board of managers for the laboratory which shall consist of at least five  members,  two  of  whom  shall  be physicians duly licensed to practice in the state of New York.   2.  The county medical society may present to the board of supervisors a list of physicians residing in the county from  which  the  board  may choose the medical members of the board of managers.   3.  In  counties  having  a county board of health and a county health commissioner, the president of the county board of health and the county health  commissioner  shall  be  members  of  the  board   of   managers ex-officio.   4.  The  members  of  the board of managers, with the exception of the members ex-officio, shall first be appointed, so that the  term  of  one member shall expire within one year from the first day of January of the year  in  which he shall have been appointed, the term of another member shall expire within two years of the first day of January of the year in which he shall have been appointed, the term  of  another  member  shall expire  within  three  years  of the first day of January of the year in which he shall have been appointed, the term  of  another  member  shall expire  within  four  years  of  the first day of January of the year in which he shall have been appointed, and the term of another member shall expire within five years of the first day of  January  of  the  year  in which  he  shall have been appointed. Thereafter the terms of membership shall be made for five years from the first day of January of  the  year in which the appointment is made.   5.  In  any  county  in  which a county health district has been or is hereafter established, the boundaries of which are coterminous with  the county,  the  board of supervisors shall have power to abolish the board of managers of the county laboratory, and  confer  all  the  powers  and duties of such board of managers upon the county board of health.   6.  The  members  of  boards of managers in existence at the time when this  chapter  takes  effect  shall  continue  in  office  until   their respective  terms  have  expired  and  their  respective  successors are appointed and have qualified.   7. (a) The county laboratory board of managers in any  county  wherein an alternative form of government shall have established a county health district  coterminous  with  the  county  is  hereby  abolished  and the laboratory transferred and reestablished as a  division  of  the  county health department.  (b)  The county may thereafter apply for state aid for such laboratory and shall be entitled to such state aid as would be provided under  this section  if  the  amount  expended for maintenance and operation of such laboratory were expended for maintenance and operation of  a  laboratory established in accordance with other provisions of this chapter.