NY Pub Health L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 1 - Short Title and Definitions 2 - Definitions.

§  2.  Definitions. 1. Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context  or  subject  matter  requires  a different  meaning,  the  following  terms  shall  have  the  respective meanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:  (a) Department. The term "department" means department  of  health  of the state of New York.  (b) Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means commissioner of health of the state of New York.  (c)  Health district. The term "health district" means a county health district,  part-county  health  district,   city,   town,   village   or consolidated health district having a separate board of health.  (d)  County health district. The term "county health district" means a health district comprising the entire  county  heretofore  or  hereafter established.  (e)   Part-county   health  district.  The  term  "part-county  health district" means all that part of a county outside of a  city  or  cities having  a  population  of fifty thousand or more heretofore or hereafter established as a health district.  (f) County department  of  health.  The  term  "county  department  of health" means that division of the county government having jurisdiction over the public health of a county or part-county health district.  (g)  County health commissioner. The term "county health commissioner" means the executive officer of a county department of health.  (h) Local board of health. The term "local board of health" means  the board  of  health  of  a  county,  part-county,  city,  village, town or consolidated health district.  (i) Municipality. The term "municipality" means a city, village,  town or consolidated health district.  (j)  Local  health  officer. The term "local health officer" means the health officer of a  county,  part-county,  city,  village,  town  or  a consolidated health district.  (k) Sanitary code. The term "sanitary code" means sanitary code of the state of New York.  (l)  Communicable  disease.  The  term  "communicable  disease"  means infectious, contagious or communicable disease.  (m) State institution in the department. The term  "state  institution in  the  department"  means any state hospital or institution subject to the jurisdiction, supervision and control of  the  state  department  of health, and such other state hospitals and institutions as may hereafter be  made  subject  to  the  jurisdiction, supervision and control of the state department of health.  (n) Sexually transmissible disease. The term  "sexually  transmissible disease"  shall  mean  a  disease  that  appears on the list of diseases promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section twenty-three hundred eleven of this chapter.   2. Whenever the term "state board of health" occurs or  any  reference is  made thereto, in any law, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the department as described in this article.   3. Whenever the term "public health council" or "state hospital review and planning council" occurs, or any reference is made thereto,  in  any law, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the public health and health planning council as described in article two of this chapter.