Rockland County, NY
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2024-02-06
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article VII Department of Health
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art VII Department of Health
- § C7.01 Department of Health; Commissioner of Health.
- § C7.02 Powers and duties.
- § C7.03 Board of Health.
- § C7.04 Medical Examiner.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Abandoned and Lost Property
- Ch 5 Administrative Code
- Ch 9 Adult Homes, Committee to Monitor
- Ch 11 Agricultural and Farm Protection Board
- Ch 15 Awards and Recognition
- Ch 18 Beautification Commission
- Ch 22 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 23 Building Construction
- Ch 24 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Community Action Agency
- Ch 31 Community Services Board
- Ch 35 Consumer Protection, Office of
- Ch 37 Correctional Facility
- Ch 39 Credit Card Payments
- Ch 39A County Property
- Ch 40 Department of Information Technology Services
- Ch 45 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 50 Deferred Compensation Plan
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Drainage Agency
- Ch 56 Emergency Rescue Services
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Environmental Management Council
- Ch 62 Environmental Resources Division
- Ch 66 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 70 Fiscal Policy
- Ch 72 Flag, County
- Ch 73 Fund Balance Reserve Account
- Ch 74 General Services, Department of
- Ch 75 Greenspace Preservation Reserve Fund
- Ch 75A Historic Preservation
- Ch 76 Homeowners' Protection Board
- Ch 80 Hospital, Public
- Ch 82 Hudson River Riverfront Preservation/Reclamation
- Ch 85 Insurance, Department of
- Ch 87 Investment Policy
- Ch 92 Labor Relations, Department of
- Ch 94 Lease of Property
- Ch 97 Legal Aid
- Ch 101 Legislature, County
- Ch 108 Mass Transportation
- Ch 115 Medical Examiner
- Ch 118 Municipal Utility Coalition
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Notifications and Alerts
- Ch 121 Officers and Employees
- Ch 123 Open Government
- Ch 128 Park Commission
- Ch 135 People With Disabilities, Office for
- Ch 137 Pollution Control
- Ch 139 Printing and Mail Facilities
- Ch 140 Procurement Policy
- Ch 141 Publication of Legislation
- Ch 142 Purchasing Agent
- Ch 149 Rules of the Legislature
- Ch 155 Safety Council
- Ch 159 Salaries
- Ch 165 Sewer Agency; Sewer District
- Ch 169 Sheriff
- Ch 172 Solid Waste Management Authority
- Ch 175 Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation
- Ch 177 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 178 Water Resources Management
- Ch 180 Travel Demand Management Program
- Ch 189 Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Plan
- Ch 195 Youth Agencies
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 211 Advertising
- Ch 212 Animal Control Organizations
- Ch 213 Apprenticeship Training Programs
- Ch 214 Automated Teller Machines
- Ch 215 (Reserved)
- Ch 217 Bicycles
- Ch 219 Box Cutters, Sale and Possession of
- Ch 220 Building Construction
- Ch 223 Campaign Finance Reform
- Ch 224 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Ch 225 (Reserved)
- Ch 227 Day Care and Home Care
- Ch 230 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 232 Domestic Partner Registry
- Ch 234 Drones
- Ch 235 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 250 Electricians and Electrical Inspections
- Ch 252 Empire Zones
- Ch 252A Energy Programs
- Ch 253 Environmental Protection
- Ch 254 Ephedra Products
- Ch 261 Fair Housing
- Ch 263 Fees and Charges
- Ch 264 Fertilizer
- Ch 265 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 266 Fireworks
- Ch 267 Food Service
- Ch 270 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 274 Fuels, Sale of
- Ch 277 Funerals
- Ch 278 Furniture, Sale of
- Ch 279 Gender-Motivated Violence, Protection Against
- Ch 280 Ground Meat, Sale of
- Ch 282 Hazardous Materials Notification
- Ch 283 Health Clubs
- Ch 284 Highway Construction
- Ch 286 Home Improvement Contractors
- Ch 287 (Reserved)
- Ch 289 Housing
- Ch 290 Human Rights
- Ch 291 Irrigation Systems
- Ch 293 Laser Pointing Devices
- Ch 295 Littering
- Ch 300 Mercury, Products Containing
- Ch 301 Methamphetamine Production
- Ch 302 Mobile Homes
- Ch 303 Moshing
- Ch 304 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 309 Nuisances, Public
- Ch 312 Obscene Material
- Ch 315 Parks
- Ch 317 Pesticide Notification
- Ch 317A Pharmacies
- Ch 318 Phones, Cellular
- Ch 319 Plumbers; Heating and Cooling Contractors
- Ch 323 Political Contributions
- Ch 327 Prior Notice of Defects
- Ch 328 Prohormones & Precursors to Hormones, Products Containing
- Ch 329 Records, Access to
- Ch 330 Recycling
- Ch 331 Retail Sales
- Ch 338 Scooters, In-Line Skates, Roller Skates and Skateboards
- Ch 340 Secondhand Precious Metals or Gems
- Ch 345 Sewers
- Ch 347 Sex Offenders
- Ch 349 Smoking
- Ch 350 Solid Waste
- Ch 351 Spring Traps
- Ch 353 Stream Conservation
- Ch 354 Tanning Facilities
- Ch 355 Taxation
- Ch 357 Tax-Delinquent Property
- Ch 362 Theater Promoters
- Ch 363 Third-Party Food Delivery Services
- Ch 369 Transient Merchants
- Ch 371 Trapping
- Ch 375 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 377 Vehicles, Idling of
- Ch 378 Veterans
- Ch 388 Waterfowl, Feeding of
- Ch 388A Weapons, Imitation and Replica
- Ch 389 Wells
- Ch 390 Wireless 911 Calls, Routing of
- Ch 394 Wreckers and Towers
- Appendix
- Ch A601 Acts of the Legislature Applicable to Rockland County
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 7-1-2014 by L.L. No. 4-2014[2]]
There shall be a Department of Health, headed by a Commissioner
of Health, who shall be appointed by the County Executive for the
term of office for which the County Executive is elected, subject
to confirmation by the legislature. In appointing the Commissioner
of Health, the County Executive shall consult with the Board of Health.
The Commissioner of Health shall be a physician experienced in public
health administration and shall meet the qualification for the responsibilities
of his or her office prescribed by the New York State Sanitary Code,
or otherwise by the Public Health Law of this state.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the Commissioner
of Health shall have and exercise all the powers and duties conferred
or imposed upon a County Health Commissioner and upon County Boards
of Health by the Public Health Law or any other law. He or she shall
perform such other and related duties required by the County Executive.
There shall be a Board of Health consisting of five members
who shall be appointed by the County Executive for a term of five
years, subject to confirmation by the Legislature. Of the members
first appointed to the Board of Health, one shall hold office for
the term of one year; one for the term of two years; one for the term
of three years; one for the term of four years; and one for the term
of five years from and after their appointment. Two members so appointed
shall be physicians. If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration
of a term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
The Chairperson of such Board shall be selected by the members of
the Board for a term of one year. The Board of Health shall advise
the County Executive and the Legislature in matters relating to the
powers and duties of the Commissioner of Health. The members of the
Board of Health shall further have the power to inspect and review
all facilities and programs of the Department of Health, with or without
notice to the Commissioner of Health, and may report and make recommendations
to the County Executive, County Legislature and Commissioner of Health.
All such reports shall be deemed public records and available for
inspection at the office of the County Executive at all reasonable
times. The Board of Health shall also advise and consult with the
Capital Projects Committee with respect to all capital projects necessary
for the Department of Health. The Board of Health shall have and exercise
such other and related duties required by the Legislature or the County
Executive.
1.
There shall be in the Department of Health a Medical Examiner, who
shall be appointed by the County Executive for a term of four years,
subject to confirmation by the Legislature. He or she shall be a physician
duly licensed to practice his or her profession in the State of New
York and shall be qualified to perform an autopsy and dissect bodies
of human beings for the purpose of determining the cause of death.
2.
The Medical Examiner shall make inquiry into unnatural deaths within
the county and have and exercise all powers and duties conferred or
imposed upon him or her by law and such other and related duties as
shall be required by the County Executive.
