§ 2 — Definitions

§ 2. Definitions. 1. Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise\nexpressly stated or unless the context or subject matter requires a\ndifferent meaning, the following terms shall have the respective\nmeanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:\n (a) Department. The term "department" means department of health of\nthe state of New York.\n (b) Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means commissioner of health\nof the state of New York.\n (c) Health district. The term "health district" means a county health\ndistrict, part-county health district, city, town, village or\nconsolidated health district having a separate board of health.\n (d) County health district. The term "county health district" means a\nhealth district comprising the entire county heretofore or hereafter\nestablished.\n (e) Part-county health district. The term "part-county health\ndistrict" means all that part of a county outside of a city or cities\nhaving a population of fifty thousand or more heretofore or hereafter\nestablished as a health district.\n (f) County department of health. The term "county department of\nhealth" means that division of the county government having jurisdiction\nover the public health of a county or part-county health district.\n (g) County health commissioner. The term "county health commissioner"\nmeans the executive officer of a county department of health.\n (h) Local board of health. The term "local board of health" means the\nboard of health of a county, part-county, city, village, town or\nconsolidated health district.\n (i) Municipality. The term "municipality" means a city, village, town\nor consolidated health district.\n (j) Local health officer. The term "local health officer" means the\nhealth officer of a county, part-county, city, village, town or a\nconsolidated health district.\n (k) Sanitary code. The term "sanitary code" means sanitary code of the\nstate of New York.\n (l) Communicable disease. The term "communicable disease" means\ninfectious, contagious or communicable disease.\n (m) State institution in the department. The term "state institution\nin the department" means any state hospital or institution subject to\nthe jurisdiction, supervision and control of the state department of\nhealth, and such other state hospitals and institutions as may hereafter\nbe made subject to the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the\nstate department of health.\n (n) Sexually transmissible disease. The term "sexually transmissible\ndisease" shall mean a disease that appears on the list of diseases\npromulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section twenty-three hundred\neleven of this chapter.\n 2. Whenever the term "state board of health" occurs or any reference\nis made thereto, in any law, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the\ndepartment as described in this article.\n 3. Whenever the term "public health council" or "state hospital review\nand planning council" occurs, or any reference is made thereto, in any\nlaw, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the public health and health\nplanning council as described in article two of this chapter.\n