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