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§ 525. County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties. The\nboard of managers of each laboratory, or the county board of health in\nany county wherein an alternative form of government shall have\nestablished a county health district coterminous with the county,\nsubject to the provisions of the county government law of such county,\nor a county board of health which has been vested with the powers and\nduties of a board of managers pursuant to subdivision five of section\nfive hundred twenty-three of this chapter, shall have the following\npowers and duties:\n (a) to appoint a director or other person in charge of the laboratory\nwho shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the public\nhealth council;\n (b) to exercise general management and control of the la
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§ 525. County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties. The\nboard of managers of each laboratory, or the county board of health in\nany county wherein an alternative form of government shall have\nestablished a county health district coterminous with the county,\nsubject to the provisions of the county government law of such county,\nor a county board of health which has been vested with the powers and\nduties of a board of managers pursuant to subdivision five of section\nfive hundred twenty-three of this chapter, shall have the following\npowers and duties:\n (a) to appoint a director or other person in charge of the laboratory\nwho shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the public\nhealth council;\n (b) to exercise general management and control of the laboratory, of\nthe grounds, buildings, rooms, employees and of all other matters\nrelating to the government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns\nthereof;\n (c) to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary in relation\nto the administration of the laboratory and the fees to be charged for\nlaboratory service, not inconsistent with the provisions of this\nchapter;\n (d) notwithstanding any other general or special law, to cause to be\nerected all additional buildings found necessary after the laboratory\nhas been placed in operation and to cause to be made all necessary\nimprovements and repairs within the limits of the appropriations made\ntherefor; and,\n (e) to establish branch laboratories if the area to be served by the\nlaboratory is so large, if its topography is such as to make access to\nthe laboratory difficult, or if for any other reason such action seems\nreasonable or desirable.\n (f) to enter into an agreement annually with the governing board of\nany charitable corporation or municipality operating and maintaining a\nhospital to provide that the hospital collect fees for laboratory\nservices for the patients in such hospital in the same manner that\nhospital charges are collected, and forward them to the laboratory, and\nto provide that the cost of collecting such fees to be paid by the\ncounty to the hospital in an amount mutually acceptable and in lieu of\nactual and necessary expenses. No agreement shall become effective\nunless and until approved by the commissioner and by resolution of the\nboard of supervisors.\n