City of Amsterdam, NY
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2023-09-05
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article XIV Department of Public Health
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art XIV Department of Public Health
- § C-80 Department of Public Health.
- § C-81 Health Officer.
- § C-82 Powers and duties of the Health Officer.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Policies
- Ch 9 Bingo Inspector
- Ch 13 Checks, Returned
- Ch 15 Common Council Rules
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Employee Handbook
- Ch 23 Ethics
- Ch 28 Golf Commission
- Ch 33 Investment Policy
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Pension Funds
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Purchasing
- Ch 49 Records
- Ch 53 Residency Requirements
- Ch 54 Smoking Policy
- Ch 57 Wards
- Ch 58 Waterfront Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Advertising Material
- Ch 67 Alarms
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 73 Animals
- Ch 77 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 81 Bingo
- Ch 86 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 90 Building Construction Code
- Ch 92 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Energize NY Open C-PACE Financing Program
- Ch 112 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 115 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 117 Fare Policy
- Ch 119 Firearms
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 129 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 133 Games of Chance
- Ch 139 Homestead Program
- Ch 141 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 143 Insurance
- Ch 150 Littering
- Ch 154 Noise
- Ch 156 Nonresident, Residential or Commercial Property Owner Registration
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Nuisances
- Ch 164 Parades
- Ch 167 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 169 Pawn Shops and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 178 Poles and Wires
- Ch 180 Property Maintenance
- Ch 184 Rodent Control
- Ch 190 Sales
- Ch 195 Sewers
- Ch 201 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 210 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 212 Swimming Prohibited
- Ch 214 Taxation
- Ch 217 Taxicabs
- Ch 219 Towing
- Ch 221 Trees
- Ch 225 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 228 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 232 Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
- Ch 239 Water
- Ch 241 Waterfront Revitalization
- Ch 250 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 8-5-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986; 3-19-2015 by L.L. No. 5-2015]
There shall be a Department of Public Health, the head of which
shall be the Health Officer. The Health Officer shall be a physician
licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York. The Health
Officer may be a full-time or part-time officer of the City. This
Department is created pursuant to the authority granted in Public
Health Law § 330.
The Health Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor with the
approval of the Common Council for a term of four years and shall
serve conterminously with the appointing Mayor. Under the direction
and supervision of the Mayor, the Health Officer shall serve as the
Chief Health Officer of the City.
The Health Officer shall:
A.Â
Be
responsible for and shall supervise all public health activities of
the City. The Health Officer shall be responsible for and perform
all duties prescribed by any state law or City law or ordinance relating
to public health.
B.Â
Have
general supervision of the Registrar of Vital Statistics. The Registrar
of Vital Statistics shall be appointed by the Mayor with approval
of the Common Council.
