§ 352. County or part-county health commissioners; powers and duties.\n1. Every county health commissioner shall devote his entire time to the\nduties of his office except that in a county operating as a county\nhealth district, the boundaries of which are co-terminous with the\ncounty, he may, with the approval of the commissioner, be appointed\nsuperintendent of the county general hospital and further excepted, that\nin a county or part-county health district, he may, with the approval of\nthe commissioner, be appointed medical consultant to any county or other\nlocal governmental agency within the county or part-county health\ndistrict.\n 2. The county health commissioner shall, within his district, exercise\ngeneral supervision and control of the medical treatment of patients in\nthe institutions, public health centers and clinics operated by the\nhealth district and possess all the powers conferred upon and perform\nall the duties required of local health officers.\n 3. (a) The county health commissioner, within his district and with\nthe approval of the county board of health, or the county manager or\ncounty executive in those counties having an optional or alternative\nform of county government, and with the approval of the state\ncommissioner of health, may enter into contracts\n (1) with corporations duly licensed in the state of New York to\ntransact the business of accident and health insurance to provide to\nsick and disabled persons insured by them such home care, including\nnursing and other paramedical services (excluding physicians' services)\nas may be needed by them;\n (2) with hospital service corporations organized and operating in\naccordance with article forty-three of the insurance law to provide to\ntheir subscribers nursing service and such other paramedical services as\nwould have been available in a hospital (excluding physicians' services)\nat rates which shall prior to payment be approved as to reasonableness\nby the superintendent of financial services;\n (3) with any municipal corporation or local, state or federal agency\nto provide such home care, including nursing and other paramedical\nservices (excluding physicians' services) as may be needed by sick and\ndisabled persons;\n (4) with medical expense indemnity corporations organized and\noperating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance law to\nprovide their subscribers with such home care, including nursing and\nother paramedical services as may be needed by them at rates which shall\nprior to payment be approved as to reasonableness by the superintendent\nof financial services; and\n (5) with any non-profit corporation, agency or association established\nfor the purpose of improvement of health services, or for the purpose of\nproviding home care for sick and disabled persons, including nursing and\nother paramedical services (excluding physicians' services) as may be\nneeded by such persons.\n (6) with any dentist, physician or group of physicians, without public\nbidding, for the rental or use of a portion of a clinic or public health\ncenter and its equipment and furnishings provided, however, that any\nsuch dentist, physician or group of physicians shall render such care\nand treatment as shall be necessary or possible under the circumstances\nto any person found eligible for emergency treatment including those\nfound in an unconscious, seriously ill or wounded condition and to any\nperson eligible for medical assistance pursuant to section three hundred\nsixty-six of the social services law.\n (b) such county commissioner, manager or executive, as the case may\nbe, shall establish the fees to be charged for such services to be\nrendered pursuant to such contracts, collect such fees and pay the same\nover to the fiscal officer of the county in the manner provided by law.\nNo contract made in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (a) of\nthis section shall require payment for such services to an insured
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