* § 242. District health officers; powers and duties. 1. Each state
district health officer, under the direction of the commissioner and
subject to the provisions of this chapter and the sanitary code, shall
act under the immediate supervision of the regional health director of
the regional health area in which his district is located, as the
representative of the commissioner in all matters affecting public
health within his district, and shall perform such duties and exercise
such powers as may be assigned to him.

2. Each state district health officer shall act as the representative
of the commissioner, and under his direction, in securing the
enforcement within his district of the provisions of the public health
law and the sanitary code.

* NB There are 2 § 242's