Section 232. Powers and duties

The commissioner shall, in consultation
  with the  commissioners  of  education,  correctional  services,  mental
  health,  mental  retardation  and  developmental  disabilities  and  the
  president of the civil service commission, have the following powers and
  duties:
    1. To recruit and select health corps  professionals  for  service  in
  eligible institutions and facilities;
    2.  To  place  health corps professionals in eligible institutions and
  facilities  pursuant  to  agreements  with  the   appropriate   eligible
  institutions and facilities;
    3.  To  select  recipients  of scholarships and fellowships authorized
  pursuant to section two hundred thirty-three of this title;
    4. To develop criteria for the  selection  of  students  eligible  for
  health corps scholarships or fellowships under the provisions of section
  two  hundred  thirty-three of this title, including, but not limited to,
  the student's academic achievement, previous work  experience  in  their
  chosen  health  profession  and  a demonstrated interest in working with
  institutionalized populations or with persons infected  with  the  human
  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  or  who  have  acquired immunodeficiency
  syndrome (AIDS) or in a health care setting eligible  pursuant  to  this
  title;
    5.  To  accept  and  expend  any  grants,  awards  or  other  funds or
  appropriations as may be available to effectuate the  purposes  of  this
  title  subject to the limitations as to the approval of expenditures and
  audit as prescribed for state funds by the state finance law; and
    6. To do any and all things necessary  to  carry  out  its  functions,
  powers and duties and to effectuate the purposes of this title.
    * NB Expired July 18, 1996