Section 614. Definitions

The  following  terms  shall have the following
  meanings:
    1. "County", any county of the state other than  one  wholly  embraced
  within  a city or any combinations of counties or parts of a county that
  constitutes a health district.
    2. "City", each city  of  the  state  having  a  population  of  fifty
  thousand  or  more,  according to the last preceding federal census, but
  does not include any such city which is included as a part of  a  county
  health district pursuant to this chapter.
    3. "Municipality", a county or city.
    4.  "Governing  body",  the  board  of  supervisors of a county or the
  common council, city council or other legislative  body  of  a  city  or
  county.
    5.  "Local  commissioner  of  health", the officer who administers and
  manages public health programs within a county who is appointed pursuant
  to section three hundred fifty-one of  this  chapter  and  who  has  the
  general  powers  and duties specified in section three hundred fifty-two
  of this chapter and the commissioner  of  health  in  a  city  having  a
  population of more than one million.
    6.  "Public  health  director",  a  person,  including a county health
  director, who, with appropriate medical  consultation,  administers  and
  manages  public  health  programs  within  a  county, or a city having a
  population of less than two hundred fifty thousand, and  who  meets  the
  qualifications as prescribed pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five
  of this chapter.