New York § 217-A - 217-AQualification for employment as a county correction officer
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 217-A — 217-AQualification for employment as a county correction officer, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 217-A. 217-AQualification for employment as a county correction officer
§ 217-a. Qualification for employment as a county correction officer. A county may adopt the provisions contained in section twenty-two-a of the correction law relating to qualifications of its officials who may thereafter be appointed in a law enforcement capacity in any of its penal correctional institutions. Any determination that would otherwise be made by the commissioner or his or her designee of the department of corrections and community supervision under the provisions of section twenty-two-a of the correction law, shall, if such provisions are so adopted, be made by the appointing authority for such officials.
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