Legal Opinion
MATTER OF MEM'L HOSP. v. Axelrod
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 13, 1986PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The Commissioner properly interpreted Public Health Law § 2803 (1) (a), which confers upon him "the power to inquire into the operation of hospitals and to conduct periodic inspections of facilities with respect to the fitness and adequacy of the * * * standards of medical care [and] hospital service”, to include the power to observe patients in those facilities. The Department of Health, like all administrative agencies, "is clothed with those powers expressly conferred by its authorizing…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of New York v. State of New York Commission on Cable TelevisionNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Great Lakes-Dunbar-Rochester v. State Tax CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
3Cited by25 opinions
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- Williamsburg Around the Bridge Block Ass'n v. GiulianiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Shankman v. AxelrodNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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