N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 18 § 679.5

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 679.5 - Commissioners of districts in Group III: minimum qualifications required for appointment

Candidates shall have the following minimum training and experience:

(a) Training. Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor's degree for a four-year course of study, and

(b) Experience.

(1) Six years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in a health, education, or social agency, four years of which must have been in a satisfactory administrative or supervisory capacity, or

(2) Six years of responsible full-time paid experience in an administrative or management position, where there is responsibility for planning, directing, and co-ordinating the work of a substantial staff working in several units or performing several separate functions.

(c) Experience as local social services commissioner. Each year of experience as a chief executive officer of a social services district, within six years immediately preceding the date on which he is appointed, shall be the equivalent of two years of the above prescribed experience.

(d) Post-graduate training. Post-graduate training, at a recognized college or university, in social work, public administration, hospital administration, educational administration or business administration, shall be the equivalent, on a year for year basis up to two years, of the above prescribed experience. However, no such post-graduate training shall be the equivalent of the administrative or supervisory experience prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of this section.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 679.5