N.Y. Education Law § 6630: Definitions

§ 6630. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. The term

"perfusionist" means a person who is licensed to practice perfusion

pursuant to this article.

2. The term "registered program" means a program for the education of

perfusionists which has been registered by the department or determined

by the department to be the substantial equivalent.

3. The term "perfusion" means the provision of extracorporeal or

intracorporeal patient care services to support or replace the

circulatory or respiratory function of a patient, including the

administration of pharmacological and therapeutic agents, and blood

products, and the management, treatment and monitoring of the

physiological status of a patient during the operation of extracorporeal

circulation equipment or intracorporeal equipment that replaces or

support circulatory or respiratory functions.

All perfusion services shall be pursuant to the order and direction of

a physician. Perfusion services may be performed in a general hospital

licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law or

during the transport of patients or organs supported by extracorporeal

or intracorporeal equipment.

4. The term "committee" means the state committee for perfusion

created by section sixty-six hundred thirty-four of this article.