N.Y. Public Health Law § 3700: Definitions

§ 3700. Definitions. As used in this article:

1. Physician assistant. The term "physician assistant" means a person

who is licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five

hundred forty-one of the education law.

2. Physician. The term "physician" means a practitioner of medicine

licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one

of the education law.

3. Hospital. The term "hospital" means an institution or facility

possessing a valid operating certificate issued pursuant to article

twenty-eight of this chapter and authorized to employ physician

assistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the public health

and health planning council.

4. Approved program. The term "approved program" means a program for

the education of physician assistants which has been formally approved

by the education department.