N.Y. Public Health Law § 3710: Definitions

§ 3710. Definitions. As used in this article:

1. Specialist assistant. The term "specialist assistant" means a

person who is registered pursuant to section sixty-five hundred

forty-eight of the education law as a specialist assistant for a

particular medical speciality as defined by regulations promulgated by

the commissioner pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred eleven of this

article.

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 specialist

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 specialist assistants which has been formally approved

by the education department.