N.Y. Public Health Law § 923: Definitions

§ 923. Definitions. The following words or phrases as used in this

section shall have the following meanings:

1. "Underserved area" means an area or medically underserved

population designated by the commissioner as having a shortage of

primary care physicians, other primary care practitioners, dental

practitioners or mental health practitioners.

2. "Primary care service corps practitioner" means a physician

assistant, nurse practitioner, midwife, general or pedodontic dentist,

dental hygienist, clinical psychologist, licensed clinical social

worker, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed marriage and family

therapist, or a licensed mental health counselor, who is licensed,

registered, or certified to practice in New York state and who provides

coordinated primary care services, including, but not limited to, oral

health and mental health services and meets the national health service

corps state loan repayment program eligibility criteria.

3. "Physician assistant" means a person who has been registered as

such pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one-B of the education law

and meets the national health service corps state loan repayment program

eligibility criteria.

4. "Nurse practitioner" means a person who has been certified as such

pursuant to section sixty-nine hundred ten of the education law and

meets the national health service corps state loan repayment program

eligibility criteria.

5. "Midwife" means a person who has been licensed as such pursuant to

section sixty-nine hundred fifty-five of the education law and meets the

national health service corps state loan repayment program eligibility

criteria.

6. "Psychologist" means a person who has been licensed as such

pursuant to section seventy-six hundred three of the education law and

meets the national health service corps state loan repayment program

eligibility criteria.

7. "Licensed clinical social worker" means a person who has been

licensed as such pursuant to section seventy-seven hundred two of the

education law and meets the national health service corps state loan

repayment program eligibility criteria.

8. "Psychiatric nurse practitioner" means a nurse practitioner who, by

reason of training and experience, provides a full spectrum of

psychiatric care, assessing, diagnosing, and managing the prevention and

treatment of psychiatric disorders and mental health problems and meets

the national health service corps state loan repayment program

eligibility criteria.

9. "Licensed marriage and family therapist" means a person who has

been licensed as such pursuant to section eighty-four hundred three of

the education law and meets the national health service corps state loan

repayment program eligibility criteria.

10. "Licensed mental health counselor" means a person who has been

licensed as such pursuant to section eighty-four hundred two of the

education law and meets the national health service corps state loan

repayment program eligibility criteria.

11. "General or pedodontic dentist" means a person who has been

licensed or otherwise authorized to practice dentistry pursuant to

article one hundred thirty-three of the education law excluding

orthodontists, endodontists and periodontists and meets the national

health service corps state loan repayment program eligibility criteria.

12. "Dental hygienist" means a person who is licensed to practice

dental hygiene pursuant to section sixty-six hundred nine of the

education law and meets the national health service corps state loan

repayment program eligibility criteria.