N.Y. Social Services Law § 365-b: Local medical plans: professional directors

§ 365-b. Local medical plans: professional directors. 1. A local

social services medical plan shall be developed and maintained by each

social services district under the guidance or direction of a

professional director. Such plan shall conform to the regulations of the

department and shall be submitted to the department and the state

department of health for review, certification and approval pursuant to

the regulations of the department and this title.

2. The commissioner of social services of each social services

district shall appoint a person, possessing the qualifications

established by the public health and health planning council and

promulgated by the department pursuant to section three hundred

sixty-four of this title, to serve on a full or part-time basis. Each

professional director shall serve under the general direction of the

commissioner of social services and shall have the responsibility for

supervising the program of medical assistance for needy persons in his

social services district, pursuant to the regulations of the department.

The state commissioner of health may authorize two or more social

services districts to appoint the same person to serve as professional

director in each of such districts.

3. In addition to any other duty or responsibility which may be

assigned or delegated pursuant to law or regulation, each professional

director shall be responsible for monitoring the professional

activities, directly related to the program, of providers practicing in

his social services district, and shall take all steps required or

authorized by law or regulation to ensure that such activities are in

compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the public health law

and regulations promulgated thereunder, and do not violate the

provisions of section sixty-five hundred nine of the education law or

regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

4. For purposes of this section "provider" shall mean any person

receiving payment under this title.