{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6547","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 6547","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 6547. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. Specialist assistant. The term \"specialist assistant\" means a\nperson who is registered pursuant to this article as a specialist\nassistant for a particular medical specialty as defined by regulations\npromulgated by the commissioner of health pursuant to section\nthirty-seven hundred eleven of the public health law.\n  2. Physician. The term \"physician\" means a practitioner of medicine\nlicensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one\nof this chapter.\n  3. Approved program. The term \"approved program\" means a program for\nthe education of specialist assistants which has been approved by the\ndepartment.\n  4. Hospital. The term \"hospital\" means an institution or facility\npossessing a valid operating certificate issued pursuant to article\ntwenty-eight of the public health law and authorized to employ\nspecialist assistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the\npublic health and health planning council.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 131-C. Specialist Assistants"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/6547","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"8ac2d8b914a926a5a202fd0863b5febfd175edbb188df2334b55a0964127b005","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6546","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6548"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}