{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-235","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 235","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 235. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n  1. \"Rural area\" shall mean a county with a population of two hundred\nthousand persons or less, or a town with a population density of one\nhundred fifty persons or less per square mile.\n  2. \"Rural health care provider\" or \"rural provider\" shall mean any\nagency, corporation, facility, or individual providing medical and/or\nhealth care services to residents of a rural area.\n  3. \"Office\" shall mean the Charles D. Cook office of rural health, as\ncreated pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six of this article.\n  4. \"Rural health council\" shall mean the rural health council\nestablished pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six-b of this title.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 2. The Department of Health","Title 2-C. Charles D Cook Office of Rural Health"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/235","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"36c349fd5c116c5f9c7649977e6102c1bf59d33e122afa7972357f01345e94d5","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-234","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-236"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}