{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3700","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 3700","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 3700. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. Physician assistant. The term \"physician assistant\" means a person\nwho is licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five\nhundred forty-one of the education law.\n  2. Physician. The term \"physician\" means a practitioner of medicine\nlicensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one\nof the education law.\n  3. Hospital. The term \"hospital\" means an institution or facility\npossessing a valid operating certificate issued pursuant to article\ntwenty-eight of this chapter and authorized to employ physician\nassistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the public health\nand health planning council.\n  4. Approved program. The term \"approved program\" means a program for\nthe education of physician assistants which has been formally approved\nby the education department.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 37. Physician Assistants"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/3700","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"c58dbc5b34932cf9f9aba7be5d92b288824a415e32487aefb46cb7cf6ce243fc","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3656","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}