{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3710","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 3710","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 3710. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. Specialist assistant. The term \"specialist assistant\" means a\nperson who is registered pursuant to section sixty-five hundred\nforty-eight of the education law as a specialist assistant for a\nparticular medical speciality as defined by regulations promulgated by\nthe commissioner pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred eleven of this\narticle.\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 specialist\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 specialist assistants which has been formally approved\nby the education department.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 37-A. Specialist Assistants"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/3710","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"53c06b030e86ac6ea129a8e2d16384e5a5fbcc1379ffbade7b3ea17290c7ae43","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3703","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}