2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 36-A - (3650 - 3656) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SERVICE AGENCIES
3650 - Definitions.

 
    §  3650.  Definitions.  When used in this article, the following words
  and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article:
    1.  "Home  medical  equipment  services"  shall  mean  the   delivery,
  provision,  installation, maintenance and replacement of, or instruction
  in the use of medical equipment used by  an  individual  requiring  such
  services in their place of residence.
    2.  "Medical equipment service agency" means any person engaged in the
  business of providing home medical equipment services, whether  directly
  or through a contractual arrangement, to an individual at their place of
  residence.
    3.  "Home  medical equipment" shall mean technologically sophisticated
  medical devices which are used in a home care setting, including but not
  limited to:
    (a) Oxygen and oxygen delivery systems;
    (b) Ventilation and aspiration devices;
    (c) Respiratory disease management services;
    (d) Electronic and computer driven wheelchairs and seating systems;
    (e) Monitoring devices;
    (f) Transcutaneous electrical nerve simulator (tens) units;
    (g) Low air loss cutaneous pressure management devices;
    (h) Sequential compression devices;
    (i) Obstructive sleep apnea treatment devices; and
    (j) Feeding pumps.
    4. "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership,  joint
  venture, or any business entity.
    5.  "Board"  shall  mean the medical equipment service agency advisory
  board created by section thirty-six hundred fifty-five of this article.