2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 37-A - (3710 - 3711) SPECIALIST ASSISTANTS
3710 - Definitions.

 
    § 3710. Definitions. As used in this article:
    1.  Specialist  assistant.  The  term  "specialist  assistant" means a
  person  who  is  registered  pursuant  to  section  sixty-five   hundred
  forty-eight  of  the  education  law  as  a  specialist  assistant for a
  particular medical speciality as defined by regulations  promulgated  by
  the commissioner pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred eleven of this
  article.
    2.  Physician.  The  term "physician" means a practitioner of medicine
  licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one
  of the education law.
    3. Hospital. The term "hospital"  means  an  institution  or  facility
  possessing  a  valid  operating  certificate  issued pursuant to article
  twenty-eight  of  this  chapter  and  authorized  to  employ  specialist
  assistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the public health
  and health planning council.
    4.  Approved  program. The term "approved program" means a program for
  the education of specialist assistants which has been formally  approved
  by the education department.