2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 37 - (3700 - 3703) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
3700 - Definitions.

 
    § 3700. Definitions. As used in this article:
    1.  Physician assistant. The term "physician assistant" means a person
  who is licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section  sixty-five
  hundred forty-one of the education law.
    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   physician
  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 physician assistants which has been  formally  approved
  by the education department.