NY Pub Health L § 923 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 9-B - Primary Care Servives Corps Practitioner Loan Repayment Program 923 - Definitions.

§  923.  Definitions.  The  following words or phrases as used in this   section shall have the following meanings:1.  "Underserved  area"  means  an  area  or   medically   underserved   population  designated  by  the  commissioner  as  having  a shortage of   primary  care  physicians,  other  primary  care  practitioners,  dental   practitioners or mental health practitioners.2.  "Primary  care  service  corps  practitioner"  means  a  physician   assistant, nurse practitioner, midwife, general or  pedodontic  dentist,   dental   hygienist,  clinical  psychologist,  licensed  clinical  social   worker, psychiatric nurse practitioner,  licensed  marriage  and  family   therapist,  or  a  licensed  mental  health  counselor, who is licensed,   registered, or certified to practice in New York state and who  provides   coordinated  primary  care services, including, but not limited to, oral   health and mental health services and meets the national health  service   corps state loan repayment program eligibility criteria.3.  "Physician  assistant"  means  a person who has been registered as   such pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one-B of the  education  law   and meets the national health service corps state loan repayment program   eligibility criteria.4.  "Nurse practitioner" means a person who has been certified as such   pursuant to section sixty-nine hundred ten  of  the  education  law  and   meets  the  national  health  service corps state loan repayment program   eligibility criteria.5. "Midwife" means a person who has been licensed as such pursuant  to   section sixty-nine hundred fifty-five of the education law and meets the   national  health  service corps state loan repayment program eligibility   criteria.6. "Psychologist" means  a  person  who  has  been  licensed  as  such   pursuant  to  section seventy-six hundred three of the education law and   meets the national health service corps  state  loan  repayment  program   eligibility criteria.7.  "Licensed  clinical  social  worker"  means  a person who has been   licensed as such pursuant to section seventy-seven hundred  two  of  the   education  law  and  meets  the national health service corps state loan   repayment program eligibility criteria.8. "Psychiatric nurse practitioner" means a nurse practitioner who, by   reason  of  training  and  experience,  provides  a  full  spectrum   of   psychiatric care, assessing, diagnosing, and managing the prevention and   treatment  of psychiatric disorders and mental health problems and meets   the  national  health  service  corps  state  loan   repayment   program   eligibility criteria.9.  "Licensed  marriage  and  family therapist" means a person who has   been licensed as such pursuant to section eighty-four hundred  three  of   the education law and meets the national health service corps state loan   repayment program eligibility criteria.10.  "Licensed  mental  health  counselor" means a person who has been   licensed as such pursuant to section  eighty-four  hundred  two  of  the   education  law  and  meets  the national health service corps state loan   repayment program eligibility criteria.11. "General or pedodontic  dentist"  means  a  person  who  has  been   licensed  or  otherwise  authorized  to  practice  dentistry pursuant to   article  one  hundred  thirty-three  of  the  education  law   excluding   orthodontists,  endodontists  and  periodontists  and meets the national   health service corps state loan repayment program eligibility criteria.12. "Dental hygienist" means a person  who  is  licensed  to  practice   dental  hygiene  pursuant  to  section  sixty-six  hundred  nine  of the   education law and meets the national health  service  corps  state  loan   repayment program eligibility criteria.