New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter B - State Aid And Funding › Part 47 - New York State Health Service Corps/obstetric And Pediatric Practitioner Incentive Demonstration Program › Subpart 47-6 - Primary Care Practitioner Scholarship Program › Section 47-6.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Primary Care
					 Practitioner Scholarship Program shall be known as the Primary Care Service
					 Corps.
(b) Primary care
					 practitioner shall mean a midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant
					 who is licensed, registered or certified by the appropriate governing agency to
					 practice in New York State and who provides or arranges for coordinated primary
					 care services.
(c) Underserved area
					 shall mean an area, site or facility designated pursuant to section
					 47-3.1  of this
					 Subpart.
(d) Primary care
					 practitioner program shall mean a full- or part-time graduate, undergraduate or
					 certificate course of study, approved or registered by the regents or a program
					 registered by the Education Department or determined by the Education
					 Department to be equivalent, and which an individual is required to complete in
					 order to become licensed, registered, or certified as a primary care
					 practitioner.
(e) Academic year
					 shall mean the period between July 1st and June 30th of the following
					 year.
(f) Full-time enrollment
					 shall mean matriculation as a student taking at least 12 credits or their
					 equivalent, except that in the final semester of study the student must take
					 sufficient credits or their equivalent in order to complete training, but not
					 fewer than six credits.
(g)
					 Part-time enrollment shall mean matriculation as a student taking at least six
					 credits but fewer than 12 or their equivalent per semester, except if the
					 student is enrolled full-time and in the final semester.
(h) Recipient shall mean an individual who
					 has signed a service agreement to receive a scholarship award under the Primary
					 Care Service Corps program in return for a service obligation.
(i) Service agreement shall mean the written
					 agreement prepared by the Department of Health to be signed by a recipient,
					 prior to issuance of an award, specifying the terms of the award and the
					 service obligation required.
(j)
					 Scholarship award shall mean the sum of the Primary Care Service Corps funds
					 paid to, or on behalf of, a recipient under this Subpart during one academic
					 year. An award shall not exceed the cost of attendance which shall mean
					 tuition, required fees, books, transportation, and room and board; nor shall it
					 exceed $15,000 for full-time study or $7,500 for part-time study; nor shall any
					 combination exceed $15,000 annually.
(k) Effective date shall mean the beginning
					 date of the first semester for which the recipient has received a Primary Care
					 Service Corps scholarship.
(l)
					 Service obligation shall mean the period of time a recipient is required to
					 provide primary care in an underserved area designated pursuant to section 47-
					 3.1 of this Subpart.
(m)
					 Alternative service shall mean work in a health facility in an underserved area
					 as a paraprofessional or in a profession other than the one for which the award
					 was given in fulfillment of the service obligation.
(n) Reporting date shall mean the date upon
					 which a recipient is required to begin employment in fulfillment of the service
					 obligation.
(o) Rescission shall
					 mean the withdrawal, cancellation or revocation of an award in accordance with
					 the provisions of section
					 47-6.5 
					 of this Subpart, after the signing of the service agreement.
(p) Waiver shall mean full or partial release
					 granted by the Commissioner of Health of the service obligation and/or any
					 financial obligation for repayment of scholarship award monies incurred or owed
					 by a recipient.
(q) Deferral shall
					 mean a delay or temporary suspension granted by the commissioner of an award
					 payment and/or a service obligation and/or any financial obligation for
					 repayment of award monies incurred by a recipient, with no resulting reduction
					 in service obligation or financial obligation.
(r) Default shall occur if a recipient has
					 not received a waiver or deferral from the commissioner and the recipient fails
					 to complete the program of study, the recipient is not available to fulfill
					 his/her service obligation on the reporting date, the recipient fails to
					 complete his/her service obligation within the time prescribed by the
					 Commissioner of Health, or a scholarship award is rescinded pursuant to section
					 47-6.5(a) 
					 of this Subpart, after dispersal of scholarship monies to, or on behalf of, the
					 recipient.
(s) President shall mean
					 the president of the New York State Higher Education Services
					 Corporation.