§ 231 — New York state health service corps

* § 231. New York state health service corps. 1. The commissioner\nshall establish within the department the New York state health service\ncorps (hereinafter "corps"). The commissioner shall have central\nresponsibility for administering the provisions of this title with\nrespect to increasing the availability of health services in certain\neligible facilities and institutions.\n 2. For purposes of this title: (a) "health corps professional" means a\nnurse, physician's assistant, dental hygienist, occupational therapist,\nspeech-language pathologist, audiologist, physical therapist, midwife or\nsuch other health professional, other than a physician or dentist, who\nis determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the\ncommissioners of education, correctional services, mental health, mental\nretardation and developmental disabilities and the president of the\ncivil service commission, to possess the skills and training appropriate\nto the needs of eligible institutions and facilities;\n (b) "eligible institutions and facilities" shall include: (i)\nfacilities operated by the department of correctional services, office\nof mental health and office of mental retardation and developmental\ndisabilities; (ii) non-profit agencies possessing operating certificates\nissued by the office of mental health or office of mental retardation\nand developmental disabilities or under contract with the commission for\nthe blind and visually handicapped; (iii) not-for-profit diagnostic and\ntreatment centers licensed under article twenty-eight of this chapter\nwhich have a critical shortage of health personnel, as determined by the\ncommissioner and which serve the medically indigent and medicaid\neligible persons; (iv) AIDS service sites, as defined in this section;\n(v) health care facilities operated by the department, provided that at\nany time the total number of placements in such facilities shall not\nexceed ten percent of the total number of placements under this section;\nand (vi) in the case of midwives, not-for-profit facilities licensed\nunder article twenty-eight of this chapter which serve the medically\nindigent and medicaid eligible women;\n (c) "president" means the president of the New York state higher\neducation services corporation.\n (d) "AIDS service sites" means health care facilities and non-profit\nor public agencies, designated by the commissioner, which provide care\nor treatment to persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus\n(HIV) or who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and which\nare currently experiencing a shortage of health personnel to\nspecifically serve such person.\n * NB Expired July 18, 1996\n