§ 923 — Definitions

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