N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 235

§ 235. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "Rural area" shall mean a county with a population of two hundred\nthousand persons or less, or a town with a population density of one\nhundred fifty persons or less per square mile.\n 2. "Rural health care provider" or "rural provider" shall mean any\nagency, corporation, facility, or individual providing medical and/or\nhealth care services to residents of a rural area.\n 3. "Office" shall mean the Charles D. Cook office of rural health, as\ncreated pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six of this article.\n 4. "Rural health council" shall mean the rural health council\nestablished pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six-b of this title.\n