N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3710

§ 3710. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. Specialist assistant. The term "specialist assistant" means a\nperson who is registered pursuant to section sixty-five hundred\nforty-eight of the education law as a specialist assistant for a\nparticular medical speciality as defined by regulations promulgated by\nthe commissioner pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred eleven of this\narticle.\n 2. Physician. The term "physician" means a practitioner of medicine\nlicensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one\nof the education law.\n 3. Hospital. The term "hospital" means an institution or facility\npossessing a valid operating certificate issued pursuant to article\ntwenty-eight of this chapter and authorized to employ specialist\nassistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the public health\nand health planning council.\n 4. Approved program. The term "approved program" means a program for\nthe education of specialist assistants which has been formally approved\nby the education department.\n