N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 47-1.1 - Definitions
(a) State Health
Service Corps professional shall mean a health professional in any one of the
professions listed below or any other health professional, excluding physician
or dentist, determined by the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the
State Health Service Corps advisory committee to be needed in designated
facilities or agencies:
(1) a registered
professional nurse;
(2) a
registered physician's assistant;
(3) a dental hygienist;
(4) an occupational therapist;
(5) a physical therapist;
(6) a speech-language pathologist;
(7) an audiologist;
(8) a pharmacist;
(9) a midwife; and
(10) any other health profession identified
by participating agencies as being difficult to recruit. Scholarships in these
occupations will be offered on a limited basis for no more than two
years.
(b) State Health
Service Corps advisory committee shall mean a committee composed of the
Commissioners of the Departments of Health, Education and Correctional
Services, the Commissioners of the Office of Mental Health and the Office of
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and the Presidents of the
Civil Service Commission and the Higher Education Services Corporation or their
designees, established to advise the Commissioner of Health on issues related
to the State Health Service Corps.
(c) Designated facility or agency shall mean
a facility or institution designated by the Commissioner of Health, in
consultation with the State Health Service Corps advisory committee that is:
(1) operated by:
(i) the Office of Mental Health;
(ii) the Office of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities;
(iii)
the Department of Correctional Services; or
(2) not-for-profit and licensed by the Office
of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities or the Office of Mental
Health or under contract with the Commission for the Blind and Visually
Handicapped;
(3) a not-for-profit
diagnostic and treatment center, with an operating certificate issued pursuant
to section
401.1
of this Title, which has a critical shortage of health personnel, as determined
by the commissioner, and which serves the medically indigent and
Medicaid-eligible persons;
(4) a
health care facility or nonprofit or public agency which provides care or
treatment to persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus or who have
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and which are currently experiencing a
shortage of health personnel to specifically serve such persons; or
(5) in the case of midwives, a not-for-profit
facility with an operating certificate issued pursuant to section
401.1
of this Title, which serves the medically indigent and Medicaid-eligible
women.
(d) Licensure
shall mean possession of a license, registration or certificate to practice in
one of the professions listed in subdivision (a) of this section issued by the
appropriate governing agency.
(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 college or university student taking
at least 12 credits or their equivalent, except that in the final semester of
study in which the student must take sufficient credits or their equivalent in
order to complete training, but not fewer than six credits.
(g) Scholarship or fellowship award shall
mean the sum of the State Health Service Corps funds paid to or on behalf of a
State Health Service Corps recipient during one academic year. The award shall
not exceed the cost of attendance which shall mean tuition, required fees,
books, transportation, and room and board.
(h) Effective date of award shall mean the
beginning date of the first semester for which the scholarship or fellowship
recipient has received a State Health Service Corps award.
(i) Service obligation shall mean the period
of time a State Health Service Corps scholarship or fellowship recipient is
required to work a basic workweek as an employee of a designated facility or
agency.
(j) Alternative service
shall mean working a basic workweek as a paraprofessional or in a profession
other than the one for which the award was given in fulfillment of the service
obligation.
(k) State Health
Service Corps recipient shall mean an individual who has signed a service
agreement to receive a scholarship or fellowship award under the State Health
Service Corps program in return for a service obligation.
(l) Service agreement shall mean the written
agreement to be signed by a State Health Service Corps recipient specifying the
terms of the award and the service obligation required prior to issuance of an
award.
(m) Reporting date shall
mean the date upon which a State Health Service Corps recipient is required to
begin employment in fulfillment of his/her service obligation.
(n) Rescission shall mean the withdrawal of
an award after the signing of the service agreement but before full payment for
an award is made to an educational institution.
(o) Waiver shall mean full or partial release
by the Commissioner of Health, of the service obligation and/or any financial
obligation for repayment of scholarship or fellowship award monies incurred by
a State Health Service Corps award recipient.
(p) Deferral shall mean a delay or temporary
suspension of the award payment and/or service obligation and/or any financial
obligation for repayment of award monies incurred by the State Health Service
Corps award recipient, with no resulting reduction in service or financial
obligation.
(q) Default shall mean
the failure to complete program of study, or the failure to begin the service
obligation on the reporting date, or the failure of a State Health Service
Corps recipient to complete his/her service obligation within the time
prescribed by the Commissioner of Health.
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