§ 923. Definitions. The following words or phrases as used in this
section shall have the following meanings:

1. "Underserved area" means an area or medically underserved
population designated by the commissioner as having a shortage of
primary care physicians, other primary care practitioners, dental
practitioners or mental health practitioners.

2. "Primary care service corps practitioner" means a physician
assistant, nurse practitioner, midwife, general or pedodontic dentist,
dental hygienist, clinical psychologist, licensed clinical social
worker, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed marriage and family
therapist, or a licensed mental health counselor, who is licensed,
registered, or certified to practice in New York state and who provides
coordinated primary care services, including, but not limited to, oral
health and mental health services and meets the national health service
corps state loan repayment program eligibility criteria.

3. "Physician assistant" means a person who has been registered as
such pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one-B of the education law
and meets the national health service corps state loan repayment program
eligibility criteria.

4. "Nurse practitioner" means a person who has been certified as such
pursuant to section sixty-nine hundred ten of the education law and
meets the national health service corps state loan repayment program
eligibility criteria.

5. "Midwife" means a person who has been licensed as such pursuant to
section sixty-nine hundred fifty-five of the education law and meets the
national health service corps state loan repayment program eligibility
criteria.

6. "Psychologist" means a person who has been licensed as such
pursuant to section seventy-six hundred three of the education law and
meets the national health service corps state loan repayment program
eligibility criteria.

7. "Licensed clinical social worker" means a person who has been
licensed as such pursuant to section seventy-seven hundred two of the
education law and meets the national health service corps state loan
repayment program eligibility criteria.

8. "Psychiatric nurse practitioner" means a nurse practitioner who, by
reason of training and experience, provides a full spectrum of
psychiatric care, assessing, diagnosing, and managing the prevention and
treatment of psychiatric disorders and mental health problems and meets
the national health service corps state loan repayment program
eligibility criteria.

9. "Licensed marriage and family therapist" means a person who has
been licensed as such pursuant to section eighty-four hundred three of
the education law and meets the national health service corps state loan
repayment program eligibility criteria.

10. "Licensed mental health counselor" means a person who has been
licensed as such pursuant to section eighty-four hundred two of the
education law and meets the national health service corps state loan
repayment program eligibility criteria.

11. "General or pedodontic dentist" means a person who has been
licensed or otherwise authorized to practice dentistry pursuant to
article one hundred thirty-three of the education law excluding
orthodontists, endodontists and periodontists and meets the national
health service corps state loan repayment program eligibility criteria.

12. "Dental hygienist" means a person who is licensed to practice
dental hygiene pursuant to section sixty-six hundred nine of the
education law and meets the national health service corps state loan
repayment program eligibility criteria.