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New York Public Health Law Section 235 - Definitions.Legal Research Home > New York Lawyer > Public Health > New York Public Health Law Section 235 - Definitions.
§ 235. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
1. "Rural area" shall mean a county with a population of two hundred
thousand persons or less, or a town with a population density of one
hundred fifty persons or less per square mile.
2. "Rural health care provider" or "rural provider" shall mean any
agency, corporation, facility, or individual providing medical and/or
health care services to residents of a rural area.
3. "Office" shall mean the Charles D. Cook office of rural health, as
created pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six of this article.
4. "Rural health council" shall mean that advisory body to the
commissioner, created July, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, with members
appointed by the governor.
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