Section 47-3.1 Underserved areas.
For purposes of Section 903(2)(a) of the Public Health Law, the Resident Loan Repayment Program; Section 903(2)(b) of the Public Health Law, the Physician Loan Repayment Program; and, Section 904 of the Public Health Law, the Primary Care Practitioner Scholarship Program, underserved areas shall be located in New York State and shall include the following:
(a) areas designated by the federal government as a Health Professional Shortage Area;
(b) not-for-profit diagnostic and treatment centers, with an operating certificate issued pursuant to section 401.1 of this Title which serve the medically indigent and Medicaid-eligible persons;
(c) facilities participating in state-supported rural health networks;
(d) programs receiving federal Title 10 funding;
(e) Department of Health approved Prenatal Care Assistance Programs;
(f) facilities or programs supported by the Department of Health Primary Care Services Grant program, pursuant to Section 2807 of the Public Health Law;
(g) school-based clinics providing primary care services;
(h) Department of Health designated AIDS service sites;
(i) state operated facilities;
(j) facilities and service sites operated by county health departments;
(k) sites serving the homeless or Native Americans;
(l) facilities licensed by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services;
(m) managed care plans approved by the Commissioner;
(n) other sites, areas and facilities determined by the Commissioner to have a significant need for additional primary care physicians and primary care practitioners.