Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023
(a)
The following provisions of Subpart 145-1 of this Part shall apply to the
Regents physician loan forgiveness program, the Regents health care
professional opportunity scholarship program, and the Regents professional
opportunity scholarship program: section
145-1.1(applications);
section 145- 1.3 (residence); section
145-1.7
(acceptance of awards); section
145-1.8
(cancellation of awards); section
145-1.9 (leaves
of absence); 145-1.11 (duplicative awards); section
145-1.14(reawards);
section
145-1.16(repayment).
(b) Definitions. As used in this Subpart and
in Education Law, sections
605(9)-(11) and
6454:
(1)
An approved program of study in a profession, except as otherwise provided in
section
145-6.2
of this Subpart, shall mean a program registered by the Education Department
and offered in New York State which either:
(i) has been designated by the commissioner
as licensure qualifying in the particular profession; or
(ii) in the case of the profession of law,
meets the requirements contained in the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR
520.3) pertaining to the study of law.
(2) An area of shortage of physicians shall
mean a region or facility within New York State designated by the Board of
Regents, in consultation with the Commissioners of Health, Correctional
Services, Mental Health and Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities,
as having a shortage of physicians.
(3) A student who is economically
disadvantaged shall mean a student who meets the criteria set forth in section
27-1.1(b) and
(c) of this Title, except that section
27-1.1(b)(2) and
(4) of this Title shall not apply.
(4) The practice of dentistry shall mean
employment as a licensed dentist providing essentially full-time direct patient
care.
(5) The practice of medicine
shall mean employment as a licensed physician providing essentially full-time
direct patient care, provided that the practice of medicine shall not include
services as an intern or resident.
(6) The practice of a profession other than
medicine or dentistry shall mean full-time employment either:
(i) carrying out activities for which
licensure would be required in a nonexempt setting; or
(ii) teaching a post-secondary program
registered by the department as licensure qualifying in the same profession in
which the teacher is licensed; or
(iii) carrying out activities for which
licensure as an attorney is required.
