N.Y. Public Health Law 585 – Definitions
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§ 585. Definitions. Whenever used in this title:
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 585
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
1. "Health services purveyor" means any person, firm, partnership, group, association, corporation or professional corporation, or any agent, employee, fiduciary, employer or representative thereof, including but not limited to a physician, dentist, podiatrist or chiropractor, either in individual practice, group practice or employed in a facility owned by any person, group, association, firm, partnership or corporation hiring any of the aforementioned practitioners, who provide health or health related services.
2. "Clinical laboratory" shall have the same meaning as is set forth in subdivision one of section five hundred seventy-one of this article.