§ 6503-b. Waiver for certain special education schools and early\nintervention agencies. 1. Definitions. As used in this section the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n a. "Special education school" means an approved program as defined in\nparagraph b of subdivision one of section forty-four hundred ten of this\nchapter that meets the requirements of paragraph b of subdivision six of\nsuch section forty-four hundred ten; an approved private non-residential\nor residential school for the education of students with disabilities\nthat is located within the state; a child care institution as defined in\nsection four thousand one of this chapter that operates a private school\nfor the education of students with disabilities or an institution for\nthe deaf or blind operating pursuant to article eighty-five of this\nchapter that either: (1) conducts a multi-disciplinary evaluation for\npurposes of articles eighty-one or eighty-nine of this chapter that\ninvolves the practice of one or more professions for which a license is\nrequired pursuant to this title and no exception from corporate practice\nrestrictions applies, or (2) provides related services to students\nenrolled in the school or approved program that involves the practice of\none or more professions for which a license is required pursuant to this\ntitle and no exception from practice restrictions applies. Such term\nshall not include a school district, board of cooperative educational\nservices, municipality, state agency or other public entity. Nothing in\nthis section shall be construed to require a child care institution that\nconducts multi-disciplinary evaluations or provides related services\nthrough an approved private nonresidential school operated by such child\ncare institution to obtain a waiver, provided that such school obtains a\nwaiver pursuant to this section.\n b. "Early intervention agency" means an agency which is approved or is\nseeking approval in accordance with title two-A of article twenty-five\nof the public health law to deliver early intervention program\nmulti-disciplinary evaluations, service coordination services and early\nintervention program services, and is lawfully operated as a sole\nproprietorship or by a partnership, not-for-profit corporation,\neducation corporation, business corporation, a limited liability company\nor professional services organization established pursuant to article\nfifteen of the business corporation law, article twelve or thirteen of\nthe limited liability company law or article eight-B of the partnership\nlaw.\n c. "Early intervention program services" means early intervention\nservices as defined in subdivision seven of section twenty-five hundred\nforty-one of the public health law that are provided under the early\nintervention program and authorized in an eligible child's\nindividualized family services plan.\n d. "Multi-disciplinary evaluation" for purposes of a special education\nschool means a multi-disciplinary evaluation of a preschool child\nsuspected of having a disability or a preschool child with a disability\nthat is conducted pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of this\nchapter or an evaluation of a school-age child suspected of having a\ndisability or with a disability which is conducted by a child care\ninstitution that operates a special education school or the special\neducation school operated by such institution pursuant to subdivision\nthree of section four thousand two of this chapter or by an institution\nfor the deaf or blind operating pursuant to article eighty-five of this\nchapter or an evaluation of a school-age child suspected of having a\ndisability or with a disability that is authorized to be conducted by a\nspecial education school pursuant to any other provision of this chapter\nand the regulations of the commissioner for purposes of identification\nof the child as a child with a disability or the development of an\nindividualized education progra
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