* § 13-b. Authorization of providers, medical bureaus and laboratories\nby the chair. 1. No person shall render medical care or conduct\nindependent medical examinations under this chapter without such\nauthorization by the chair. As used in this title, the following\ndefinitions shall have the following meanings unless their context\nrequires otherwise:\n (a) "Acupuncturist" shall mean licensed as having completed a formal\ncourse of study and having passed an examination in accordance with the\neducation law, the regulations of the commissioner of education, and the\nrequirements of the board of regents. Acupuncturists are required by the\neducation law to advise, in writing, each patient of the importance of\nconsulting with a physician for the condition or conditions\nnecessitating acupuncture care, as prescribed by the education law.\n (b) "Chair" of the board shall mean either the chair or the chair's\ndesignee.\n (c) "Chiropractor" shall mean licensed and having completed two years\nof preprofessional college study and a four-year resident program in\nchiropractic in accordance with the education law, and consistent with\nthe licensing requirements of the commissioner of education.\n (d) "Dentist" shall mean licensed and having completed a four-year\ncourse of study leading to a D.D.S. or D.D.M. degree, or an equivalent\ndegree, in accordance with the education law and the licensing\nrequirements of the commissioner of education.\n (e) "Employer" shall mean a self-insured employer or, if insured, the\ninsurance carrier.\n (f) "Independent medical examination" shall mean an examination\nperformed by a physician, podiatrist, chiropractor or psychologist,\nauthorized under this section to perform such examination, for the\npurpose of examining or evaluating injury or illness pursuant to\nparagraph (b) of subdivision four of section thirteen-a and section one\nhundred thirty-seven of this chapter and as more fully set forth in\nregulation.\n (g) "Nurse practitioner" shall mean a licensed registered professional\nnurse certified pursuant to section sixty-nine hundred ten of the\neducation law acting within their lawful scope of practice.\n (h) "Occupational therapist" shall mean licensed as having at least a\nbachelor's or master's degree in occupational therapy from a registered\nprogram with the education department or receipt of a diploma or degree\nresulting from completion of not less than four years of postsecondary\nstudy, which includes the professional study of occupational therapy in\naccordance with the education law and the regulations of the\ncommissioner of education.\n (i) "Physical therapist" shall mean licensed in accordance with the\neducation law and the licensing requirements of the commissioner of\neducation.\n (j) "Physician" shall mean licensed with a degree of doctor of\nmedicine, M.D., or doctor of osteopathic medicine, D.O., or an\nequivalent degree in accordance with the education law and the licensing\nrequirements of the state board of medicine and the regulations of the\ncommissioner of education.\n (k) "Physician assistant" shall mean a licensed provider who is\nlicensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five hundred\nforty-one of the education law.\n (l) "Podiatrist" shall mean a doctor of podiatric medicine licensed as\nhaving received a doctoral degree in podiatric medicine in accordance\nwith the regulations of the commissioner of education and the education\nlaw, and must satisfactorily meet all other requirements of the state\nboard for podiatric medicine.\n (m) "Provider" shall mean a duly licensed acupuncturist, chiropractor,\nnurse practitioner, occupational therapist, physical therapist,\nphysician, physician assistant, podiatrist, psychologist, or social\nworker authorized by the chair.\n (n) "Psychologist" shall mean licensed as having received a doctoral\ndegree in psychology from a program of psychology registered with the\nstate education department
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