§ 6547. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. Specialist assistant. The term “specialist assistant” means a person who is registered pursuant to this article as a specialist assistant for a particular medical specialty as defined by regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred eleven of the public health law. […]
§ 6548. Registration. 1. To qualify for registration as a specialist assistant, each person shall pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination and a fee of seventy dollars for persons not requiring admission to a department […]
§ 6549. Performance of medical services. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a specialist assistant may perform medical services, but only when under the supervision of a physician and only when such acts and duties as are assigned to him or her are related to the designated medical speciality for which he or she […]
§ 6549-a. Construction. Only a person registered as a specialist assistant by the department may use the title “registered specialist assistant” or the letters “R.S.A.” after his or her name.
§ 6549-b. Regulations. The commissioner may promulgate such other regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.
