For purposes of section 903 (2)(a) of the Public Health Law, the Resident Loan Repayment Program; section 903 (2)(b) of the Public Health Law, the Physician Loan Repayment Program; and, section 904 of the Public Health Law, the Primary Care Practitioner Scholarship Program, underserved areas shall be located in New York State and shall include the following:
(a) areas designated by the Federal government as a Health Professional Shortage Area;(b) not-for-profit diagnostic and treatment centers, with an operating certificate issued pursuant to section 401.1 of this Title which serve the medically indigent and Medicaid-eligible persons;(c) facilities participating in state-supported rural health networks;(d) programs receiving Federal title 10 funding;(e) Department of Health approved Prenatal Care Assistance Programs;(f) facilities or programs supported by the Department of Health Primary Care Services Grant Program, pursuant to section 2807 of the Public Health Law;(g) school-based clinics providing primary care services;(h) Department of Health designated AIDS service sites;(i) State operated facilities;(j) facilities and service sites operated by county health departments;(k) sites serving the homeless or Native Americans;(l) facilities licensed by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services;(m) managed care plans approved by the commissioner;(n) other sites, areas and facilities determined by the commissioner to have a significant need for additional primary care physicians and primary care practitioners.N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 47-3.1