Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 36-A - Medical Equipment Service Agencies

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Board: shall mean the medical equipment service agency advisory board created by section thirty-six hundred fifty-five of this article. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3650
• 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.
• Home medical equipment: shall mean technologically sophisticated medical devices which are used in a home care setting, including but not limited to:
  
  (a) Oxygen and oxygen delivery systems;
  
  (b) Ventilation and aspiration devices;
  
  (c) Respiratory disease management services;
  
  (d) Electronic and computer driven wheelchairs and seating systems;
  
  (e) Monitoring devices;
  
  (f) Transcutaneous electrical nerve simulator (tens) units;
  
  (g) Low air loss cutaneous pressure management devices;
  
  (h) Sequential compression devices;
  
  (i) Obstructive sleep apnea treatment devices; and
  
  (j) Feeding pumps. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3650
• Home medical equipment services: shall mean the delivery, provision, installation, maintenance and replacement of, or instruction in the use of medical equipment used by an individual requiring such services in their place of residence. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3650
• Medical equipment service agency: means any person engaged in the business of providing home medical equipment services, whether directly or through a contractual arrangement, to an individual at their place of residence. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3650
• 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.
• Person: shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any business entity. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3650