Section 128260.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) "Commission" means the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission.

(b) "Director" means the Director of Statewide Health Planning and Development.

(c) "Medically underserved designated shortage area" means any of the following:

(1) An area designated by the commission as a critical health workforce shortage area.

(2) A medically underserved area, as designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

(3) A critical workforce shortage area, as defined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

(d) "Primary care physician" means a physician who has the responsibility for providing initial and primary care to patients, for maintaining the continuity of patient care, and for initiating referral for care by other specialists. A primary care physician shall be a board-certified or board-eligible general internist, general pediatrician, general obstetrician-gynecologist, or family physician.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 259, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2007. Section conditionally operative as prescribed in Section 128290.)