New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 2504-a. Hepatitis B immunization of a minor

(a) the term “health care practitioner” shall mean a person licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to practice under title eight of the education law, acting within his or her lawful scope of practice;  and

(b) the term “capacity to consent” shall mean an individual's ability, determined without regard to the individual's age, to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of the proposed immunization, and to make an informed decision concerning the immunization.