N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 10 § 705.2
New medical technology and health services demonstration projects. For purposes of this Chapter, a new medical technology and health services demonstration project shall mean a time limited project approved under section 2802 of the Public Health Law and this Subchapter to evaluate the medical efficacy, safety, cost effectiveness and efficiency of, and need for, an innovation in medical technology including, but not limited to, equipment and services, in or by a medical facility, that has not yet been generally recognized and accepted by the medical profession and institutional health care industry as a usual and customary modality of providing patient diagnosis, care, treatment or other health services.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 705.2