Section 14. Actions against persons rendering professional services at the request of the department; defense and indemnification

The  provisions
  of  section  seventeen  of  the  public  officers law shall apply to any
  physician, dentist, nurse or other health care professional who: (i)  is
  licensed  to  practice  pursuant  to article one hundred thirty-one, one
  hundred thirty-one-B, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred  thirty-six,
  one   hundred   thirty-seven,   one  hundred  thirty-nine,  one  hundred
  forty-three, one hundred fifty-six, one hundred fifty-seven, one hundred
  fifty-nine or one hundred sixty-four of the education  law  and  who  is
  rendering  professional  treatment  or  consultation  in connection with
  professional treatment authorized under such license at the  request  of
  the  department,  or  at  a  departmental  facility,  including clinical
  practice provided pursuant  to  a  clinical  practice  plan  established
  pursuant  to  subdivision  fourteen  of  section two hundred six of this
  chapter, to patients receiving care or  professional  consultation  from
  the   department   while   rendering   such  professional  treatment  or
  consultation; (ii) is rendering consultation in connection with an audit
  or prepayment review of claims or treatment requests under  the  medical
  assistance  program;  or  (iii) assists the department as consultants or
  expert  witnesses  in  the  investigation  or  prosecution  of   alleged
  violations   of   article   twenty-eight,   thirty-six,   forty-four  or
  forty-seven of this chapter or rules and  regulations  adopted  pursuant
  thereto.