Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4675 - OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTERS
Part 4675.0100 - DEFINITIONS

Subpart 1. [Repealed by amendment, L 1977 c 305 s 39]

Subp. 2. Dentist.

"Dentist" means a person licensed by the Board of Dentistry under the provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 150A.

Subp. 3. Department.

"Department" means the Minnesota Department of Health.

Subp. 4. Facility.

"Facility" means the building or buildings, equipment, and supplies related to the operation of the center.

Subp. 5. Licensee.

"Licensee" means the responsible person or governing body to whom the license is issued.

Subp. 6. Modification.

"Modification" means alteration, remodeling, addition, or other change in a licensed facility or its services.

Subp. 7. Physician.

"Physician" means a person licensed by the Board of Medical Practice under the provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147.

Subp. 8. Outpatient surgical center, center.

"Outpatient surgical center" or "center," means a freestanding facility organized for the specific purpose of providing elective outpatient surgery for preexamined, prediagnosed, low-risk patients. Admissions shall be limited to procedures which utilize local or general anesthesia and which do not require overnight inpatient care. It is not organized to provide regular emergency medical services and does not include the physician's and dentist's office or clinic for the practice of medicine or the delivery of primary care.

Subp. 9. Surgery.

"Surgery," for the purpose of parts 4675.0100 to 4675.2800, means treatment of conditions by operative means, involving incision or repair of human tissues.