N.D. Cent. Code § 23-17.6-01

Current through the 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 23-17.6-01 - Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context and subject matter otherwise require:

1. "Department" means the department of health and human services.

2. "Extended stay center" means a facility that provides extended stay services.

3. "Extended stay services" means postsurgical and postdiagnostic medical and nursing services provided to a patient recovering from a surgical procedure performed in an ambulatory surgical center.

4. "Operating room" has the meaning given that term in rules adopted by the department.

N.D.C.C. § 23-17.6-01

Amended by S.L. 2023 , ch. 229( HB 1165 ), § 42, eff. 7/1/2023.

Added by S.L. 2021 , ch. 206( SB 2334 ), § 1, eff. 7/1/2021.