Section 68-11-2101 - Part definitionsAs used in this part:
(1) "Board" means the board for licensing health care facilities;(2) "Capable of providing neuroendovascular treatment" means the capacity to: (A) Properly assess, diagnose using advanced imaging devices, and treat stroke patients with complex cases of ischemic stroke, including emergent large vessel occlusion causing the loss of blood supply to a part of the brain and requiring immediate treatment at a facility with a trained team of neurointerventional surgeons, vascular neurologists, and assisting medical personnel; and(B) Perform a mechanical thrombectomy twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week;(3) "Department" means the department of health; and(4) "Stroke-related designation" means a designation including, but not limited to, a comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center, acute stroke-ready hospital, or other stroke-related designation approved by rule by the board in consultation with the emergency medical services board.Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 722, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.