Section 1248 Of Chapter 1.3. Outpatient Settings From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 1.3.
1248
. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
(a) "Division" means the Medical Board of California. All
references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing
of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical
Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California
pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) (1) "Outpatient setting" means any facility, clinic,
unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part
of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and
where anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks,
or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of
practice, in doses that, when administered have the probability of
placing a patient at risk for loss of the patient's life-preserving
protective reflexes.
(2) "Outpatient setting" also means facilities that offer in vitro
fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.
(3) "Outpatient setting" does not include, among other settings,
any setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when
done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in
doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk
for loss of the patient's life-preserving protective reflexes.
(c) "Accreditation agency" means a public or private organization
that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to
outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and
1248.4.