As used in this article 3, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Acute treatment unit" means a facility or a distinct part of a facility for short-termpsychiatric care, which may include treatment for substance use disorders, that provides a total, twenty-four-hour, therapeutically planned and professionally staffed environment for persons who do not require inpatient hospitalization but need more intense and individual services than are available on an outpatient basis, such as crisis management and stabilization services.
"Department" means the department of public health and environment.
"Heart attack database" means a national registry designed for heart attack data.
"Joint commission" means an independent, nonprofit organization that accredits andcertifies health care organizations and programs in the United States, or its successor entity.
"PCI center" means a hospital that performs percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly known as coronary angioplasty, for acute myocardial infarction.
"STEMI" means ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1391, § 22, effective August 7. L. 2017: IP amended and (2) to (6) added, (HB 17-1246), ch. 214, p. 834, § 1, effective May 18; entire section amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1324, § 188, effective May 25.
Editor's note: Amendments to this section by SB 17-242 and HB 17-1246 were harmonized.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.