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  • (1) "Emergency medical services" is as defined in Section 26-8a-102.
  • (2) "Federally qualified health center" is as defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395x.
  • (3) "Freestanding urgent care center" means a facility that provides outpatient health care service:
    • (a) on an as-needed basis, without an appointment;
    • (b) to the public;
    • (c) for the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition if that medical condition does not require hospitalization or emergency intervention for a life threatening or potentially permanently disabling condition; and
    • (d) including one or more of the following services:
      • (i) a medical history physical examination;
      • (ii) an assessment of health status; or
      • (iii) treatment:
        • (A) for a variety of medical conditions; and
        • (B) that is commonly offered in a physician's office.
  • (4) "Nursing care facility" is as defined in Section 26-21-2.
  • (5) "Rural city hospital" means a hospital owned by a city that is located within a third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class county.
  • (6) "Rural county health care facility" means a:
    • (a) rural county hospital; or
    • (b) rural county nursing care facility.
  • (7) "Rural county hospital" means a hospital owned by a county that is:
    • (a) a third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class county, as defined in Section 17-50-501; and
    • (b) located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area, as designated by the United States Bureau of the Census.
  • (8) "Rural county nursing care facility" means a nursing care facility owned by:
    • (a) a county that is:
      • (i) a third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class county, as defined in Section 17-50-501; and
      • (ii) located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area, as designated by the United States Census Bureau; or
    • (b) a special service district if the special service district is:
      • (i) created for the purpose of operating the nursing care facility; and
      • (ii) within a county that is:
        • (A) a third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class county, as defined in Section 17-50-501; and
        • (B) located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area, as designated by the United States Census Bureau.
  • (9) "Rural emergency medical services" means emergency medical services that are provided by a county that is:
    • (a) a fifth or sixth class county, as defined in Section 17-50-501; and
    • (b) located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area, as designated by the United States Census Bureau.
  • (10) "Rural health clinic" is as defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395x.




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