Section 23-17.6-01 - DefinitionsIn 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.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.