| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §328, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is | amended to read: |
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| | 2. Ambulatory surgical facility. "Ambulatory surgical | facility" means a facility, not part of a hospital, that | provides surgical treatment to patients not requiring | hospitalization and that is required to be licensed under | section 1812-E or is certified as an ambulatory surgical | facility by the federal Medicare program. "Ambulatory surgical | facility" does not include the offices of private physicians | or dentists, whether in individual or group practice, unless | the offices are required to be licensed under section 1812-E | or are certified as an ambulatory surgical facility by the | federal Medicare program. |
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| | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §328, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is | amended to read: |
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| | 8. Health care facility. "Health care facility" means a | hospital, psychiatric hospital, nursing facility, kidney | disease treatment center including a freestanding hemodialysis | facility, rehabilitation facility, ambulatory surgical | facility, independent radiological service center providing | imaging services, including, but not limited to, magnetic | resonance imaging, computerized tomography, mammography and | radiology, independent cardiac catheterization center that | provides services, including, but not limited to, cardiac | catheterization and angiography or cancer treatment center, | endoscopy centers, and medical laboratory licensed in | accordance with chapter 411 or licensed by an equivalent out- | of-state licensing authority. "Health care facility" does not | include the office of a private physician or physicians or a | dentist or dentists, whether in individual or group practice. |
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| | Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §329, sub-§7, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, | is amended to read: |
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| B. If a person adds a health service not subject to | review under subsection 4, paragraph A and not subject to | review under subsection 4, paragraph B at the time it was | established and not reviewed and approved prior to | establishment at the request of the applicant, and its | actual 3rd fiscal year operating cost exceeds the | expenditure minimum for annual operating costs in the 3rd | fiscal year of operation following addition of these | services; and |
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| | Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §329, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is | amended to read: |
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