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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §328, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is
amended to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §328, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is
amended to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §329, sub-§7, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2,
is amended to read:

 
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

 
Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §329, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is
amended to read:


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