A. Administrator means the person responsible for the management of any facility requiring licensure under these rules.

B. Alcohol/Drug Abuse Inpatient Treatment Center means a distinct unit within a hospital in which services are provided for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of alcohol and drug abuse.

C. Basic hospital services means the services that all licensed hospitals must provide. Basic services consist of:

D. Critical Access Hospital (CAH) means a hospital located in a rural area that is:

E. Department means the Arkansas Department of Health.

F. Emergency Services Facility means a facility originally operated as a licensed hospital that has discontinued inpatient services but is licensed to continue to provide emergency services.

G. General Hospital means any facility used for the purpose of providing short-term inpatient diagnostic care and treatment, including general medical care, surgical care, obstetrical care, and specialized services or specialized treatment.

H. Infirmary means any facility used for the purpose of offering temporary medical care and/or treatment exclusively for persons residing on a designated premise, e.g., schools, reformatories, prisons, etc. and where the persons are kept for 24 hours or more.

I. Institution means, for the purpose of these rules, a facility which requires a license. Institution does not include an establishment:

J. Licensee means the person to whom a license is issued for the purpose of operating the institution described in the application for licensure, who shall be responsible for maintaining approved standards for the institution of any state, county, or local government unit and any division, board, or agency thereof.

K. Observation is a designated patient status as opposed to a designated area. Patients in observation status are those patients requiring periodic monitoring and assessment necessary to evaluate the patient's condition or to determine the need for possible admissions to the hospital in an inpatient status. Usually observation status shall be for 48 hours or less.

L. Off-campus Emergency Department means an emergency services department located off-site from the main hospital campus but functions as a fully integrated department of the parent hospital.

M. Outpatient Psychiatric Center means a facility in which psychiatric services are offered for a period of 8 to 16 hours a day, and where, in the opinion of the attending psychiatrist, hospitalization as defined in the present licensure law is not necessary. This definition shall not include Community Mental Health Clinics and Centers, as they now exist.

N. 1. Outpatient Surgery Center (Ambulatory Surgery Center) means a facility in which surgical services are offered that require the use of general or intravenous anesthetics, and where, in the opinion of the attending physician, hospitalization is not necessary.

O. Psychiatric Hospital means any facility, or a distinct part of a facility, used for the purpose of providing inpatient diagnostic care and treatment for persons having mental disorders.

P. Recuperation Center means any facility or distinct part of a facility, which includes inpatient beds with an organized Medical Staff, and with medical services that include physician services and continuous nursing services to provide treatment for patients who are not in an acute phase of illness but who currently require primarily convalescent or restorative services (usually post-acute hospital care of relatively short duration). A facility that furnishes primarily domiciliary care is not within this definition.

Q. Rehabilitation Hospital or Facility means, for the purpose of these rules, an inpatient care facility, or a distinct part of a facility, which provides rehabilitation services for two or more disabled persons not related to the proprietor, for more than 24 hours through an integrated program of medical and other restorative services. A disabled person shall be considered to be an individual who has a physical or mental condition which, if not treated, will probably result in limiting the performance or activity of the person to the extent of constituting a substantial physical, mental, or vocational handicap.

R. Shall means mandatory.

S. State Health Officer means the Secretary of the State Board of Health.

T. Surgery and General Medical Care Hospital means any facility limited to providing short-term inpatient surgical and general medical diagnostic care and treatment.