Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 442 § 442.015 — Definitions

Definitions. As used in ORS chapter 441 and this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Acquire” or “acquisition” means obtaining equipment, supplies, components or facilities by any means, including purchase, capital or operating lease, rental or donation, for the purpose of using such equipment, supplies, components or facilities to provide health services in Oregon. When equipment or other materials are obtained outside of this state, acquisition is considered to occur when the equipment or other materials begin to be used in Oregon for the provision of health services or when such services are offered for use in Oregon. (2) “Affected persons” has the same meaning as given to “party” in ORS 183.310. (3)(a) “Ambulatory surgical center” means a facility or portion of a facility that operates exclusively for the purpose of providing surgical services to patients who do not require hospitalization and for whom the expected duration of services does not exceed 24 hours following admission. (b) “Ambulatory surgical center” does not mean: (A) Individual or group practice offices of private physicians or dentists that do not contain a distinct area used for outpatient surgical treatment on a regular and organized basis, or that only provide surgery routinely provided in a physician’s or dentist’s office using local anesthesia or conscious sedation; or (B) A portion of a licensed hospital designated for outpatient surgical treatment. (4) “Delegated credentialing agreement” means a written agreement between an originating-site hospital and a distant-site hospital that provides that the medical staff of the originating-site hospital will rely upon the credentialing and privileging decisions of the distant-site hospital in making recommendations to the governing body of the originating-site hospital as to whether to credential a telemedicine provider, practicing at the distant-site hospital either as an employee or under contract, to provide telemedicine services to patients in the originating-site hospital. (5) “Develop” means to undertake those activities that on their completion will result in the offer of a new institutional health service or the incurring of a financial obligation, as defined under applicable state law, in relation to the offering of such a health service. (6) “Distant-site hospital” means the hospital where a telemedicine provider, at the time the telemedicine provider is providing telemedicine services, is practicing as an employee or under contract. (7) “Expenditure” or “capital expenditure” means the actual expenditure, an obligation to an expenditure, lease or similar arrangement in lieu of an expenditure, and the reasonable value of a donation or grant in lieu of an expenditure but not including any interest thereon. (8) “Extended stay center” means a facility licensed in accordance with ORS 441.026. (9) “Freestanding birthing center” means a facility licensed for the primary purpose of performing low risk deliveries. (10) “Governmental unit” means the state, or any county, municipality or other political subdivision, or any related department, division, board or other agency. (11) “Gross revenue” means the sum of daily hospital service charges, ambulatory service charges, ancillary service charges and other operating revenue. “Gross revenue” does not include contributions, donations, legacies or bequests made to a hospital without restriction by the donors. (12)(a) “Health care facility” means: (A) A hospital; (B) A long term care facility; (C) An ambulatory surgical center; (D) A freestanding birthing center; (E) An outpatient renal dialysis facility; or (F) An extended stay center. (b) “Health care facility” does not mean: (A) A residential facility licensed by the Department of Human Services or the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 443.415; (B) An establishment furnishing primarily domiciliary care as described in ORS 443.205; (C) A residential facility licensed or approved under the rules of the Department of Corrections; (D) Facilities established by ORS 430.335 for treatment of substance abuse disorders; or (E) Community mental health programs or community developmental disabilities programs established under ORS 430.620. (13) “Health maintenance organization” or “HMO” means a public organization or a private organization organized under the laws of any state that: (a) Is a qualified HMO under section 1310(d) of the U.S. Public Health Services Act; or (b)(A) Provides or otherwise makes available to enrolled participants health care services, including at least the following basic health care services: (i) Usual physician services; (ii) Hospitalization; (iii) Laboratory; (iv) X-ray; (v) Emergency and preventive services; and (vi) Out-of-area coverage; (B) Is compensated, except for copayments, for the provision of the basic health care services listed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph to enr