R432-105-4. Definitions  


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  • (1) Refer to Common Definitions in R432-1-3.

    (2) Special definitions.

    (a) "Orthopedic Specialty Hospital" means a specialty hospital that provides evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals with a primary diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries as defined in the Orthopaedic ICD-9-CM.

    (b) "Donor center" means a facility that procures, prepares, processes, stores and transports blood and blood components.

    (c) "Transfusion service" means a facility that may prepare blood components, but also stores, determines compatibility, transfuses blood and blood components and monitors transfused patients for any ill effect.

    (d) "Blood bank" means a facility that combines the functions of a donor center and transfusion service within the same facility.

    (3) See definition of "specialty hospital", R432-101-4(2).