Outpatient Medical Facility Law and Legal Definition
According to 42 USCS § 300s-3 [Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare; Chapter 6a. The Public Health Service; Health Resources Development; General Provisions], outpatient medical facility means “a medical facility (located in or apart from a hospital) for the diagnosis or diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients (including ambulatory inpatients)--
(A) which is operated in connection with a hospital,
(B) in which patient care is under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State, or in the case of dental diagnosis or treatment, under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice dentistry in the State; or
(C) which offers to patients not requiring hospitalization the services of licensed physicians in various medical specialities, and which provides to its patients a reasonably full-range of diagnostic and treatment services.”
