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(10) “central service” means a service which provides cleaning, storing, and dispensing of supplies and equipment required for all aspects of patient care, diagnosis, and treatment;

(11) “client” has the meaning given in

(A) 7 AAC 12.349, if the facility is a hospice agency; and

(B) 7 AAC 12.449, if the facility is a birth center;

(12) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health and social services;

(13) “completed application” means an application which is complete, signed, and accompanied by the appropriate fee;

(14) “controlled substance” means a narcotic drug, a depressant, a hallucinogenic or stimulant drug as set out in the schedules in AS 11.71.140 — 11.71.190, and any drug subject to the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, PL 91-513, as amended;

(15) “detoxification” means the process in which a person recovers from intoxication and physiological reactions associated with withdrawal;

(16) “dentist” means a person who is licensed as a dentist under AS 08.36;

(17) “department” means the Department of Health;

(18) “dietetic service” means a service which provides nutritionally adequate food to patients;

(19) “direct supervision” means the supervisor is present in the same building as the person being supervised and available for consultation or assistance;

(20) “dispense” means selecting, measuring, packaging, labeling, and issuing a drug under an appropriate order;

(21) “division of public health” means the division of public health, Department of Health;

(22) “drug administration” means the act in which a single dose of a prescribed drug is given to a patient;

(23) “drug room” means an area used exclusively for the storage, preservation, and control of bulk supply drugs;

(24) “electroconvulsive therapy” means a form of treatment of mental disorders in which convulsions are produced by the passage of electric current through the brain;

(25) “emergency service” means a medical service provided in response to the perceived individual needs of a patient for immediate medical care to prevent the loss of life or the aggravation of a physical or psychological illness or injury;

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(10) “central service” means a service which provides cleaning, storing, and dispensing of supplies and equipment required for all aspects of patient care, diagnosis, and treatment;

(11) “client” has the meaning given in

(A) 7 AAC 12.349, if the facility is a hospice agency; and

(B) 7 AAC 12.449, if the facility is a birth center;

(12) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health and social services;

(13) “completed application” means an application which is complete, signed, and accompanied by the appropriate fee;

(15) “detoxification” means the process in which a person recovers from intoxication and physiological reactions associated with withdrawal;

(16) “dentist” means a person who is licensed as a dentist under AS 08.36;

(17) “department” means the Department of Health;

(18) “dietetic service” means a service which provides nutritionally adequate food to patients;

(19) “direct supervision” means the supervisor is present in the same building as the person being supervised and available for consultation or assistance;

(20) “dispense” means selecting, measuring, packaging, labeling, and issuing a drug under an appropriate order;

(21) “division of public health” means the division of public health, Department of Health;

(22) “drug administration” means the act in which a single dose of a prescribed drug is given to a patient;

(23) “drug room” means an area used exclusively for the storage, preservation, and control of bulk supply drugs;

(24) “electroconvulsive therapy” means a form of treatment of mental disorders in which convulsions are produced by the passage of electric current through the brain;