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(46) “outpatient service” means a service which provides nonemergency health care to patients who remain in the facility less than 24 hours;

(47) “patient” means a person who is receiving diagnostic, therapeutic or preventive health services or who is under observation or treatment for illness or injury, or care during and after pregnancy in a facility other than a birth center;

(48) “patient-care personnel” means persons who provide direct patient-care services, including physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, rehabilitative professionals, aides, and orderlies;

(49) “patient-teaching” means instruction of a patient in diet, medication, exercise, and other therapeutic measures to be taken by the patient upon discharge;

(50) “perinatal service” means a service which provides medical care during pregnancy, labor, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal periods;

(51) “pharmaceutical service” means a service which procures, stores, manufactures, compounds, dispenses, distributes, and administers drugs and includes the provision of pharmaceutical information to health professionals and patients;

(52) “pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under AS 08.80;

(53) “pharmacy” means an area in a hospital where drugs are stored, compounded, and dispensed;

(54) “physical plant” means the building and grounds of a facility;

(55) “physical restraint” means a mechanical device used to control a patient’s physical activity in order to protect the patient or others from injury;

(56) “physical therapist” means a person who is licensed as a physical therapist under AS 08.84;

(57) “physical therapy assistant” means a person who is licensed as a physical therapy assistant under AS 08.84;

(58) “physical therapy service” means a service which provides physical therapy within the meaning of AS 08.84.190(3);

(59) “physician” means a person who is licensed as a doctor of medicine or osteopathy under AS 08.64;

(60) “physician assistant” means a person who is authorized to act as a physician assistant under AS 08.64.107;

(61) “progress note” means a written and dated notation by a member of the clinical staff which shows the care provided a patient and the response to that treatment for a stated period of time;