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as determined on an annual, average basis, 96 hours per patient;

(91) “long-term acute care hospital” means a hospital that provides long-term inpatient hospitalization for medical care of acute illness or injury and the services described in 7 AAC 12.105(c);

(92) “community health center” means a facility or clinic providing outpatient services

(A) for the prevention or diagnosis of illness, or the care and treatment of emergency illnesses or injured patients; and

(B) that are provided principally for persons residing in an area of the state in or near which the facility or clinic is situated;

(93) “credentialing” means the formal process, conducted by the medical staff of an entity, to delineate the privileges of, and evaluate the professional and technical competence of, an individual practitioner to provide specified levels of patient care, for the purpose of determining, based on criteria established by law and by the entity’s bylaws, whether the individual is qualified for initial appointment to, or for continuing membership with, the entity’s medical staff;

(94) “federally qualified health center” means a facility that has been determined by the department to meet the requirements of 7 AAC 43.870;

(95) “frontier extended stay clinic” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(96) “governing body” means the entity that establishes policy and is legally responsible for the overall operation of a facility;

(97) “hospital” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(98) “laboratory” means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings; in this paragraph, “examination” includes procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body; “laboratory” does not include a facility that only

(A) collects or prepares specimens without examination; or

(B) serves as a mailing service and does not perform examinations;

(99) “licensed practical nurse” means a person who is licensed under AS 08 for the practice of practical nursing within the meaning given in AS 08.68.850;

(100) “practitioner” means a health care provider licensed under AS 08 who provides, prescribes, and oversees the health care services and medical services provided to patients in a health facility licensed under AS 47.32 and this chapter within the authorization, course, and