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Section 18-8-101 - Definitions.

WY Stat § 18-8-101 (2019) (N/A)
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18-8-101. Definitions.

(a) As used in W.S. 18-8-102 through 18-8-109 the words:

(i) "County hospital" and "county memorial hospital" mean any institution, place, building or agency in which any accommodation is maintained, furnished or offered for the hospitalization of the sick, injured or care of any person requiring or receiving chronic or convalescent care, including public health centers, community mental health centers and other types of hospitals and centers including but not limited to general, tuberculosis, mental and chronic disease hospitals, medical facilities and related facilities;

(ii) "Medical facilities" includes but is not limited to diagnostic or treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes, as those terms are defined in the federal act Public Law 482, 83 congress, July 12, 1954, (C. 471, sec. 4(c)-(f), 68 Stat. 465-466);

(iii) "Related facilities" means but is not limited to laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses homes, nurses training facilities and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any facility furnishing primarily domiciliary care.

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