N.D. Cent. Code § 23-17.6-01: Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context and subject matter otherwise require:

1."Department" means the department of health and human services.

2."Extended stay center" means a facility that provides extended stay services.

3."Extended stay services" means postsurgical and postdiagnostic medical and nursing services provided to a patient recovering from a surgical procedure performed in an ambulatory surgical center.

4."Operating room" has the meaning given that term in rules adopted by the department.