Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 70053 - Patient
(a) 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.
(1) An inpatient means a
person who has been formally admitted for observation, diagnosis or treatment
and who is expected to remain overnight or longer.
(2) An outpatient means a person who has been
registered or accepted for care but not formally admitted as an inpatient and
who does not remain over 24 hours.
(3) Ambulatory patient means a patient who is
capable of demonstrating the mental competence and physical ability to leave a
building under emergency conditions without assistance or supervision of any
person.
(4) Nonambulatory patient
means a patient who is unable to leave a building unassisted under emergency
conditions. It includes, but is not limited to, those persons who depend upon
mechanical aids such as crutches, walkers or wheelchairs, profoundly or
severely mentally retarded persons and shall include blind and totally deaf
persons.
Notes
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