Health & Saf. Code, § 1248.1 · Chapter 1.3. Outpatient Settings
Health & Saf. Code, § 1248.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
No association, corporation, firm, partnership, or person shall operate, manage, conduct, or maintain an outpatient setting in this state, unless the setting is one of the following:
(a) An ambulatory surgical center that is certified to participate in the Medicare program under Title XVIII (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395 et seq.) of the federal Social Security Act.
(b) Any clinic conducted, maintained, or operated by a federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization, as defined in Section 450 or 1601 of Title 25 of the United States Code, and located on land recognized as tribal land by the federal government.
(c) Any clinic directly conducted, maintained, or operated by the United States or by any of its departments, officers, or agencies.
(d) Any primary care clinic licensed under subdivision (a) and any surgical clinic licensed under subdivision (b) of Section 1204.
(e) Any health facility licensed as a general acute care hospital under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250).
(f) Any outpatient setting to the extent that it is used by a dentist or physician and surgeon in compliance with Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 1646) or Article 2.8 (commencing with Section 1647) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(g) An outpatient setting accredited by an accreditation agency approved by the division pursuant to this chapter.
(h) A setting, including, but not limited to, a mobile van, in which equipment is used to treat patients admitted to a facility described in subdivision (a), (d), or (e), and in which the procedures performed are staffed by the medical staff of, or other healthcare practitioners with clinical privileges at, the facility and are subject to the peer review process of the facility but which setting is not a part of a facility described in subdivision (a), (d), or (e).
Nothing in this section shall relieve an association, corporation, firm, partnership, or person from complying with all other provisions of law that are otherwise applicable.
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History
Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1276, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.
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- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 805.5Printed as Section 1248.1 of the Health and Safety Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1638.1Printed as Section 1248.1 of the Health and Safety Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2216.3Printed as Section 1248.1 of the Health and Safety Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2472Printed as Section 1248.1 of the Health and Safety Code
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