Also do all doctors offices require two sources of power from 517.35?
If I use the definitions in 517 and look under Health care facilities, I see "clinics".
Good point. I think that for a site to be considered a health care facility, the persons working there must provide, well, health care. Taking measurements (e.g., height, weight, pulse rate, aspiration rate, and blood pressure), asking for a "specimen," and getting a list of a person's medications are not examples of providing "care." Neither is an electrocardiogram. They are, as I said before, examples of ways to find out what care, if any, the person needs. I used the "no blood, no foul" statement as a way of explaining that I did not consider the sleep study to have provided "care."Where does everyone get that you must penetrate the skin to be a health care facility?
There were no degreed persons present during my sleep study. All were technicians, specializing in the operation of the monitoring equipment. I am fairly certain that if a person undergoing a sleep study were to experience a medical emergency, the staff at the "clinic" would have called 911, and made no attempt to deal with the emergency themselves.IMO if the people running the place have a medical degree, then it is a health care facility.
I don't see that phrase under "general care area." Instead, I see it under "critical care area." But I also see the phrase "intended to be subjected to invasive procedures." The two phrases are connected with the word "and." So for an area to be a "critical care area," there has to be both the expectation of invasive procedures and the connection of the patient to electromedical devices. A sleep clinic meets neither of these two conditions.Then I look under patient care area and then under general care areas and I see electomedical devices. . . .
I don't see that phrase under "general care area." Instead, I see it under "critical care area." But I also see the phrase "intended to be subjected to invasive procedures." The two phrases are connected with the word "and." So for an area to be a "critical care area," there has to be both the expectation of invasive procedures and the connection of the patient to electromedical devices. A sleep clinic meets neither of these two conditions.
I don't see that phrase under "general care area." Instead, I see it under "critical care area." But I also see the phrase "intended to be subjected to invasive procedures." The two phrases are connected with the word "and." So for an area to be a "critical care area," there has to be both the expectation of invasive procedures and the connection of the patient to electromedical devices. A sleep clinic meets neither of these two conditions.
Good point. I think that for a site to be considered a health care facility, the persons working there must provide, well, health care. Taking measurements (e.g., height, weight, pulse rate, aspiration rate, and blood pressure), asking for a "specimen," and getting a list of a person's medications are not examples of providing "care." Neither is an electrocardiogram. They are, as I said before, examples of ways to find out what care, if any, the person needs. I used the "no blood, no foul" statement as a way of explaining that I did not consider the sleep study to have provided "care."
There were no degreed persons present during my sleep study. All were technicians, specializing in the operation of the monitoring equipment. I am fairly certain that if a person undergoing a sleep study were to experience a medical emergency, the staff at the "clinic" would have called 911, and made no attempt to deal with the emergency themselves.
So when I bring my son to the local basketball clinic at the rec center he will be in a health care facility?
Chris