DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES

                          BUREAU OF HEALTH SYSTEMS

                   DIVISION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES

  FREESTANDING SURGICAL OUTPATIENT FACILITIES DIFFERENTIATED FROM PRIVATE
                             PRACTICE OFFICES


(By authority conferred on the department  of  public  health  by  section
20115(2) of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts  of  1978,  as  amended,  being
S333.20115(2) of the Michigan Compiled Laws)


R  325.6001   Freestanding      surgical      outpatient       facilities;
characteristics.
  Rule 1. Characteristics of a freestanding surgical  outpatient  facility
include, but are not limited to, the following:
  (a) Patient encounters with a physician, dentist, podiatrist,  or  other
provider are primarily for the purpose of performing  surgical  procedures
or related diagnosis, consultation, observation, and  postoperative  care.
  (b) The  owner  or  operator  makes  the  facility  available  to  other
physicians,  dentists,  podiatrists,  or  providers   who   comprise   its
professional staff.

  History:  1980 AACS.


R  325.6002   Private practice offices; characteristics.
  Rule 2. Characteristics of a private practice  office  of  a  physician,
dentist, podiatrist, or other provider, include, but are not  limited  to,
the following:
  (a)  Patients  are  limited  to  those  of   the   individual   licensed
professional maintaining and operating the office or the combined patients
of individually licensed professionals practicing together  in  a  legally
constituted professional corporation,  association,  or  partnership,  and
sharing office space.
  (b) The office is maintained and operated by the  licensed  professional
in accord with usual practice patterns according to the type of  practice.
Patient encounters in the office are for  the  purpose  of  diagnosis  and
treatment and are not limited primarily to  the  performance  of  surgical
procedures and related care.

  History:  1980 AACS.