| 25 | | - | SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "David Casey Act". 1 |
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| 26 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 23-6.5-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-6.5 entitled "Automated 2 |
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| 27 | | - | External Defibrillators Required at Public Places and Healthcare Facilities" is hereby amended to 3 |
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| 28 | | - | read as follows: 4 |
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| 29 | | - | 23-6.5-4. Definitions. 5 |
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| 30 | | - | The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: 6 |
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| 31 | | - | (1) “Healthcare facility” means any healthcare facility licensed by the department of health 7 |
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| 32 | | - | including any institutional health-service provider, facility, or institution, place, building, agency, 8 |
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| 33 | | - | or portion thereof, whether a partnership or corporation, whether public or private, whether 9 |
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| 34 | | - | organized for profit or not, used, operated, or engaged in providing healthcare services, including, 10 |
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| 35 | | - | but not limited to: hospitals; nursing facilities; rehabilitation centers; kidney disease treatment 11 |
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| 36 | | - | centers; health maintenance organizations; and facilities providing surgical treatment to patients 12 |
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| 37 | | - | not requiring hospitalization (surgi-centers); hospice care; and physician ambulatory-surgery 13 |
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| 38 | | - | centers and podiatry ambulatory-surgery centers providing surgical treatment. The term “healthcare 14 |
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| 39 | | - | facility” also includes organized ambulatory-care facilities that are not part of a hospital but that 15 |
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| 40 | | - | are organized and operated to provide healthcare services to outpatients, such as: central-services 16 |
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| 41 | | - | facilities serving more than one healthcare facility or healthcare provider; treatment centers; 17 |
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| 42 | | - | diagnostic centers; outpatient clinics; infirmaries and health centers; school-based health centers; 18 |
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| 24 | + | SECTION 1. Section 23-6.5-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-6.5 entitled "Automated 1 |
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| 25 | + | External Defibrillators Required at Public Places and Healthcare Facilities" is hereby amended to 2 |
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| 26 | + | read as follows: 3 |
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| 27 | + | 23-6.5-4. Definitions. 4 |
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| 28 | + | The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: 5 |
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| 29 | + | (1) “Healthcare facility” means any healthcare facility licensed by the department of health 6 |
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| 30 | + | including any institutional health-service provider, facility, or institution, place, building, agency, 7 |
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| 31 | + | or portion thereof, whether a partnership or corporation, whether public or private, whether 8 |
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| 32 | + | organized for profit or not, used, operated, or engaged in providing healthcare services, including, 9 |
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| 33 | + | but not limited to: hospitals; nursing facilities; rehabilitation centers; kidney disease treatment 10 |
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| 34 | + | centers; health maintenance organizations; and facilities providing surgical treatment to patients 11 |
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| 35 | + | not requiring hospitalization (surgi-centers); hospice care; and physician ambulatory-surgery 12 |
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| 36 | + | centers and podiatry ambulatory-surgery centers providing surgical treatment. The term “healthcare 13 |
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| 37 | + | facility” also includes organized ambulatory-care facilities that are not part of a hospital but that 14 |
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| 38 | + | are organized and operated to provide healthcare services to outpatients, such as: central-services 15 |
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| 39 | + | facilities serving more than one healthcare facility or healthcare provider; treatment centers; 16 |
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| 40 | + | diagnostic centers; outpatient clinics; infirmaries and health centers; school-based health centers; 17 |
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| 41 | + | and neighborhood health centers. The term “healthcare facility” also includes a practitioner’s 18 |
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| 45 | | - | LC000120/SUB A - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 46 | | - | and neighborhood health centers. The term “healthcare facility” also includes a practitioner’s 1 |
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| 47 | | - | (physician, dentist, or other healthcare provider) office or group of practitioners’ offices (whether 2 |
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| 48 | | - | owned and/or operated by a hospital or an affiliate of a hospital or an individual practitioner, alone 3 |
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| 49 | | - | or as a member of a partnership, professional service corporation, organization, or association). 4 |
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| 50 | | - | (2) “Public place” means an enclosed area capable of holding three hundred (300) people 5 |
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| 51 | | - | or more and to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including, but not 6 |
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| 52 | | - | limited to: banks; bars; educational facilities; laundromats; public or private golf courses; public 7 |
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| 53 | | - | transportation facilities; reception areas; restaurants; retail food production and marketing 8 |
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| 54 | | - | establishments; retail service establishments; retail stores; shopping malls; sports arenas; 9 |
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| 55 | | - | government offices; theaters; and waiting rooms. A private residence is not a “public place” unless 10 |
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| 56 | | - | it is used as a childcare or adult daycare facility. 11 |
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| 57 | | - | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 12 |
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| 44 | + | LC000120 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | + | (physician, dentist, or other healthcare provider) office or group of practitioners’ offices (whether 1 |
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| 46 | + | owned and/or operated by a hospital or an affiliate of a hospital or an individual practitioner, alone 2 |
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| 47 | + | or as a member of a partnership, professional service corporation, organization, or association). 3 |
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| 48 | + | (2) “Public place” means an enclosed area capable of holding three hundred (300) people 4 |
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| 49 | + | or more and to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including, but not 5 |
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| 50 | + | limited to: banks; bars; educational facilities; laundromats; public or private golf courses; public 6 |
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| 51 | + | transportation facilities; reception areas; restaurants; retail food production and marketing 7 |
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| 52 | + | establishments; retail service establishments; retail stores; shopping malls; sports arenas; 8 |
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| 53 | + | government offices; theaters; and waiting rooms. A private residence is not a “public place” unless 9 |
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| 54 | + | it is used as a childcare or adult daycare facility. 10 |
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| 55 | + | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 11 |
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