“Special service” means a functional division, department, or unit of a clinic, or a clinic that is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide a specific type or types of care which have been identified by this section or by regulations of the state department, and for which the state department has established special standards for ensuring the quality of such care. Special services shall include, but need not be limited to, birth services.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1147.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1203

  • clinic: means an organized outpatient health facility that provides direct medical, surgical, dental, optometric, or podiatric advice, services, or treatment to patients who remain less than 24 hours, and that may also provide diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients in the home as an incident to care provided at the clinic facility. See California Health and Safety Code 1200
  • Department: means the Licensing and Certification Division of the State Department of Public Health, or its successor. See California Health and Safety Code 1200
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
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