As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply unless the content clearly states otherwise:

            (1) “Department” means the Louisiana Department of Health.

            (2) “Dialysis” means a process by which dissolved substances are removed from an individual’s body by diffusion, osmosis, and convection (ultrafiltration) from one fluid compartment to another across a semipermeable membrane.

            (3) “End stage renal disease” means that stage of renal impairment that appears irreversible and permanent and that requires a regular course of dialysis or kidney transplantation to maintain life.

            (4) “End stage renal disease facility” or “ESRD facility” means a facility that provides dialysis treatment or dialysis training to individuals diagnosed with end stage renal disease. For purposes of this Part, “end stage renal disease facility” does not include the following:

            (a) A facility which provides only transplantation services.

            (b) End stage renal disease facilities maintained by the state at any of its penal and correctional institutions, provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent a penal or correctional institution from applying for licensure of its end stage renal disease facilities.

            (5) “Transplantation services” means a process by which a kidney is excised from a live or cadaveric donor and is implanted in an end stage renal disease patient, and supportive care is furnished to the living donor and to the recipient following implantation.

            Acts 1999, No. 650, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 190, §1, eff. June 10, 2004.