### Question
How is the "outpatient facility" defined?


### Answer
The term **outpatient facility** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 291o* as follows -

> a facility (located in or apart from a hospital) for the diagnosis or diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients (including ambulatory inpatients)—


(1) which is operated in connection with a hospital, or


(2) in which patient care is under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State, or, in the case of dental diagnosis or treatment, under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice dentistry in the State

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 291o*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6-THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU > SUBCHAPTER IV-CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES > Part D-General Provisions**

