### Question
Can you define what outpatient facility means?


### Answer
**Outpatient facility** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 291o*:

> 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 6A-PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER IV-CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES > Part D-General Provisions**

