Colocators shall solely maintain and use treatment areas that are designated pursuant to each of their respective licenses and may not use another colocator‘s treatment areas except as follows:

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-439.03

  • Colocator: means an exempt health care provider, an exempt outpatient treatment center or a governing authority operating as an outpatient treatment center or a licensed counseling facility that may share common areas and nontreatment personnel with another colocator pursuant to an agreement as prescribed in this article. See Arizona Laws 36-439
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Emergency health care services: means treatment for a medical or behavioral health condition, including labor and delivery, that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in any of the following:

    (a) Placing the patient's health, including mental health, in serious jeopardy. See Arizona Laws 36-439

  • Treatment areas: means portions of licensed outpatient treatment center premises that are used for the provision of health care assessment and treatment of patients. See Arizona Laws 36-439

1. For the provision of emergency health care services.

2. During hours of operation by a colocator that are clearly identified by signage to the public and notice to the department.