Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 24 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Coordinating medical provider: means a physician or group of physicians, or any combination thereof, which has entered into an agreement with a county, incorporated city or town, health service district or the department to supervise the medical care offered at a medical clinic, as defined by this section. See Arizona Laws 36-2351
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-2351
• Health service district: means a health service district established pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 16, Article 1. See Arizona Laws 36-2351
• Hospital: means a health care institution licensed as a hospital pursuant to chapter 4, article 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 36-2351
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Medical clinic: means a facility, whether mobile or stationary, which provides ambulatory medical care in a medically-underserved area through the employment of physicians, professional nurses, physician assistants or other health care technical and paraprofessional personnel. See Arizona Laws 36-2351
• Physician: means a physician licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 13, 14 or 17. See Arizona Laws 36-2351
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215