(1) Except as otherwise provided in part 221, “certification” means the issuance of a document by the department to a health facility or agency attesting to the fact that the health facility or agency meets both of the following:

    (a) It complies with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and standards.

    (b) It is eligible to participate as a provider of care and services in a specific federal or state health program.

    (2) “Consumer” means a person who is not a health care provider as that term is defined in 42 USC 300jj.

    (3) “County medical care facility” means a nursing care facility, other than a hospital long-term care unit, that provides organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more unrelated individuals who are suffering or recovering from illness, injury, or infirmity and that is owned by a county or counties.

    (4) “Department” means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

    (5) “Direct access” means access to a patient or resident or to a patient’s or resident’s property, financial information, medical records, treatment information, or any other identifying information.

    (6) “Director” means the director of the department.

    (7) “Freestanding surgical outpatient facility” means a facility, other than the office of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other private practice office, offering a surgical procedure and related care that in the opinion of the attending physician can be safely performed without requiring overnight inpatient hospital care. Freestanding surgical outpatient facility does not include a surgical outpatient facility owned by and operated as part of a hospital.

    (8) “Good moral character” means that term as defined in, and determined under, 1974 PA 381, MCL 338.41 to 338.47.