Sec. 5. Definitions
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In this Act, the following definitions apply: The term health care professional means an individual who provides health care services, including a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x)), and such other individuals as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines appropriate. The term health care setting means a facility at which health care services are provided, including a hospital providing inpatient hospital services (as that term is defined in section 1861 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x )), an ambulatory surgical center (meeting the standards specified under section 1832(a)(2)(F)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395k )), and such other settings as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines appropriate.
The term health care provider means a health care professional or a health care setting. The term medical checklist means a predetermined, evidence-based, well-defined set of steps that should be completed during a designated medical clinical encounter or medical procedure, as further defined by the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in consultation with the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.
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