1. (1) Those offices, whether for individual or group practices and regardless of ownership.

   1. (a) which are established for the purpose of providing those services which are normally performed in a physician’s or dentist’s office as opposed to a hospital or other health care facility as such term is herein defined. Services which will be deemed not to be those which are normally performed in a physician’s or dentist’s office, and therefore, will not legitimately qualify for the exception for physician’s or dentist’s offices found in the definition herein of the term “health care facility”, shall include but not be limited to the following:

      1. 1. oncology centers,
      2. 2. diagnostic centers (including but not limited to MRI, CT, and Mammography services),
      3. 3. lithotripsy,
      4. 4. outpatient angiography, and
      5. 5. recovery centers; and,
   2. (b) which are not reimbursed for services on a global or facility fee basis.

Author: State Health Planning and Development Agency

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §22-21-260(3).

Editor’s Note: This rule was declared void by the Montgomery County Circuit Court in the case of Medical Association of the State of Alabama v. Fancher, CV-91-1566, June 4, 1992.

History: Amended: Filed February 26, 1991; effective April 2, 1991.