(1) "Clinic services" means preventive diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services provided under the direction of a physician by an outpatient facility that is not part of a hospital, but is organized and operated to provide medical care to outpatients independent of a hospital. Clinic services may be provided in surgical centers and public health departments. Clinic services do not include mental health center services as defined in ARM 37.88.901.

(2) "Ambulatory surgical center services" means clinic services which are provided in a licensed, freestanding ambulatory surgical center, but do not include physicians services, anesthesiologists services, ambulance services, or major prosthetic appliances such as intraocular lenses.