§ 131E-145. Title; purpose.
(a) This Part shall be known as the "Ambulatory Surgical Facility Licensure Act."
(b) The purpose of this Part is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of basic standards:
(1) For the care and treatment of individuals in ambulatory surgical facilities; and
(2) For the maintenance and operation of ambulatory surgical facilities so as to ensure safe and adequate treatment of such individuals in ambulatory surgical facilities. (1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1214, s. 1; 1983, c. 775, s. 1.)