RSA 151:4-a Requirements for Licensure Near Critical Access Hospitals.

I. In this section:
(a) "Health care services" means any of the following currently provided by the critical access hospital to the service area: inpatient care, inpatient or outpatient surgery, emergency services, labor and delivery services, addiction and recovery services, mental health services, or coordination with emergency response systems.
(b) "Material adverse impact" means that granting the application would more likely than not tangibly minimize the critical access hospital's ability to continue providing the health care services.
(c) "Service area" means the area by which a majority of patients are served by the critical access hospital according to the hospital discharge data provided by the critical access hospital in accordance with RSA 126:25.