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  July 14, 2008
  Source:  WorkInjury.com
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WCAB:   Surgery Center Doesn't Always Need Fictitious Name Permit or Med Board License

In a just-released "significant panel decision," a Board panel concluded that it depends on whether an ambulatory surgery center is acting as a "clinic" or as an "outpatient" service in deciding whether it needs a fictitious-name permit and license from the Medical Board.

If it provides medical services to an applicant as a "clinic," it IS required to have a fictitious-name permit and license from the Medical Board.

However, if it is claiming to have provided services only as an "outpatient setting," it is NOT required to have a license or fictitious-name permit from the Medical Board as long as it is properly accredited by an agency recognized by the Medical Board.

The decision is entitled Stokes v. Patton State Hospital et al..

To read the it,

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