Section 560.100  Definitions

The definitions listed in this Section apply to this Part.

            "Department" means the Department of Public Health.

            "Hospital" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Hospital Licensing Act [210 ILCS 85].

            "Reporting facility" means a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or the University of Illinois Hospital Act [110 ILCS 330]; ambulatory surgical treatment centers licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Licensing Act [210 ILCS 5]; and freestanding emergency centers licensed under the Emergency Medical  Services (EMS) Systems Act [210 ILCS 50].  Physicians and dental offices are excluded.

            "Violent injury" means any injury listed in Appendix A of this Part.