Health Care Facilities Amendments

Added new definitions for 'satellite emergency department' and 'satellite operation' with specific criteria including distance requirements (more than 250 yards from parent hospital) and licensure status.

Established minimum staffing requirements including a physician with emergency medicine board certification or eligibility, or at least 10 years of emergency medical service experience, plus two registered nurses on-site during operating hours.

Required satellite emergency departments in first or second class counties to have on-site equipment for CT scans, x-rays, and clinical laboratory tests during operating hours.

Removed previous amendment excerpts that contained specific line-by-line changes to medical laboratory scientist qualifications, replacing them with comprehensive new legislation.

Added compliance requirements for satellite operations to follow the chapter and any applicable rules adopted by the department.

Modified the required laboratory staff title from 'certified or board-eligible medical laboratory scientist or technologist' to 'certified medical laboratory technologist' to standardize the job title requirement.

Changed 'health care treatment service' to 'health care treatment facility' in the definition of 'satellite operation' for clarity.

Updated the definition of 'satellite operation' to require compliance with the chapter and applicable department rules instead of just department identification.

Changed the laboratory personnel requirement from 'certified medical laboratory scientist or certified medical laboratory technologist' to 'certified or board-eligible medical laboratory scientist or technologist'.

Updated signage requirements to reference the 'satellite emergency department's parent hospital' instead of the 'licensed parent hospital' for consistency.

Added Senate Sponsor name (Keith Grover) and updated formatting to reflect enrolled copy standards.