Ambulatory Surgical Facility

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** A publicly or privately owned institution which is primarily established and licensed for the purpose of providing elective surgical treatment of outpatients whose recovery, under normal and routine circumstances, will not require inpatient care. Such facility as herein defined does not include the offices of private physicians or dentists whether practicing individually or in groups.

**Synonyms:** - AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY - Ambulatory Surgical Center - OUTPATIENT CLINIC/SURGERY - Outpatient Surgical Facility