2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Public Health, Housing, Environment
Chapter 442 - Health Planning
Section 442.361 - Definitions for ORS 442.361, 442.362 and 442.991.

As used in this section and ORS 442.362 and 442.991:

(1)(a) "Capital project" means:

(A) The construction, development, purchase, renovation or any construction expenditure by or on behalf of a reporting entity, for which the cost:

(i) For type A hospitals, exceeds five percent of gross revenue.

(ii) For type B hospitals, exceeds five percent of gross revenue.

(iii) For DRG hospitals, exceeds 1.75 percent of gross revenue.

(iv) For ambulatory surgery centers, exceeds $2 million.

(B) The purchase or lease of, or other comparable arrangement for, a single piece of diagnostic or therapeutic equipment for which the cost or, in the case of a donation, the value exceeds $1 million. The acquisition of two or more pieces of diagnostic or therapeutic equipment that are necessarily interdependent in the performance of ordinary functions shall be combined in calculating the cost or value of the transaction.

(b) "Capital project" does not include a project financed entirely through charitable fundraising.

(2) "DRG hospital" means a hospital that is not a type A or type B hospital and that receives Medicare reimbursement based upon diagnostic related groups.

(3) "Gross revenue" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015.

(4) "Reporting entity" includes the following if licensed pursuant to ORS 441.015:

(a) A type A hospital as described in ORS 442.470.

(b) A type B hospital as described in ORS 442.470.

(c) A DRG hospital.

(d) An ambulatory surgical center as defined in ORS 442.015. [2009 c.595 §1197]

Note: 442.361 and 442.362 were added to and made a part of ORS chapter 442 by legislative action but were not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.