For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Division" means the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California.
(b) "Division of Medical Quality" means the Division of Medical Quality of the Medical Board of California.
(c) "Outpatient setting" means any facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patient's life-preserving protective reflexes.
"Outpatient setting" does not include, among other settings, any setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patient's life-preserving protective reflexes.
(d) "Accreditation agency" means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the division pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.