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Basic Health Care; Definitions   

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A service is "medically necessary" or a "medical necessity" when it is reasonable and necessary to protect life, to prevent significant illness or significant disability, or to alleviate severe pain.

(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1411, Sec. 1.)