Comparable medical equipment means equipment which is functionally similar and which is used for the same diagnostic or treatment purposes.
Medical equipment supplier means any person, as defined in § 1-230, engaged in the delivery to the ultimate consumer, pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, of hypodermic syringes and needles, medicinal oxygen, Schedule VI controlled devices, those Schedule VI controlled substances with no medicinal properties that are used for the operation and cleaning of medical equipment, solutions for peritoneal dialysis, and sterile water or saline for irrigation.
Clinic means a facility that provides hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis services to patients suffering from kidney disease.