California Hospital Association. Hospital-Based Outpatient Clinics. A hospital-based outpatient clinic (HBOC) is defined as a clinic providing âoutpatient serviceâ as listed on the hospitalâs general acute-care license issued by the State Department of Public Health.
trample verb [ I or T, usually + prep ] (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT) âº to act without any respect for someone or something: She accused the government of trampling on the needs and rights of the ordinary citizen. He argues that Congress trampled the constitutional rights of legal immigrants in the new welfare reform law.
1 Her glasses were trampled underfoot by the crowd. 2  Many people were trampled to death trying to escape the burning building. 3  They are trampling on our rights. 4  They are trampling our rights.