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.
skim verb (MOVE ABOVE) âº [ I or T ] to move quickly just above a surface without touching it: The birds skimmed (across/along/over) the tops of the waves. âº [ T ] UK US skip to throw a flat stone horizontally over water so that it touches and rises off the surface several times: