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who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance
with the creed or tenets of any recognized church or religious
denomination. Except that the provisions of this subsection shall
apply in Prince George's County after April 1, 1970, and providing
further that the Prince George's [County health planning advisory
committee shall be deemed the interim regional health facilities
planning agency for Prince George's County pending designation
of a permanent planning agency for any region that shall include
Prince George's County.] Area Health Planning Advisory Com-
mittee shall be deemed the Area Regional Health Facilities Planning
Agency.

(b) Each application for a license to operate a hospital or re-
lated institution shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars
($10.00). All licenses issued hereunder shall [expire one year from
date of issuance unless revoked] be issued for a term not to exceed
one year and shall be provisional in nature pursuant to rules and
regulations as promulgated by the Secretary. No fee shall be re-
funded and all fees received by the [Board] Secretary under the
provisions of this subtitle shall be paid into the State Treasury to
the credit of the [Board] Secretary for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of this subtitle.

(C)    REVIEW OF APPLICATION FILED UNDER THIS SEC-
TION BY AN AREA WIDE HEALTH PLANNING AGENCY
FOR CERTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION SHALL CON-
SUME NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
APPLICATION REGISTRATION FOR SUCH REVIEW AND
RECOMMENDATION.

(D)    PROPRIETARY RELATED INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE
CONSTRUCTING A NEW FACILITY OR MODIFYING AN
EXISTING FACILITY WHOSE APPLICATIONS FOR LICEN-
SURE FOR THE ENSUING YEAR THEREFROM ARE ON
RECORD ON OR BEFORE APRIL 1, 1972 ARE EXEMPT
FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is
held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end, all
the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 379
(Senate Bill 26)

AN ACT to add new Section 231A to Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supple-
ment 1972 REPLACEMENT VOLUME), title "Licenses," subtitle