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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 685

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 20, 1980.

CHAPTER 686

(House Bill 1980)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Health and Higher Educational
Facilities Authority

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "hospital"
under the Maryland Health and Higher Educational
Facilities Authority; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43C - Maryland Health and Higher Educational

Facilities Authority
Section 3(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 43C - Maryland Health and Higher Educational
Facilities Authority

3.

As used in this article, the following words and terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context
indicates another or different meaning or intent:

(h) (1) "Hospital" means a hospital, a related
institution or a combination of a hospital and a related
institution, located within this State and either meeting
the requirements of and having a. license or licenses as
required by Article 43, §§ 556-568, of this Code, or, in the
case of a new institution, having a prelicensing
certification or recertification from the Maryland
Comprehensive Health Planning Agency, or any successor
agency, and being or to be, in fact, a health care facility
available to the general public maintained and operated as a
nonprofit institution by some person, association, municipal
or other corporation, or other agency, or a nonprofit