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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 762

(N) "LIVING SPACE" INCLUDES TWO OR MORE ROOMS, A
DIRECT EXIT TO A THOROUGHFARE OR TO A COMMON ELEMENT LEADING
TO A THOROUGHFARE, AND FACILITIES FOR COOKING, LIVING,
SLEEPING, EATING, AND A SANITARY ENVIRONMENT.

(O) "FACILITIES FOR COOKING" INCLUDES A REFRIGERATOR,
A COOK TOP, ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY AND OUTLETS FOR
SMALL APPLIANCES, STORAGE SPACE FOR FOOD, AND UTENSILS.

557.

(A) [No] A person [shall] MAY NOT establish, conduct,
maintain or operate in the State of Maryland any hospital or
related institution without first having obtained a license
as required in § 559 of this subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981, except that any sheltered
housing for the elderly which has been certified by the
Office on Aging prior to July 1, 1981, shall not be subject
to certification under the "Hospitals and Related
Institutions" subtitle of Article 43 of the Code.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 763

(House Bill 938)

AN ACT concerning

Right to Perform Agricultural Operations

FOR the purpose of providing that agricultural operations
that have been in operation for 1 year or more may not
be or become a public or private nuisance; defining a
term; providing exceptions; providing for the
prospective effect of this Act; and providing that
certain obligations or contracts are not impaired by
this Act.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 5-308

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

Preamble

The General Assembly finds that the protection and
encouragement of agricultural operations which produce food
and other agricultural products is necessary for the