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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 779

(f) "Institution for higher education" shall mean an
educational institution situated within the State which by
virtue of law or charter is a public or other nonprofit
educational institution empowered to provide a program of

education beyond the high school level and awards a

bachelor's or advanced degree or provides a program of not
less than two (2) years duration which is accepted for full
credit toward a bachelor's degree, and which meets the
standards, rules and regulations prescribed by the State
Board for Higher Education and is thereby empowered to issue
a certificate, diploma or degree pursuant to Title 12 of the
Education Article of the Maryland Code. This term shall not
[mean] INCLUDE any institution owned and operated by the
State[.] UNLESS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF THE STATE BOARD OF

PUBLIC WORKS.

(h) (2) "Hospital" includes:

(i) Nonprofit comprehensive health centers
providing out-patient primary health services available to
the general public, but does not include any facility as
described in this paragraph which is owned and operated by
the State[;] UNLESS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF THE STATE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS; THE STATE, EXCEPT THAT WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE JOINT BUDGET
AND AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE TERM
INCLUDES MEDICAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND;

(ii) Nonprofit life care or continuing
care communities providing self-contained residence
facilities for the retired or elderly, but does not include
any facility as described in this sentence which is owned
and operated by the State[; and] UNLESS APPROVED BY
RESOLUTION OF THE STATE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE
JOINT BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY;
AND

(iii) Any combination of any of the
facilities and centers enumerated in subparagraphs (i) and
(ii) of this section 3(h)(2).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 780
(House Bill 1331)
AN ACT concerning