HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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22-10.

THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE
FOLLOWING PARTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY:

(1)  ELECTION DISTRICTS 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, AND 13 IN
THEIR ENTIRETY . ;

(2)  ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCTS 4, 5, 6, 8,
AND 11.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.

CHAPTER 107

(House Bill 1621)

AN ACT concerning

Health - Hospitals and Related Institutions

FOR the purpose of defining two classes of hospitals for
certain licensing and regulation purposes based on
certain accreditation; providing that different
standards and regulations govern hospitals, including
psychiatric hospitals, according to those classes;
providing for regulation of certain accredited
hospitals by the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene by complaint investigation; authorizing the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to promulgate
rules and regulations concerning nonaccredited
hospitals or related institutions in certain areas;
providing certain administrative and judicial remedies
when hospitals violate regulations of the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene or are found to be deficient
in response to complaint investigations; authorizing
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish
licensure and renewal fees for hospitals and related
institutions by regulation; and specifying the period
of time for which a license for related institutions,
nonaccredited hospitals or certain accredited hospitals
is valid.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 10-504, 10-509, 19-308, 19-319(c)(2),
19-320(a), and 19-323(a) and (b)