WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 658

maintenance organizations from the certificate of need
requirements for the purchase of an existing ambulatory
surgical facility or center; providing for the termination
of this Act; and generally relating to certificate of need

requirements for health maintenance organizations and

correcting a technical omission.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 19-101(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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Section 19-116 19-116(b) and (c)(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing

Chapter 420 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1987
Section 2

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

19-101.

(e)(1) "Health care facility" means:

(i) A hospital, as defined in § 19-301 of this
title;

(ii) A related institution, as defined in §
19-301 of this title;

(iii) An ambulatory surgical facility or

center which is any entity or part thereof that operates
primarily for the purpose of providing surgical services to
patients not requiring hospitalization and seeks reimbursement
from third party payors as an ambulatory surgical facility or
center;

(iv) An inpatient facility that is organized
primarily to help in the rehabilitation of disabled individuals,

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