(a) A person shall be licensed by the Secretary before the person may operate a hospital or related institution in this State. (b) A hospital shall be classified as a special rehabilitation hospital before the hospital may provide or hold itself out as providing comprehensive physical rehabilitation services, as defined in § 19-1201 of this title.
(a) To qualify for a license, an applicant and the hospital or related institution to be operated shall meet the requirements of this section. (b) An applicant who is an individual, and any individual who is applying on behalf of a corporation, association, or government agency shall be: (1) At least 18 years old; and (2) Of reputable and […]
As a prerequisite to the licensing of related institutions and each year after the license is issued, the Department shall require each related institution that provides long–term care and programs for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders to have an in–service education program that includes instruction on dementia and the techniques necessary to manage […]
(a) In this section, “facility” means a special psychiatric hospital or an acute general care hospital with separately identified inpatient psychiatric service. (b) (1) As a condition of licensure, each facility shall adopt written policies and procedures to implement the requirements of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article. The policies and procedures: (i) May expand the rights provided […]
(a) An applicant for a license shall submit an application to the Secretary. (b) The application: (1) Shall be on the form that the Secretary requires; (2) Shall be signed and verified as follows: (i) If the application is made for an individual, by the individual; or (ii) If the application is made for a corporation, association, or government agency, by […]
(a) The Secretary shall issue a license to any applicant if the applicant and the hospital or related institution to be operated meet the requirements of this subtitle. (b) The Secretary shall include on each license that the Secretary issues: (1) The name of the hospital or related institution; and (2) The classification of the hospital or related institution.
While it is effective, a license authorizes the licensee to operate the hospital or related institution named in the license under the classification set forth in the license.
A license issued under this subtitle is not transferable.
(a) If voluntary efforts to reduce excess capacity prove insufficient, as a last resort the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission may petition the Secretary to delicense any hospital or part of a hospital or hospital service based on a finding after a public hearing that the delicensure is consistent with […]
If a hospital voluntarily closes, merges, or is delicensed under § 19–325 of this subtitle, the Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the Maryland Health Care Commission, shall assist the hospital and local community in identifying alternative uses for the hospital buildings or sites.
If a hospital voluntarily closes, merges, or is delicensed under § 19–325 of this subtitle and workers are displaced: (1) Each hospital shall pay a fee directly to the Maryland Department of Labor. The fee shall not exceed 0.01 percent of the gross operating revenue for the fiscal year immediately preceding the closure or delicensing of […]
