§ 10-344. Notices of closure and delicensure  


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  •    (a) Notice of intent to close or petition for delicensure. --

       (1) The Maryland Health Care Commission shall notify in writing:

          (i) the Authority and the Health Services Cost Review Commission when a hospital files a written notice of intent to close under § 19-120(l) of the Health - General Article; and

          (ii) the Authority when a petition for delicensure of a hospital is filed with the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under § 19-325 of the Health - General Article.

       (2) the Commission shall give the notice required by this subsection within 5 days after the date of the filing.

    (b) Notice of delicensure determination. -- The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall notify the Authority and the Health Services Cost Review Commission in writing of each determination to delicense a hospital under § 19-325 of the Health - General Article at least 150 days before the scheduled date of delicensure.

    (c) Required information. -- The notifications under this section shall include the name and location of the hospital and the scheduled date of its closure or delicensure.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43C, § 16A(e), (f)(1), (5); 2008, ch. 306, § 2.