333.21561 Application for designation as rural community hospital; use of term “rural community hospital”; definition.
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333.21561 Application for designation as rural community hospital; use of term “rural community hospital”; definition.
Sec. 21561.
(1)After the effective date of the rules required under section 21563, a hospital with fewer than 100 licensed beds located in a nonurbanized area that is either licensed on or before the effective date of this section or is licensed after the effective date of this section and is located in a county that did not have a hospital on the effective date of this section may apply to the department for designation as a rural community hospital.
(2)The term "rural community hospital" shall not be used to describe or refer to a health facility or agency unless the health facility or agency is designated as a rural community hospital by the department.
(3)As used in this section, "nonurbanized area" means that term as defined in section 21551.
History: Add. 1990, Act 252, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990
Popular Name: Act 368