Section 10-344 - Notices of closure and delicensure. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-344. Notices of closure and delicensure.
 

(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. 
 

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