2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 19-326 - Delicensure -- Alternative building or site uses


MD Health-Gen Code § 19-326 (2013) What's This?

§19-326.

If a hospital voluntarily closes, merges, or is delicensed under § 19-325 of this subtitle, the Department of Business and Economic Development, 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.

§ 19-326 - 1. Delicensure -- Fees for training displaced workers

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 Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation. The fee shall not exceed 0.01 percent of the gross operating revenue for the fiscal year immediately preceding the closure or delicensing of the hospital. A fee shall only be assessed once for each voluntary closure, merger, or delicensure.

(2) The Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation shall pay the fees received under this section into the Hospital Employees Training Fund established under § 11-201 of the Labor and Employment Article.

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