2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 19-3A-03 - Certification -- Issuance
(a) Issuance of license. -- The Department shall issue a license to a freestanding medical facility that:
(1) Meets the licensure requirements under this subtitle; and
(2) After July 1, 2015, receives a certificate of need from the Maryland Health Care Commission issued under § 19-120 of this title.
(b) Facilities offering treatment for immediately life-threatening conditions. -- A freestanding medical facility that uses in its title or advertising the word "emergency" or other language indicating to the public that medical treatment for immediately life-threatening medical conditions exist at that facility shall be licensed by the Department before it may operate in this State.
(c) Approval by Maryland Health Care Commission not condition of licensure. -- Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) of this section, the Department may not require a freestanding medical facility pilot project to be approved by the Maryland Health Care Commission as a condition of licensure.
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