Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1003 – License requirement
(a) No person shall construct, establish, conduct or maintain a hospital in this State without a license being issued under this chapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1003
- hospital: means a health-care organization that has a governing body, an organized medical and professional staff, and inpatient facilities, and provides either medical diagnosis, treatment and care, nursing and related services for ill and injured patients, or rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of ill, injured or disabled patients 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and primarily engaged in providing inpatient services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1001
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) A license is not transferable from person to person or entity to entity.
(c) Separate licenses.
(1) Separate licenses are required for hospitals maintained on separate premises, even though both hospitals may be operated under the same management.
(2) Separate licenses are not required for separate buildings on the same grounds or adjoining grounds, if the buildings are operated under 1 management.
(3) All off-site ambulatory care service facilities must be licensed as free-standing facilities if identified as such in § 122(3) of this title.
16 Del. C. 1954, § ?1023; 56 Del. Laws, c. 360; 82 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 1;