Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1811 – License required; definitions
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1811
- ambulatory surgical facility: means a facility with a primary purpose of providing elective surgical care to a patient who is admitted to and discharged from the facility within the same day. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1812-E
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
No person, partnership, association or corporation, nor any state, county or local governmental units, may establish, conduct or maintain in the State any hospital, sanatorium, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home, ambulatory surgical facility or other institution for the hospitalization or nursing care of human beings without first obtaining a license therefor. Hospital, sanatorium, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home, ambulatory surgical facility and other related institution, within the meaning of this chapter, means any institution, place, building or agency in which any accommodation is maintained, furnished or offered for the hospitalization of the sick or injured or care of any aged or infirm persons requiring or receiving chronic or convalescent care. Nothing in this chapter may apply to hotels or other similar places that furnish only board and room, or either, to their guests or to such homes for the aged or blind as may be subject to licensing under any other law. [PL 1989, c. 136, §1 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 572, §1 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §58 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 231, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 136, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 572, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 878, §A58 (RPR).