Notwithstanding section 329, the requirements of this Act do not apply with respect to: [PL 2001, c. 664, §2 (NEW).]
1. Healing through prayer. A health care facility operated by a religious group relying solely on spiritual means through prayer for healing;

[PL 2001, c. 664, §2 (NEW).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 330

  • Ambulatory surgical facility: means a facility, not part of a hospital, that provides surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328
  • Development: when used in connection with health service, means the undertaking of those activities that on their completion will result in the offering of a new health service to the public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328
  • health care facility: means the establishment, erection, building, purchase or other acquisition of a health care facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328
  • Health maintenance organization: means a public or private organization that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328
  • Hospital: means an institution that primarily provides to inpatients, by or under the supervision of physicians, diagnostic services and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment and care of injured, disabled or sick persons or rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled or sick persons. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328
    • 2. Activities; acquisitions. Activities or acquisitions by or on behalf of a health maintenance organization or a health care facility controlled, directly or indirectly, by a health maintenance organization or combination of health maintenance organizations to the extent mandated by the National Health Policy, Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, as amended, and its accompanying regulations;

    [PL 2001, c. 664, §2 (NEW).]

    3. Home health care services. Home health care services offered by a home health care provider;

    [PL 2001, c. 664, §2 (NEW).]

    4. Hospice. Hospice services and programs;

    [PL 2001, c. 664, §2 (NEW).]

    5. Assisted living.

    [PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. B, §6 (RP).]

    5-A. Assisted housing. Assisted housing programs and services regulated under chapter 1664;

    [PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. A, §15 (NEW).]

    6. Existing capacity. The use by an ambulatory surgical facility licensed on January 1, 1998 of capacity in existence on January 1, 1998; and

    [PL 2001, c. 664, §2 (NEW).]

    7. Critical access hospitals. Conversion by a critical access hospital or a hospital in the process of becoming a critical access hospital of licensed acute care beds to hospital swing beds.

    [PL 2003, c. 621, §1 (AMD).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 2001, c. 664, §2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 510, §§A15,B6 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 621, §1 (AMD).
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