Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 1809

  • Department: means the Department of Health. See
  • Hospital: includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other type of hospitals and related facilities, such as laboratories, out-patient departments, nurses' homes and training facilities, and central service facilities, operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care. See
  • Medical facilities: means diagnostic or diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes as those terms are defined in the federal act, and such other medical facilities for which federal aid may be authorized under the federal act. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 1809. Minimum standards for hospital and medical facilities maintenance and operation

The Department shall, by rule, prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and medical facilities that receive federal aid for construction under the State plan. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 2023, No. 53, § 71, eff. June 8, 2023.)