# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 3. Hospitals and Related Institutions

#### Section 19-339

(a)

  (1) The owner or operating entity or receiver of a nursing home or community program may petition the court to terminate the receivership.

  (2) The court shall terminate the receivership, if the court finds:

    (i) The grounds for appointment of the receiver under Part V of this subtitle no longer exist; or

    (ii) The nursing home or community program is ready to be closed because all residents have been moved.

(b) A receivership ends automatically 1 year after the court appoints the receiver, unless the court:

  (1) Terminates the receivership sooner; or

  (2) On petition of the Secretary, extends the receivership for an additional 1-year period because the court finds that the grounds for appointment of a receiver under Part V of this subtitle still exist.

(c) The sale of a nursing home or site for a community program or any of its assets does not terminate a receivership of the nursing home or community program.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)