# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 3A. Freestanding Medical Facilities

#### Section 19-3A-01

In this subtitle, "freestanding medical facility" means a facility:

(1) In which medical and health services are provided;

(2) That, except for a freestanding medical facility established as a result of a conversion of a licensed general hospital under Sec. 19-120(o)(3) of this title, is physically separate from a hospital or hospital grounds;

(3) That is an administrative part of a hospital, as defined in Sec. 19-301 of this title; and

(4) That meets the requirements for provider-based status under the certification for an affiliated hospital as set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 42 C.F.R. Sec. 413.65.

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