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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-3A-01" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Freestanding Medical Facilities">
  <text>In this subtitle, “freestanding medical facility” means a facility:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>In which medical and health services are provided;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>That, except for a freestanding medical facility established as a result of a conversion of a licensed general hospital under § 19–120(o)(3) of this title, is physically separate from a hospital or hospital grounds;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>That is an administrative part of a hospital, as defined in § 19–301 of this title; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>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. § 413.65.</text>
  </level>
</section>
