(a) For a hospital classified as a general hospital, the Secretary shall annually calculate the hospital’s licensed bed capacity.
(b) The annual licensed bed calculation for each hospital shall equal 140 percent of the average daily census for the 12-month period immediately preceding the calculation.
(c) If necessary to adequately meet demand for services, a hospital may exceed its licensed bed capacity if:
(1) On average for the 12-month period, the hospital does not exceed its licensed bed capacity based on the annual calculation; and
(2) The hospital includes in its monthly report to the Health Services Cost Review Commission the following information:
(i) The number of days in the month the hospital exceeded its licensed bed capacity; and
(ii) The number of beds that were in excess on each of those days.
(d) Before July 1, 2000 and each July 1 thereafter, the Secretary shall delicense any licensed hospital beds determined to be excess bed capacity under subsection (b) of this section.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 19 - Health Care Facilities
Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions
Part I - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 19-302 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 19-303 - Nonprofit Hospitals; Community Benefit
Section 19-304 - Reporting Unexpected Occurrences or Incidents; Analysis
Section 19-307 - Classifications of Hospitals and Related Institutions
Section 19-307.1 - Regulations for Limited Service Hospitals
Section 19-307.2 - Licensed Bed Capacity
Section 19-308 - Standards and Inspections
Section 19-308.1 - Patient Care Personnel
Section 19-308.2 - Transfer of Patients Between Hospitals
Section 19-308.3 - Applications or Contracts for Admission
Section 19-308.4 - Personal Identification Tags for Employees and Certain Others
Section 19-308.5 - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Section 19-308.6 - Uniform Emergency Security Codes for Hospitals
Section 19-308.7 - Umbilical Cord Blood Donation
Section 19-308.8 - Discharge or Transfer of Patients
Section 19-310 - Organ or Tissue Donations
Section 19-310.1 - Quality Assessment of Nursing Facilities; Medicare Reimbursement
Section 19-310.2 - Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations
Section 19-310.3 - Development of Protocol for Discharge of Patient With Substance Use Disorder