{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-19-358","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Health - General § 19–358","heading":"","body":"(a) A person may not operate a hospital or related institution unless issued a registration permit or licensed by the Secretary.\n(b) A hospital may not provide or hold itself out as providing comprehensive physical rehabilitation services, as defined in § 19-1201 of this title, or operate as a special rehabilitation hospital unless the hospital is classified as a special rehabilitation hospital by the Secretary.\n(c) Unless a health care facility is classified as a special rehabilitation hospital by the Secretary, a health care facility may only offer those physical rehabilitation services which are appropriate and necessary to the care, treatment, or support of the acute, chronic disease, or long-term care patient.\n(d) (1) A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for the first offense and not exceeding $10,000 for each subsequent conviction for a violation of the same provision. Each day a violation is continued after the first conviction is a subsequent offense.\n(2) The Secretary may impose a civil money penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each offense under this section.","path":["Article - Health - General"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ghg\u0026section=19-358","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:48Z","sha256":"ffffd76315783d45258c0d151eed7ab3323478058e5f08644ecdd92dcd7a9b6a","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-19-357","next":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-19-359"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}