Any primary health service hospital, or any group thereof, may submit a health service plan to the state department when a public meeting, which satisfies the following criteria, has been conducted in the community by the hospital with respect to such hospital’s health service plan for the community, or when more than one hospital is involved, in the communities for which the hospitals propose to provide primary health service hospital services:
(a) The plan is made available for public review at least two weeks prior to the public meeting.
(b) Notices announcing the public meeting are posted in publicly visible places in the community and at the hospital at least 10 days prior to the public meeting.
(c) A public notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation not less than 10 or more than 20 days prior to the public meeting.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1010, Sec. 13.)