§323D-82 Maintenance of services. A person who has acquired or is engaged in the acquisition of a hospital shall not substantially reduce or eliminate direct patient care services at the hospital below the levels at which those services were available at the time of the acquisition, without first giving written notice of the planned reduction or elimination to the agency and receiving the agency's approval, prior to implementing the reduction or elimination of services. [L 1998, c 257, pt of §1; am L 1999, c 18, §6]