"Rural hospital" means a hospital with 85 or fewer beds which is:
1. The sole institutional provider of health care located within a county whose population is less than 100,000;
2. The sole institutional provider of health care located within a city whose population is less than 25,000; or
3. Maintained and governed pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1600; A 2001, 1992)