Hospitals located within a hospital district:
1. Shall be licensed by the State Department of Health and shall meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations or the American Osteopathic Association or meet Medicare certification by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provided, the State Commissioner of Health may waive any such standards, requirements and essentials as the Commissioner deems necessary; and
2. May provide services and receive payments therefor pursuant to Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may participate in other federal medical programs.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 432, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 2003.