Section 1339.9 Of Article 10. Primary Health Service Hospitals From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 10.
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. In order to be eligible for designation as a primary health
service hospital, a hospital shall be licensed pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 1250 and meet one of the following
criteria:
(a) Be located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical
area, be located at least 15 miles from another licensed acute care
hospital, and have 60 or fewer acute care beds.
(b) Be located at least 20 miles from any other licensed acute
care hospital and have 60 or fewer acute care beds.
(c) Be the only licensed acute care hospital in the county and
have fewer than 100 acute care beds.