Section 124840 Of Chapter 6. Small And Rural Hospitals From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 6.
124840
. "Small and rural hospital" means an acute care hospital
that meets either of the following criteria:
(a) Meets the criteria for designation within peer group six or
eight, as defined in the report entitled Hospital Peer Grouping for
Efficiency Comparison, dated December 20, 1982.
(b) Meets the criteria for designation within peer group five or
seven and has no more than 76 acute care beds and is located in an
incorporated place or census designated place of 15,000 or less
population according to the 1980 federal census.