135B.1 - DEFINITIONS.
135B.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter:
1. "Department" means the department of inspections and
appeals.
2. "Governmental unit" means the state, or any county,
municipality, or other political subdivision or any department,
division, board or other agency of any of the foregoing.
3. "Hospital" means a place which is devoted primarily to the
maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment
or care over a period exceeding twenty-four hours of two or more
nonrelated individuals suffering from illness, injury, or deformity,
or a place which is devoted primarily to the rendering over a period
exceeding twenty-four hours of obstetrical or other medical or
nursing care for two or more nonrelated individuals, or any
institution, place, building or agency in which any accommodation is
primarily maintained, furnished or offered for the care over a period
exceeding twenty-four hours of two or more nonrelated aged or infirm
persons requiring or receiving chronic or convalescent care; and
shall include sanatoriums or other related institutions within the
meaning of this chapter. Provided, however, nothing in this chapter
shall apply to hotels or other similar places that furnish only food
and lodging, or either, to their guests or to a freestanding hospice
facility which operates a hospice program in accordance with 42
C.F.R. § 418. "Hospital" shall include, in any event, any
facilities wholly or partially constructed or to be constructed with
federal financial assistance, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 79-725, 60
Stat. 1040, approved August 13, 1946.
4. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
corporation, company, association, or joint stock association; and
includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar
representative thereof. Section History: Early Form
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135B.1] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1107, § 1; 90 Acts, ch 1204, § 2; 2006 Acts, ch 1010,
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Referred to in § 135.61, 139A.2, 142D.2, 144A.2, 144C.2, 152B.4,
233.1, 235E.1, 249H.3, 427.1(14a)