A hospital may not increase any existing rate or charge of any class or type or impose any new rate or charge of any class or type without the approval of the Commission, except for those changes specifically excepted by regulation or order of the Commission.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§9-207, 19-210, 19-212, 19-215, 19-217, 19-219, and 19-220, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 14, 1975 (2:15 Md. R. 1066; 2:20 Md. R. 1298)

Chapter revised effective August 18, 1976 (3:17 Md. R. 915)

Regulation .02 amended effective October 6, 2008 (35:20 Md. R. 1775)

Regulation .05 adopted effective July 28, 1978 (5:15 Md. R. 1189)

Regulation .05 amended effective August 31, 1992 (19:17 Md. R. 1607)

Regulation .05F amended effective April 15, 1991 (18:7 Md. R. 773)

Regulation .05G amended effective January 2, 1993 (19:26 Md. R. 2288)

Regulations .06 and .07 adopted effective August 3, 1981 (8:15 Md. R. 1308)

Regulation .06A, B amended effective November 19, 1984 (11:23 Md. R. 1992)

Regulation .08 adopted effective April 12, 1982 (9:7 Md. R. 711)

Regulation .08 amended effective October 10, 1983 (10:20 Md. R. 1788)

Regulation .09 adopted as an emergency provision effective April 1, 1984 (11:8 Md. R. 712); emergency status expired July 1, 1984; adopted permanently effective November 19, 1984 (11:23 Md. R. 1992)

Regulation .09 amended effective February 9, 1987 (14:3 Md. R. 274)

Regulation .09A amended effective July 9, 1990 (17:13 Md. R. 1611); December 8, 2005 (32:24 Md. R. 1905)

Regulation .09B amended effective January 8, 1990 (16:26 Md. R. 2794); July 10, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1211); December 8, 2005 (32:24 Md. R. 1905)

Regulation .10 adopted effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2080)

Regulation .10 amended effective August 5, 1991 (18:15 Md. R. 1727)

Regulation .10A amended effective October 6, 1997 (24:20 Md. R. 1404)