§ 2805. Approval of hospitals; operating certificates. 1. No hospital
shall be operated unless it shall: (a) possess a valid operating
certificate issued pursuant to this article, which certificate may
specify the kind or kinds of hospital services the facility is
authorized to provide; (b) establish and maintain a uniform system of
cost analysis approved by the commissioner; and (c) establish and
maintain a uniform system of reports and audits meeting the requirements
of the commissioner.

2. (a) Application for an operating certificate for a hospital shall
be made upon forms prescribed by the department. The application shall
contain the name of the hospital, the kind or kinds of hospital service
to be provided, the location and physical description of the
institution, and such other information as the department may require.

(b) An operating certificate shall not be issued by the department
unless it finds that the premises, equipment, personnel, rules and
by-laws, standards of medical care, and hospital service are fit and
adequate and that the hospital will be operated in the manner required
by this article and rules and regulations thereunder.

(d) In the case of a state, county or municipal hospital an operating
certificate shall not be issued by the department unless the hospital
maintains a record of all charges and collections made by any person,
partnership, organization or other entity whatsoever for services
rendered to patients in such hospital, including, but not limited to,
the person making the charge, the amount of the charge and the purpose
for which the charge was made. Such record shall be made in a form
acceptable to the commissioner and include any charges relating to
admission to or discharge from such hospital.