449.0177  “Rural hospital” defined.  “Rural hospital” means a hospital with 85 or fewer beds which is:

1.  The sole institutional provider of health care located within a county whose population is less than 100,000;

2.  The sole institutional provider of health care located within a city whose population is less than 25,000; or

3.  Maintained and governed pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 1600; A 2001, 1992)