§ 23-16-01 — Licensure of medical hospitals and state hospitals

After July 1, 1947, no person, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company,
county or municipal corporation, or agency thereof, which maintains and operates organized
facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of two or more nonrelated persons suffering from
illness, injury, or deformity or where obstetrical or other care is rendered over a period
exceeding twenty-four hours, may be established, conducted, or maintained in the state of North
Dakota without obtaining annually a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided in
sections 23-16-02 and 23-16-03. Chiropractic hospitals, sanatoriums, American society of
addiction medicine level 3.7 substance use treatment programs licensed by the department of
health and human services that are independent from a medical hospital, and hospitals such as
those for unmarried mothers maintained and operated by the department of health and human
services are not required to obtain a license under this chapter.
In the case of emergency or transfer beds attached to and forming a part of a licensed
medical doctor's office, the department of health and human services has the right of inspection,
but no license may be required under the provisions of this chapter when the number of such
beds does not exceed four.