1. "Governmental unit" means any county, municipality or other political subdivision or any department, division, board or other agency of any of the foregoing. 2. "Hospital" means a place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care for not less than twenty-four consecutive hours in any week of three or more nonrelated individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity or other abnormal physical conditions; or a place devoted primarily to provide for not less than twenty-four consecutive hours in any week medical or nursing care for three or more nonrelated individuals. The term "hospital" shall include a facility designated as a rural emergency hospital by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The term "hospital" does not include convalescent, nursing, shelter or boarding homes as defined in chapter 198 . 3. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company or association and the legal successors thereof.
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