Section 2800. Declaration of policy and statement of purpose

Hospital and
  related  services  including  health-related  service  of  the   highest
  quality,  efficiently  provided  and  properly  utilized at a reasonable
  cost, are of vital concern to the public health. In order to provide for
  the protection and promotion of the health of  the  inhabitants  of  the
  state,   pursuant   to   section  three  of  article  seventeen  of  the
  constitution,  the  department  of  health  shall  have   the   central,
  comprehensive  responsibility  for the development and administration of
  the state's policy with respect to hospital and  related  services,  and
  all  public  and private institutions, whether state, county, municipal,
  incorporated or not incorporated, serving principally as facilities  for
  the  prevention,  diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury,
  deformity or physical condition or for the rendering  of  health-related
  service shall be subject to the provisions of this article.