Section 4700. Statement of legislative findings and intent

The legislature
  hereby finds that the provision of health care  in  shared  health  care
  facilities  has  become  an  important source of health services in this
  state and that such facilities are important mechanisms for the delivery
  of health care services which have largely been created by  the  funding
  provisions of the state program of medical assistance for needy persons.
  The  legislature also finds and declares that certain practices exist in
  the medical assistance program which have resulted in  abuses  requiring
  the  regulation  of  shared  health  facilities. The legislature further
  declares it to be the public policy of  the  state  to  regulate  shared
  health facilities and to set necessary standards for review of practices
  and care rendered in those facilities.