Section 144-150-1.01 - OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND ADOPT POLICYA. No hospital shall deny services to any Maine resident solely because of the inability of the individual to pay for those services. Every hospital shall adopt and adhere to a free care policy that provides for a determination of inability to pay, defines the service to be provided as free care, and takes into account other sources of payment for care, consistent with the standards established in this Chapter.B. Nothing in this rule shall preclude a hospital from adopting a policy for the provision of free care to individuals not qualifying for free care under this rule or for services not covered under this rule.C. For purposes of this Chapter "free care" means service provided without expectation of payment from, or on behalf of, the individual receiving the hospital services.10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 150, § 1.01