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Senate Bill 1953 (SB 1953) was enacted by the California Legislature in 1994 and mandates that all acute care medical facilities, including Stanford Hospital & Clinics and other Bay Area hospitals, meet strict new seismic requirements or risk loss of their license to operate. Stanford Hospital must meet these new requirements by 2013 with limited potential for extensions.
