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As used in the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act:

1. "Assisted living center" means any home or establishment offering, coordinating or providing services to two or more persons who:

  • a.are domiciled therein,
  • b.are unrelated to the operator,
  • c.by choice or functional impairments, need assistance with personal care or nursing supervision,
  • d.may need intermittent or unscheduled nursing care,
  • e.may need medication assistance, and
  • f.may need assistance with transfer and/or ambulation;

2. "Board" means the State Board of Health;

3. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health;

4. "Continuum of care facility" means a home, establishment or institution providing nursing facility services as defined in Section 1-1902 of this title and one or both of the following:

  • a.assisted living center services as defined in the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, and
  • b.adult day care center services as defined in Section 1-872 of this title; and

5. “Department” means the State Department of Health.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 223, § 2, emerg. eff. May 20, 1997. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 347, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 53, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.


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