HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      3623

Article 70B - Office on Aging

Section 11A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
and Related Disorders studied many issues to help alleviate the
problems resulting from persons who suffer with Alzheimer's
disease and related disorders; and

WHEREAS, As part of its June 30, 1985 final report, the
Governor's Task Force recommended that certain long-term care
facilities and programs that care for patients who suffer from
Alzheimer's disease and related disorders include an in-service
education program on dementia and certain techniques necessary to
manage people who suffer from dementia related illnesses; now,
therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

19-301.

(1) (1) "Related institution" means an organized
institution, environment, or home that:

(i) Maintains conditions or facilities and
equipment to provide domiciliary, personal, or nursing care for 2
or more unrelated individuals who are dependent on the
administrator, operator, or proprietor for nursing care or the
subsistence of daily living in a safe, sanitary, and healthful
environment; and

(ii) Admits or retains the individuals for
overnight care.

(2) "Related institution" does not include:

(i) An adult residential environment or home
that is certified by the Department of Human Resources;

(ii) A nursing facility or visiting nurse
service that is conducted only by or for adherents of a bona fide
church or religious organization, in accordance with tenets and
practices that include reliance on treatment by spiritual means
alone for healing; or

(iii) Any sheltered housing for the elderly, as
defined in Article 70B, § 1 of the Code, that is certified by the