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Session Laws, 1997
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 130

[(k)](L) (M) (1) "Personal care" means a service that an individual normally
would perform personally, but for which the individual needs help from another because
of advanced age, infirmity, or physical or mental limitation.

(2) "Personal care" includes:

(i) Help in walking;

(ii) Help in getting in and out of bed;

(iii) Help in bathing;

(iv) Help in dressing;

(v) Help in feeding; and

(vi) General supervision and help in daily living.

[(l)] (M) (N) (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 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.

(N) "RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER" MEANS A RELATED INSTITUTION
THAT PROVIDES INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED
CHILDREN OR ADOLESCENTS WITH OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TWO OR
MORE NONRELATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REFERRED FOR ADMISSION ON THE
RECOMMENDATION OF A PHYSICIAN.

(O) "RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER" MEANS A PSYCHIATRIC
INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES CAMPUS-BASED INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE
EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SEVERE
AND CHRONIC EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES WHO REQUIRE A SELF-CONTAINED
THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAM IN A RESIDENTIAL
SETTING.

[(m)] (O) (P) "Unrelated individual" means anyone who is not:

(1) A child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, sibling, stepparent, stepchild,
or spouse of the proprietor; or

(2) An in-law of any of these individuals.

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