# Sec. 5-130. Definitions

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 5-130. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-130 (2026)

(a) Day Care Center for Adults means a place that is operated to provide, with or without charge, care for medically handicapped adults and either: is designated for group day care for four (4) or more medically handicapped adults; or is a family home that provides day care for two (2) or three (3) medically handicapped adults.

(b) Day Care Center for the Elderly means a place that is operated to provide, with or without charge, care for elderly individuals and either is: designated for group care for at least four (4) elderly individuals; or is a family home that provides care for two (2) or three (3) elderly individuals.

(c) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene means the Prince George's County Health Department.

(d) Department of Social Services means the Prince George's County division of the Social Services Administration within the State Department of Human Resources.

(e) Elderly individual means an individual who: is 60 years old or older; lives alone or with a spouse, relative, or friend; and needs temporary supervision and care during a part of a day.

(f) Family Day Care Home means a residence other than the child's residence in which care is given to not more than six (6) children in place of parental care for less than twenty-four (24) hours a day for pay.

(g) Medically handicapped adult means an individual who: is sixteen (16) years old or older; lives alone or with a spouse, relative, or friend; and has a disability that is:

  (1) A reasonably static physical impairment that prevents gainful employment or the accomplishment of the routine of normal daily activities outside of an institutional or sheltered environment; or

  (2) A permanent or recurrent mental impairment that requires domiciliary or institutional care in a sheltered environment.

(h) Person means an individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation, trustee, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, or any public or private entity.