In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. “Accredited hospital” means a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. “Accredited residential treatment center” means a residential treatment center that is accredited by: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; or The Council on Accreditation. “Apartment unit” means any space, in a residential building, that is enclosed and self-contained and has a sanitary environment, if the space includes: 2 or more rooms; A direct exit to a thoroughfare or to a common element leading to a thoroughfare; Facilities for living, sleeping, and eating; and At least the following facilities for cooking: Storage space for food and utensils; A refrigerator; A cook top; and Adequate electrical capacity and outlets for small appliances. “Domiciliary care” means services that are provided to aged or disabled individuals in a protective, institutional or home-type environment. “Domiciliary care” includes: Shelter; Housekeeping services; Board; Facilities and resources for daily living; and Personal surveillance or direction in the activities of daily living. “Hospital” means an institution that: Has a group of at least 5 physicians who are organized as a medical staff for the institution; Maintains facilities to provide, under the supervision of the medical staff, diagnostic and treatment services for 2 or more unrelated individuals; and Admits or retains the individuals for overnight care. “License” means a license issued by the Secretary: To operate a hospital in this State; To operate a related institution in this State; or To operate a residential treatment center in this State. “Limited service hospital” means a health care facility that: Is licensed as a hospital on or after January 1, 1999; Changes the type or scope of health care services offered by eliminating the facility’s capability to admit or retain patients for overnight hospitalization; Retains an emergency or urgent care center; and Complies with the regulations adopted by the Secretary under § 19-307.1 of this subtitle. “Nonaccredited hospital” means a hospital not accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. “Nonaccredited residential treatment center” means a residential treatment center that is not accredited by: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; or The Council on Accreditation. “Nursing care” means service for a patient that is: Ordered by a physician; and Provided or supervised by a registered or practical nurse who is licensed to practice in this State. “Nursing facility” means a related institution that provides nursing care for 2 or more unrelated individuals. “Person” includes this State or a county or municipal corporation. “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. “Personal care” includes: Help in walking; Help in getting in and out of bed; Help in bathing; Help in dressing; Help in feeding; and General supervision and help in daily living. “Related institution” means an organized institution, environment, or home that: 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 Admits or retains the individuals for overnight care. “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. “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. “Unrelated individual” means anyone who is not: A child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, or spouse of the proprietor; or An in-law of any of these individuals.