# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 3. Hospitals and Related Institutions

#### Section 19-333

(a) In Part V of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Affiliate" means:

  (1) Each partner of a partnership;

  (2) Each officer, director, and stockholder who has direct or indirect ownership or control of 10 percent or more of the stock of a corporation; or

  (3) Each individual who has direct or indirect ownership of 10 percent or more of a nursing home or community program.

(c) "Community program" means:

  (1) A program which provides residential services and is an alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment program as defined in Sec. 8-403(a) of this article;

  (2) A program which provides residential services for individuals with a developmental disability as defined in Sec. 7-101(d) and (h) of this article;

  (3) A private group home required to be licensed by the Secretary under Sec. 10-517 of this article;

  (4) A private therapeutic group home for children and adolescents as defined under Sec. 10-920 of this article;

  (5) A private residential treatment center for children and adolescents licensed under Sec. 19-307 of this subtitle;

  (6) A private facility operating living units that house less than 4 persons per unit under Sec. 10-902 of this article;

  (7) A program which provides day habilitation, vocational, or community supported living arrangements services required to be licensed under Sec. 7-903 of this article; or

  (8) A private program that provides outpatient services as set forth in Sec. 10-902 of this article.

(d) "Individual" means a person who is a resident of a nursing home or a community residential program or a person enrolled in a day habilitation or vocational program.

(e) "Nursing home" means a related institution that is classified as a nursing home.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)