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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-333" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In Part V of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Affiliate” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each partner of a partnership;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each individual who has direct or indirect ownership of 10 percent or more of a nursing home or community program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Community program” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A program which provides residential services and is an alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment program as defined in § 8-403(a) of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A program which provides residential services for individuals with a developmental disability as defined in § 7-101(d) and (h) of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A private group home required to be licensed by the Secretary under § 10-517 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A private therapeutic group home for children and adolescents as defined under § 10-920 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A private residential treatment center for children and adolescents licensed under § 19-307 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A private facility operating living units that house less than 4 persons per unit under § 10-902 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A program which provides day habilitation, vocational, or community supported living arrangements services required to be licensed under § 7-903 of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A private program that provides outpatient services as set forth in § 10-902 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Nursing home” means a related institution that is classified as a nursing home.</text>
  </level>
</section>
