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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-380" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Aftercare” means any assistance provided by a lay caregiver to a patient after discharge of the patient.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Aftercare” includes tasks that are limited to the patient’s condition at the time of discharge that do not require a licensed professional.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Discharge” means the exit or release of a patient from inpatient care in a hospital to the residence of the patient.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Lay caregiver” means an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is an adult;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is designated as a lay caregiver by a patient or the legal guardian of a patient under this part; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Performs aftercare for the patient at the residence of the patient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Residence” means a dwelling that a patient considers to be home.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Residence” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A rehabilitation facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A nursing home;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>An assisted living facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A group home licensed by the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
