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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="9-101" title_number="9" title_name="Nursing Home Administrators and Assisted Living Managers" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Assisted living manager” means an individual who oversees and is responsible for the day–to–day operation of an assisted living program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Assisted living program” has the meaning stated in § 19–1801 of the Health – General Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Board” means the State Board of Long–Term Care Administrators.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Family member” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A spouse;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A child;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A sibling;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A parent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A grandparent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A niece or nephew; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>An uncle or aunt.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“License” means, unless the context requires otherwise:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license issued by the Board to practice as a nursing home administrator under Subtitle 3 of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license issued by the Board to practice as an assisted living manager under Subtitle 3A of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Licensed assisted living manager” means, unless the context requires otherwise, an individual who is licensed by the Board to practice as an assisted living manager.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Licensed nursing home administrator” means, unless the context requires otherwise, an individual who is licensed by the Board to practice as a nursing home administrator.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Nursing home” means an institution or part of an institution that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is a “skilled nursing facility” or an “intermediate care facility” as those terms are defined by federal law and participates in a program under Title XVIII or Title XIX of the Social Security Act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If it is licensed only by this State, otherwise meets the federal requirements for a “skilled nursing facility” or an “intermediate care facility” as those terms are defined by federal law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Nursing home administrator” means an individual who administers, manages, or is in general administrative charge of a nursing home whether or not the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has an ownership interest in the nursing home; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shares duties and functions with other individuals.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
