Section 19-301 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Accredited hospital" means a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.(c) "Accredited residential treatment center" means a residential treatment center that is accredited by : (1) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations;(2) The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; or(3) The Council on Accreditation. (d) "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) A direct exit to a thoroughfare or to a common element leading to a thoroughfare;(3) Facilities for living, sleeping, and eating; and(4) At least the following facilities for cooking:(i) Storage space for food and utensils;(iv) Adequate electrical capacity and outlets for small appliances.(e)(1) "Domiciliary care" means services that are provided to aged or disabled individuals in a protective, institutional or home-type environment.(2) "Domiciliary care" includes: (ii) Housekeeping services;(iv) Facilities and resources for daily living; and(v) Personal surveillance or direction in the activities of daily living.(f) "Hospital" means an institution that:(1) Has a group of at least 5 physicians who are organized as a medical staff for the institution;(2) Maintains facilities to provide, under the supervision of the medical staff, diagnostic and treatment services for 2 or more unrelated individuals; and(3) Admits or retains the individuals for overnight care.(g) "License" means a license issued by the Secretary: (1) To operate a hospital in this State;(2) To operate a related institution in this State; or(3) To operate a residential treatment center in this State.(h) "Limited service hospital" means a health care facility that:(1) Is licensed as a hospital on or after January 1, 1999;(2) Changes the type or scope of health care services offered by eliminating the facility's capability to admit or retain patients for overnight hospitalization;(3) Retains an emergency or urgent care center; and(4) Complies with the regulations adopted by the Secretary under § 19-307.1 of this subtitle.(i) "Nonaccredited hospital" means a hospital not accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.(j) "Nonaccredited residential treatment center" means a residential treatment center that is not accredited by :(1) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations;(2) The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; or(3) The Council on Accreditation.(k) "Nursing care" means service for a patient that is:(1) Ordered by a physician; and(2) Provided or supervised by a registered or practical nurse who is licensed to practice in this State.(l) "Nursing facility" means a related institution that provides nursing care for 2 or more unrelated individuals.(m) "Person" includes this State or a county or municipal corporation.(n)(1) "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.(2) "Personal care" includes: (ii) Help in getting in and out of bed;(vi) General supervision and help in daily living.(o)(1) "Related institution" means an organized institution, environment, or home that:(i) 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(ii) Admits or retains the individuals for overnight care.(2) "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.(p) "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.(q) "Unrelated individual" means anyone who is not:(1) A child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, or spouse of the proprietor; or(2) An in-law of any of these individuals.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 854,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2024.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 853,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2024.Brought forward without change, 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 799,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2025.Brought forward without change, 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 798,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2025.Brought forward without change, 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 495, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2021.Brought forward without change, 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 494, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2021.Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 377, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2016.Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 376, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2016.Amended by 2015 Md. Laws, Ch. 393, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2015.