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Definition
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“Assisted Living Facility” means a building
or structure containing a series of living units operated as one
entity to provide services for five or more individuals who are not
related by blood, marriage, or guardianship to the owner or manager
of the entity and which is kept, used, maintained, advertised, or
held out to the public as a place that provides or coordinates
individualized support services to accommodate the individual’s
needs and abilities to maintain as much independence as possible.
An assisted living facility does not include a facility that
is a congregate housing facility, licensed as a basic care facility,
or licensed under chapter. 23-16.
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“Basic Care Facility” means a facility
licensed by the department under North Dakota Century Code chapter
23-09.3 whose focus is to provide room and board and health, social,
and personal care to assist the residents to attain or maintain
their highest level of functioning, consistent with the resident
assessment and care plan, to five or more residents not related by
blood or marriage to the owner or manager.
These services shall be provided on a twenty-four-hour basis
within the facility, either directly or through contract, and shall
include assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental
activities of daily living; provision of leisure, recreational, and
therapeutic activities; and supervision of nutritional needs and
medication administration.
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