{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-411.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 34-411.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n\n(a)\n(1)\n\"Assisted living residence\" shall have the same meaning as provided in§ 44-102.01(4).\n(2)\n\"Community residence facility\" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(4).\n(3)\n\"Entity\" means an assisted living residence, a community residence facility, or a nursing facility operating in the District.\n(4)\n\"Managing agency\" means the District government agency that has oversight of an entity.\n(5)\n\"Nursing facility\" means a 24-hour institution or distinct part of a 24-hour institution that:\n(A)\nIs primarily engaged in providing nursing care and related services to residents who require medical or nursing care, or rehabilitation services to persons who are injured, disabled, or sick;\n(B)\nIs not primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases; and\n(C)\nHas in effect a transfer agreement that meets the requirements of section 1802 of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, approved July 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 291; 42 U.S.C. § 1395a), with one or more hospitals.\n(6)\n\"Ombudsman\" means the District of Columbia Long-Term Care Ombudsman established by § 7-702.02(a) and designated under section 307(a)(12) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, approved October 18, 1978 (92 Stat. 1525; 42 U.S.C. § 3027(a)(12)), to perform the mandated functions of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program established by § 7-702.01.\n(7)\n\"Third-party contact\" means a person or agency authorized to receive duplicate notification of a past-due bill or termination of service sent to an entity by a utility company.\n(8)\n\"Third-Party Notification program\" is a program maintained by a utility company under which a customer of the utility company can designate another person or an agency to be the customer's third-party contact authorized to receive a copy of any notification regarding the customer's past-due bill or termination of service because of a past-due bill.\n(9)\n\"Utility company\" means a business that provides water, natural gas, or electricity service to an entity.","path":["Title 34. Public Utilities.","Chapter 4A. Community Residential Facilities Third-Party Notice of Utility Disconnection."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-411.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"680a10f5c7d18be10a3919f81f6cdcfb7d96724cc5d91a1a6b82e9d03cdb0604","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-407","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-411.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}