{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-1001.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 44-1001.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Administrator” means the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation and management of a facility, including, in the case of a community residence facility, the Residence Director of the facility.\n\n(2)\n“Affiliate” means:\n(A)\nWith respect to a partnership, each partner;\n(B)\nWith respect to a corporation, each officer and director and each stockholder who directly or indirectly owns or controls 10% or more of any class of securities issued by the corporation; and\n(C)\nWith respect to an individual:\n(i)\nEach parent, child, grandchild, spouse, sibling, first cousin, aunt, and uncle of the individual, whether the relationship arises by blood, marriage, or adoption;\n(ii)\nEach partnership in which the individual or an affiliate of the individual is a partner, and each other partner in that partnership; and\n(iii)\nEach corporation in which the individual or an affiliate of the individual is an officer, director, or stockholder who directly or indirectly owns or controls 10% or more of any class of securities issued by the corporation.\n\n(2A)\n“Assisted Living Residence” shall have the same meaning as given the term in § 44-102.01(4).\n\n(3)\n“Community residence facility” means that term as it is defined in § 44-501(a)(4).\n\n(4)\n“Court” means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.\n\n(5)\n“District” means the District of Columbia.\n\n(6)\n“Facility” means a nursing home, Assisted Living Residence, or community residence facility operating in the District.\n\n(7)\n“Long-Term Care Ombudsman” means the person designated under 42 U.S.C. § 3027(a)(12) to perform the mandated functions of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program in the District.\n\n(8)\n“Nursing home” means that term as it is defined in § 44-501(a)(3).\n\n(9)\n“Person” means an individual or individuals, an agency, a corporation, a partnership, the District government, or any other organizational entity.\n\n(10)\n“Resident” means a resident of a facility.\n\n(11)\n“Resident’s representative” means:\n(A)\nAny person who is knowledgeable about a resident’s circumstances and has been designated by that resident to represent him or her;\n(B)\nAny person other than a facility who has been appointed by a court either to administer a resident’s financial or personal affairs or to protect and advocate for a resident’s rights; or\n(C)\nThe Long-Term Care Ombudsman or his or her designee, if no person has been designated or appointed in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph.","path":["Title 44. Charitable and Curative Institutions.","Chapter 10. Nursing Homes and Community Residence Facilities Protections.","Subchapter I. Definitions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/44-1001.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c6172a697fc987fd1e18f557399f98e4c3ab298c9f9241ce5ae5efb77b08b42d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-951.19","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-1002.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}