North Dakota Century Code Title 23. Health and Safety § 23-09.3-01. Definitions

1. “Basic care facility” means a residence, not licensed under chapter 23-16 by the department, that provides room and board to five or more individuals who are not related by blood or marriage to the owner or manager of the residence and who, because of impaired capacity for independent living, require health, social, or personal care services, but do not require regular twenty-four-hour medical or nursing services and:

2. “Department” means the department of health and human services.

3. “Services” includes responsibility for resident health and safety, assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, provision of leisure, recreational, and therapeutic activities, supervision of nutritional needs, and medication administration.