Colorado § 12-265-103 - Definitions.
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§ 12-265-103. Definitions.
As used in this article 265, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the board of examiners of nursing home administrators created in section 12-265-106.
(2) "Nursing home administrator" means any individual licensed and responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the operation of a nursing home or who in fact performs these functions, whether or not these functions are shared by one or more other persons.
(3) "Nursing home administrator-in-training" means an individual registered with the board pursuant to the provisions of this article 265.
(4) "Nursing home facility" shall have the same meaning as that set forth in section 25-1-1002 and shall include nursing care facilities, whether proprietary or nonprofit, that are licensed under section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a)(I) or pursuant to the rules for nursing homes promulgated by the department of public health and environment. The term "nursing home" includes but is not limited to nursing homes owned or administered by the state government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
(5) "Practice of nursing home administration" means the planning, organizing, directing, and control of the operation of a nursing home.
(6) "Reasonable grounds" means facts and circumstances sufficiently strong to warrant a prudent person to believe that the facts and circumstances are true.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1377, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-39-102 as it existed prior to 2019.
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