The following definitions shall apply throughout this Section:
- (1) "Person" means an individual; a trust or estate; a partnership; a corporation; or any grouping of individuals, each of whom owns five percent or more of a partnership or corporation, who collectively own a majority interest of either a partnership or a corporation.
- (2) "Owner" means any person who has or had legal or equitable title to or a majority interest in an adult care home.
- (3) "Affiliate" means any person that directly or indirectly controls or did control an adult care home or any person who is controlled by a person who controls or did control an adult care home. In addition, two or more adult care homes who are under common control are affiliates.
- (4) "Principal" means any person who is or was the owner or operator of an adult care home, an executive officer of a corporation that does or did own or operate an adult care home, a general partner of a partnership that does or did own or operate an adult care home, or a sole proprietorship that does or did own or operate an adult care home.
- (5) "Indirect control" means any situation where one person is in a position to act through another person over whom the first person has control due to the legal or economic relationship between the two.
History Note: Authority G.S. 131D-2.4; 131D-2.16; 131D-4.5; 143B-165;
Temporary Adoption Eff. December 1, 1999;
Eff. July 1, 2000;
Temporary Amendment Eff. July 1, 2003;
Amended Eff. June 1, 2004;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 6, 2018.