Definitions

As used in this Chapter:

(a)Nursing Home means an institution, private home, other place or part or unit thereof, however named, whether for profit or not, including facilities operated by the government of Guam, which is advertised, offered, maintained or operated for the express or implied purpose of providing accommodations and nursing or related health care for two

(2)or more individuals not related to the owner or administrator by blood or marriage within the third degree of consanguinity, which accommodations and care are for a period of twenty-four

(24)or more consecutive hours, but shall not include any place providing care and treatment primarily for the acutely ill.

(b)Nursing Home Administrator means the individual responsible to the governing board or owner of the nursing home for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the total operation of the nursing home.