§ 28-451. Definitions.

As used in this article, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to them in this section, unless the context of their usage clearly indicates a different meaning:

Assistance with self-administration of medication means assisting a resident by reminding the resident to take medication, opening and removing medications from a container, or reminding the resident when a prescription medication needs to be refilled.

Boarding home or boarding home facility means an establishment that:

(1)

Furnishes, in one or more buildings, lodging to three or more persons with disabilities or elderly persons who are unrelated to the owner of the establishment by blood or marriage; and

(2)

Provides residents with community meals, light housework, meal preparation, transportation, grocery shopping, money management, laundry services, or assistance with self-administration of medication, but does not provide personal care services as defined by Section 247.002 of the Texas Health and Safety Code to those persons.

Business day means the city's standard days of operation; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, but shall exclude any day designated as an official city holiday or for which the operations of the city have been reduced or closed due to any unforeseen circumstance or emergency.

Department means Houston Public Works.

Director means the director of the department and the director's designees.

Elderly person means a person who is 65 years of age or older.

Employee means a person who regularly works in a boarding home facility.

Hearing officer means an individual designated by the director to conduct administrative appeal hearings.

Operator means the person in control of a boarding home facility.

Owner means the proprietor if a sole proprietorship, all general partners if a partnership, or the corporation and all officers, directors, and persons holding 50 percent or more of the outstanding shares of the corporation, if a corporation.

Permit means a current, valid permit issued by the director pursuant to the terms of this article to an operator for a boarding home facility.

Person with a disability means a person with a mental, physical, intellectual or developmental disability that substantially impairs the person's ability to provide adequately for the person's care or protection and who is:

(1)

18 years of age or older; or

(2)

Less than 18 years of age and who has had the disabilities of minority removed.

Resident means a person who is residing in a boarding home facility.

(Ord. No. 2018-225 , § 2(Exh. A), 3-22-2018)