Treatment or care center defined

As defined by North Dakota Century Code section 25-16-01, the treatment or care center means "any hospital, home, or other premises, owned or operated by a charitable nonprofit corporation or association, especially to provide relief, care, custody, treatment, training or education of the mentally retarded". It is interpreted that this law applies to those centers providing services on a twenty-four-hour basis which are hereafter referred to as residential care.