It is the policy of this Territory to encourage and promote measures and the development and utilization of resources to insure the effective care and treatment of persons who are convalescing or whose physical or mental condition requires them to receive a degree of nursing and/or related health care greater than that necessary for well individuals, but not so acute as to require hospitalization. Such care and treatment requires a living environment for them which, to the extent practicable, will approximate a normal home environment. To this end, the guiding principle for the administration of the laws of this Territory is that such person shall be encouraged and assisted in securing necessary care and treatment in non-

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institutional surroundings. Recognizing that for many persons effective care and treatment can only be secured from proprietary, voluntary and governmental nursing homes, it is the policy of this Territory to encourage, promote and require the maintenance of institutions other than hospitals offering nursing and/or related health care so as to insure protection of those using the services of such facilities.
SOURCE: GC § 9955.