No — while both are licensed under the same single 'adult care home' category, DHSR's fee schedule and civil penalty tiers differ by bed count, generally distinguishing facilities with 9 or fewer beds from those with 10 or more. This is a difference in fee/penalty structure within one license type, not a separate license classification.
What this means in practice
A small residential-style adult care home in a town like Zebulon, on Wake County's eastern edge, and a large multi-unit community in Raleigh's North Hills district are both licensed under the identical Chapter 131D and 10A NCAC 13F framework, but DHSR's fee schedule and the civil penalty amounts assessed for violations scale with facility size. This means a large North Hills facility found in violation of the same rule as a small Zebulon home could face a different penalty amount purely because of its bed count, even though both are held to the same underlying care standards. Families shouldn't read a lower penalty amount at a smaller facility as evidence of a less serious violation — it may simply reflect where that facility falls in DHSR's size-based fee and penalty tiers.
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