### Question
What does professional assessment committee mean?


### Answer
**Professional assessment committee** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 8002*:

> a group of at least three persons appointed by a local public housing agency or a nonprofit corporation and shall include qualified medical professionals and other persons professionally competent to appraise the functional abilities of elderly or permanently disabled adult persons, or both, in relation to the performance of the normal tasks of daily living

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 8002*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 89-CONGREGATE HOUSING SERVICES**

