NIC Class 8720 covers Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse. This is the main comparison layer for deciding which specific six-digit Sub-class...
Class 8720 is the final decision layer before six-digit Sub-classes such as undefined undefined, undefined undefined, undefined undefined. Compare the child pages before using a code in a filing.
Class 8720 is used when the final six-digit code is not obvious and official notes or child Sub-classes need to be compared.
Review every child Sub-class under Class 8720. If the wording is still broad, open the six-digit child pages before using a code in registration.
This class includes the provision of residential care (but not licensed hospital care), protective supervision and counselling to persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, intellectual disability or substance abuse, irrespective of the age. This class excludes: - mental health hospitals, see 8610 - provision of residential nursing care and rehabilitative services for individuals other than those living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, see 8710, 8730 - social work activities with accommodation, such as temporary homeless shelters, see 8799 - non-residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, such as mental health care centres, see division 88
Start here when the business belongs to residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse and then compare child entries such as undefined undefined, undefined undefined, undefined undefined.
No. This is a hierarchy page. Continue to the six-digit Sub-class before using a code in registration or compliance records.
Check the parent hierarchy, compare nearby sibling codes in the same parent category, and confirm that the official title matches the main revenue activity. For regulated or filing-critical decisions, verify the source row in the MoSPI dataset.
A wrong code can cause mismatched business descriptions, follow-up questions or later compliance cleanup. It is better to compare nearby codes before filing than to correct a weak classification later.
Use the legacy converter only as a migration aid. Old NIC 2008 matches can suggest where to look, but NIC 2025 should remain the primary reference for new code selection.
NIC 8720 is an intermediate hierarchy page, not usually the final code used in a filing. Use it to compare child entries, read the nearby-code context and move toward the most precise six-digit Sub-class. If the child list contains several similar activities, open each candidate page and compare the wording against the business's real operating model.
Official NIC 2025 Excel and PDF from MoSPI.
2026-04-21 from the generated NIC 2025 source layer used in this build.
This is an independent reference tool. Verify filing-critical decisions in official sources.