Definitions

As used in the Special Medical Needs Act: A. "department" or "division" means the income support division of the health care authority; B. "board" means the division; C. "aged person" means a person who has attained the age of sixty-five years and does not have a spouse financially able, according to rules of the division, to furnish support; D. "person with a disability" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years and is determined to have a permanent and total disability, according to rules of the division; and E. "blind person" means a person who is determined to be blind according to rules of the division. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-15-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 311, § 2; 1977, ch. 252, § 20; 2007, ch. 46, § 20; 2024, ch. 39, § 98.