"Indigent or poor person" defined--Eligibility standards

For the purposes of this chapter, an indigent or poor person is any person who does not have sufficient money, credit, or property to be self - supporting; who has no one to look to who is legally required to provide support; or who is unable to be self - supporting through work because of illness or injury. In applying this definition, each county shall establish reasonable eligibility standards for county poor relief. Source: SL 1984, ch 203 , § 1; SL 1997, ch 170 , § 1.