7 AAC 48.900 - Definitions
In this chapter,
(1) "CAMA" means chronic and acute medical
assistance;
(2) "correctional
facility" has the meaning given in
AS
11.81.900;
(3) "department" means the Department of
Health and Social Services;
(4)
"disability" means being unable to or the inability to engage in substantial
gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months;
(5) "division" means the division of public
assistance in the Department of Health and Social Services;
(6) "elective procedure" means a procedure
that is subject to the choice or decision of the patient or health care
provider regarding medical services that are advantageous to the patient but
not necessary to prevent the death or disability of the patient;
(7) "identifiable application" means an
application form that contains at least the applicant's name, mailing address,
and signature or witnessed mark;
(8) "juvenile detention facility" has the
meaning given in AS 47.14.900;
(9)
"major medical care" means non-elective inpatient hospital services that cannot
be performed on an outpatient basis and that are the result of a condition
listed in 7 AAC 48.525(b)
that has been certified as life threatening or disabling; "major medical care"
does not include inpatient psychiatric hospital services;
(10) "prescribed drugs" means a simple or
compound substance, or mixtures of substances, prescribed for the cure,
mitigation, or prevention of disease, or for health maintenance that is
prescribed by a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts
within the scope of practice as defined and limited by federal and state law,
and is dispensed by a licensed pharmacist on a valid prescription that is
recorded and maintained in the pharmacist's records; "prescribed drugs" also
includes chemotherapy provided on an outpatient basis;
(11) "recipient" means an individual who is
financially eligible for CAMA and who may receive a covered medical service if
determined to be eligible to receive the service;
(12) "residency" has the same meaning as in
AS 01.05.055.
Notes
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.08.130
AS 47.08.150
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