Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 47 - General Relief
Article 6 - General Provisions
7 AAC 47.900 - Definitions

(1) "abandonment" has the meaning given in AS 47.24.900;

(2) "abuse" has the meaning given in AS 47.24.900;

(3) "activities of daily living" has the meaning given in AS 47.33.990;

(4) "Alaska longevity bonus" means the cash benefit program administered by the Department of Administration under AS 47.45.010-47.45.160;

(5) "APA" means the Adult Public Assistance program administered by the division of public assistance under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1383, AS 47.25.430-47.25.615, and 7 AAC 40;

(6) "assisted living home" means a home that has been licensed by the department under AS 47.33 and 7 AAC 75 and that has entered into an assisted living home agreement for services with the department;

(7) "central office" means the Juneau office of the division of public assistance;

(8) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(9) "district office" means one of the local offices of the division of public assistance, that is staffed to accept applications for cash, food, medical, and adult residential care assistance;

(10) "division" means the division of public assistance of the Department of health and Social Services;

(11) "division of public assistance" means the division of public assistance of the Department of Health and Social Services;

(12) "division of vocational rehabilitation" means the division of vocational rehabilitation of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;

(13) "exploitation" has the meaning given in AS 47.24, 900;

(14) "general relief medical" means the medical assistance program administered by the division of public assistance under AS 47.25.120-47.25.300;

(15) "instrumental activities of daily living" has the meaning given in AS 47.33.990;

(16) "legend drug" means a drug that may be purchased only on the prescription of a physician or dentist;

(17) "managing money," as that term is used in the definition of "instrumental activities of daily living" in AS 47.33.990, means the safekeeping and management of a resident's money under AS 47.33, 040;

(18) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program administered by the department under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396 v, AS 47.07.010-47.07.075, and AS 47.07.900;

(19) "neglect" has the meaning given in AS 47.24.900;

(20) "over-the-counter drug" means a substance for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease that may be purchased without. a prescription;

(21) "personal assistant" has the meaning given in AS 47.33.990;

(22) "protective services" has the meaning given in AS 47.24.900;

(23) "provider" means a person, business, or private or public agency or institution, that offers goods or services of a medical, dental, or pharmaceutical nature to the public;

(24) "regional manager" means an employee of the division of public assistance who has direct administrative responsibility for the operation of district offices within that employee's geographic region of the state;

(25) "resident" means a resident of an assisted living home who is receiving financial assistance under this chapter;

(26) "SSI" means Supplemental Security Income;

(27) "Supplemental Security Income" means the program administered by the federal government under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 42 U.S.C. 1383c;

(28) "supportive services" has the meaning given in AS 47.33.990;

(29) "vulnerable adult" has the meaning given in AS 47.24.900;

(30) "working day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.

(31) "institution for mental disease" means a facility of more than 16 beds that is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis, treatment, or care of individuals with mental diseases, including medical attention, nursing care, and related services; whether an institution is an institution for mental disease is determined by its overall character as that of a facility established and maintained primarily for the care and treatment of individuals with mental disease, whether or not the facility is licensed as such.