Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 97 - KANSAS COMMISSION ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Article 7 - VIETNAM WAR ERA MEDALLION PROGRAM
Section 97-7-1 - Definitions
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 97-7-1
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
As used in L. 2009, ch. 62, secs. 1 through 6 and amendments thereto and these regulations, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a)
(1) "Active service" and "active duty" shall include the
following:
(A) For a member of an active component of the armed forces of
the United States, the time served on active duty for which the member has
received or is eligible to receive the Vietnam war era medallion for service
related to the Vietnam war; and
(B) for a member of the armed forces of the United States, time
served on active duty for the support of operations in the Vietnam war whether
or not that service was in the country of Vietnam.
(2) These terms shall include any time spent in a hospital as a
result of service-connected wounds, diseases, or injuries sustained on active
service. Proof of this service shall be the official military records of the
United States or other evidence as deemed sufficient by the director of veteran
services.
(3) These terms shall not include time served on active duty
for annual training or schooling, except for training and schooling in
preparation for active duty in the Vietnam war.
(b) "Director of veteran services" means the designated director of the veteran services program for the Kansas commission on veterans' affairs, who is appointed by the executive director of the Kansas commission on veterans' affairs.
(c) "Parent" shall include the following:
(1) The natural or adoptive parent of a veteran; and
(2) any person who, for a period of at least one year, acted in
the capacity of a foster parent to a veteran immediately before the veteran
attained 18 years of age.
(d) "Program" means the Vietnam war era medallion program.
(e) "Spouse or eldest living survivor of a deceased veteran" means those individuals listed in 97-7-4.
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