New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 9 - HUMAN RIGHTS
Chapter 4 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Part 20 - GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON CONCERNS OF THE HANDICAPPED BY-LAWS
Section 9.4.20.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Agency" means an entity, public or private, which provides various social and/or health related services.

B. "Applicant" means an individual in the community with a disability and capable of self-directed care.

C. "Client" means an applicant who has been approved by the governor's commission on disability to receive services of the residential accessibility modification program.

D. "Commission" means the governor's commission on disability.

E. "Contractor" means person(s) who may provide one or more of the services authorized for payment with residential accessibility modification program funds.

F. "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities such as caring for oneself, walking, toileting, etc.

G. "GCD" means the governor's commission on disability;

H. "Notice to Proceed" means a notification letter from the RAMP project manager addressed to the contractor awarding the project, and notification stating the contractor can commence work on the referenced project within 10 consecutive calendar days.

I. "Payer of last resort" means as a condition of eligibility for residential accessibility modification program services, another public or private insurance or coverage and a community resource is exhausted first.

J. "Proof of disability" means a statement of disability signed by a physician or a verification of federally issued disability benefits.

K. "RAMP" means residential accessibility modification program.