North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 06 - AGING - PROGRAMS OPERATIONS
Subchapter V - STATE IN-HOME SERVICES FUND: PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF MEALS
Section .0200 - DEFINITIONS
Section 06V .0201 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 06V .0201

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

As used in 71Q.0913 and this Subchapter the following terms have the meanings specified:

(1) "Nutritious Meals" means that the total intake for a 24 hour period must meet the nutritional needs appropriate for age, sex and disability. One meal should meet a minimum of one-third of the recommended dietary allowance for the individual.

(2) "Blind" means visually impaired persons whose eye condition is described as follows:

(a) persons with best corrected central visual acuity of 20/70 or less in the better eye; or

(b) persons with one or both of the following conditions:
(i) the presence of chronic, progressive eye pathology;

(ii) visual acuity better than 20/70 which nevertheless results in a vocational or functional handicap.

(3) "Aging" for this meal service means age 60 years or older.

(4) "Disabled" means unable to engage in any substantial activity necessary for self-care or self-support by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment.

(5) "Own Home" means that the service recipient is living in a residence he maintains for himself or is maintained for him by his caretaker. "Own Home" does not include any group care.

(6) "Central Dining Facility" means a group feeding site.

(7) "Malnutrition" means both inadequate and excessive intake of any essential nutrient.

Authority G.S. 143B-153;
Eff. March 1, 1977;
Readopted Eff. October 31, 1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1990; July 1, 1984;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 6, 2016.

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