71-2-301 - Part definitions.
71-2-301. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Applicant means a person requesting medical assistance under this part;
(2) Department means the department of human services;
(3) Medical assistance means vendor payments or other payments for drugs in behalf of any person in need of this form of medical assistance as determined by department standards; and
(4) Recipient means a person receiving medical assistance under the terms of this part.
[Acts 1961, ch. 96, § 1; 1971, ch. 43, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1(a, b); T.C.A., §§ 14-1601, 14-3-101.]