[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR436.522]



[Page 197]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 436_ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS--

 

       Subpart F_Categorical Requirements for Medicaid Eligibility

 

Sec.  436.522  Determination of age.



    (a) In determining age, the agency must use the common law method 

(under which an age is reached the day before the anniversary of birth) 

or the popular usage method (under which a specific age is reached on 

the anniversary of birth), whichever is used under the corresponding 

State plan for OAA, AFDC, AB, APTD, or AABD.

    (b) The agency may use an arbitrary date, such as July 1, for 

determining an individual's age if the year, but not the month, of his 

birth is known.



[58 FR 4936, Jan. 19, 1993]



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