[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: 42CFR436.530]



[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.  436.530  Definition of blindness.



    (a) Definition. The agency must use the definition of blindness that 

is used in the State plan for AB or AABD.

    (b) State plan requirement. The State plan must contain the 

definition of blindness, expressed in ophthalmic measurements.