[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: 42CFR436.540]



[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.  436.540  Definition of disability.



    (a) Definition. The agency must use the definition of permanent and 

total disability that is used in the State plan for APTD or AABD. (See 

45 CFR 233.80(a)(1) for the Federal recommended definition of permanent 

and total disability.)

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

definition of permanent and total disability.