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7 AAC 100.990. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1) “AB” means aid to the blind under former 42 U.S.C. 1201 (Title X of the Social Security Act);

(2) “adoption” means the establishment of a parent-child relationship between a child and an adult who is not the child’s birth parent and that is recognized by law, including an adoption established by order of a state court, an adoption established by order of a tribal court with respect to an “Indian child” within the meaning given in 25 U.S.C. 1903 (Indian Child Welfare Act), and an adoption under tribal custom;

(3) “adoptive” means a relationship that exists as a result of an adoption;

(4) “Adult Public Assistance” means the program under AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615 that provides monthly cash assistance to eligible aged, blind, and disabled persons in need; for purposes of this chapter, “Adult Public Assistance” does not include interim assistance under AS 47.25.455;

(5) “advanced nurse practitioner” means an individual

(A) licensed under AS 08.68 as an advanced nurse practitioner; or

(B) who is authorized by federal law to practice as an advanced nurse practitioner without a license issued under AS 08.68, including federal employees and individuals working under contract with the United States;

(6) “APA” means the Adult Public Assistance program;

(7) “applicant” means an individual who has submitted an identifiable application in accordance with 7 AAC 100.004 and whose eligibility for Medicaid has not been approved or denied; “applicant” includes

(A) a parent or legal guardian who submits an application on behalf of a minor child in the custody of that parent or legal guardian; and

(B) an individual, alive or deceased, who is not a minor and whose application is submitted through an authorized representative or a person acting responsibly for the individual;

(8) “APTD” means aid to the permanently and totally disabled under former 42 U.S.C. 1351 (Title XIV of the Social Security Act);

(9) “assisted living home” has the meaning given in AS 47.33.990;

(10) “business property” means property used to operate a business or generate income;

(11) “caretaker relative”