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medically trained, but medical training is not required; an escort is not compensated by the department;

(4) “food and lodging” means meals and sleeping facilities for the recipient, escort, or both, while the recipient is receiving medical care at a facility away from the place where the recipient regularly resides; “food and lodging” does not include

(A) meals and sleeping facilities provided by friends or relatives of either the recipient or the escort; or

(B) accommodations provided in hospitals or nursing homes;

(5) “medical transportation” means transportation for medical purposes to and from any source of medical care or between medical facilities, food and lodging incidental to such transportation for both recipients and escorts when needed, and accommodations provided by prematernal homes;

(6) “prematernal home” means home-like or dormitory-style accommodations that

(A) are licensed under AS 47.32;

(B) use double occupancy of bedrooms on a routine basis, a shared bathroom, and meals served family-style;

(C) are intended primarily for