005.01 APPLICATION SUBMITTAL.

An application may be submitted by an applicant, an adult member of the applicant’s immediate family, an adult member of the applicant’s tax household, an authorized representative, or if the applicant is a minor or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly for the applicant. A medical provider may submit an application on behalf of an individual whom the provider is treating if the individual is unconscious or otherwise unable to apply and does not have an existing power of attorney or court-appointed individual to apply on his or her behalf. An application may be signed in writing, by telephonic acknowledgment, or by electronic signature. An application may be submitted in person, by mail, by telephone, by fax, or by electronic submission. An application may be taken on behalf of a deceased person, including a miscarriage or a stillborn. If there is no one to represent a deceased person, the administrator of the estate may sign the application.