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(ii) "Medical assistance" means partial or full payment of the reasonable charges assessed by any authorized provider of the services and supplies enumerated under W.S. 42-4-103 and consistent with limitations and reimbursement methodologies established by the department, which are provided on behalf of a qualified recipient, excluding those services and supplies provided by any relative of the recipient, unless the relative is a family caregiver providing services through a corporation or a limited liability company, which corporation or limited liability company the relative may own, under a home and community based waiver program, or for cosmetic purposes only;

(iii) "Qualified" means any categorically eligible individual satisfying eligibility criteria imposed by this chapter, the state plan for medical assistance and services and by rule and regulation of the department;

(iv) "Relative" means any person as defined by department rule and regulation;

(v) "Resident" means any individual residing in this state, including any individual temporarily absent from this state;

(vi) "Institutionalized spouse" means as defined by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, P.L. 100-360;

(vii) "Department" means the state department of health;

(viii) "Direct patient care personnel" means only:

(A) Certified nursing assistants;

(B) Licensed practical nurses;

(C) Registered nurses.

(ix) "Skilled nursing home extraordinary care" means skilled nursing home services clearly exceeding standard skilled nursing home services and meeting the criteria established by the department pursuant to W.S. 42-4-104(d);

(x) "Intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disability" means "intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" or "ICFMR" or "ICFs/MR" as those terms