Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-28-401
Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases, in addition to definitions contained in A.R.S. §§ 36-2901 and 36-2931, and 9 A.A.C. 22, Article 1, have the following meanings unless the context of the Chapter explicitly requires another meaning:
"ALTCS acute care services" means services under 9 A.A.C. 22, Articles 2 and 12, that are provided to a person who meets ALTCS eligibility requirements in 9 A.A.C. 28, Article 4 and who:
Lives in an acute care living arrangement described in R9-28-406; or
Is not eligible for long-term care benefits, described in R9-28-409, due to a transfer under R9-28-409 without receiving fair consideration, or
Has refused institutionalized or HCBS services.
"Community spouse" means the husband or wife of an institutionalized person who has entered into a contract of marriage, recognized as valid by the state of Arizona, and who does not live in a medical institution.
"CSRD" means Community Spouse Resource Deduction, the amount of a married couple's resources that is excluded in the eligibility determination to prevent impoverishment of the community spouse as determined under R9-28-410.
"Fair consideration" means income, real or personal property, services, or support and maintenance equal to or exceeding the fair market value of the income or resources that were transferred.
"First continuous period of institutionalization" means the first period beginning on or after September 30, 1989 that the applicant was institutionalized for 30 consecutive days or more. To be considered institutionalized, the applicant must:
Have resided in a medical institution;
Have received paid formal Home and Community Based Services (HCBS);
Have received a combination of medical institutionalization and HCBS, or
Intend to receive HCBS and either:
Requests a Resource Assessment and is determined in need if institutional services by a Resource Assessment Medical Evaluation; or
Applies for ALTCS and is determined medically eligible by the Pre-Admission Screening (PAS).
"Institutionalized" means residing in a medical institution or receiving or expecting to receive HCBS that prevent the person from being placed in a medical institution as determined by the PAS.
"Medically eligible" means meeting the ALTCS medical eligibility criteria under Article 3 of this Chapter.
"MMMNA" means Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance.
"Redetermination" means a periodic review of all eligibility factors for a recipient.
"Representative" means a person other than a spouse or a parent of a dependent child, who applies for ALTCS on behalf of another person.
"Share of costs" means the amount an ALTCS recipient is required to pay toward the cost of long term care services.
"Spouse" means a person legally married under Arizona law, a person eligible for Social Security benefits as the spouse of another person, or a person living with another person of the opposite sex and the couple represents themselves in the community as husband and wife.
Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-28-401