"Applicant" means the individual applying for residency in a Veterans Community Living Center which includes the applicant's legal representative.
"Colorado resident" means an individual who currently resides in Colorado, intends to reside in Colorado permanently and who does not maintain a primary residence in another state.
"Colorado State Veterans Center" means Veterans Community Living Center at Homelake and the Domiciliary at Homelake located in Monte Vista, Colorado.
"Legal representative" means an individual who has the legal authority to take a particular action on behalf of an applicant or resident.
"Medical leave" means absence of the resident from the Center due to admittance to a hospital or other institution as defined in the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing rules, Section 8.482.43 (10 CCR 2505-10).
"Surviving spouse" means a person who was married to a Veteran at the time of the Veteran's death, and who has not remarried or held himself or herself out to the public to be the spouse of another person.
"Veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released there from under conditions other than dishonorable.
"Veterans Community Living Center" means any State nursing home or a nursing home administered under contractual obligation with a party that has been designed and constructed to qualify for federal funds and that is operated so as to qualify for per diem payments from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
12 CCR 2511-1-11.100