Section 38-6-4
Rules for determining eligibility for assistance.
The commissioner shall develop reasonable standards and rules of procedure for determining eligibility for medical assistance for the aged, including those necessary to comply with the Federal Social Security Act as amended. Such standards and rules shall prescribe safeguards which restrict the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants for and recipients of medical assistance for the aged to purposes directly connected with the administration of this chapter.
(Acts 1961, No. 683, p. 976, §4.)