22-45-1. Definition of terms.
Terms as used in this chapter mean:
(1)"Benefit," any benefit authorized under the medical services program of the State Department of Social Services;
(2)"Claim," any communication, whether oral, written, electronic, or magnetic, which is utilized to identify a good, item, or service as reimbursable under the program;
(3)"Person," any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity;
(4)"Program," the medical assistance program authorized by Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act and implemented by the medical services program of the State Department of Social Services;
(5)"Provider," any person who has applied to participate or who participates in the program as a provider of a good or a service;
(6)"Recipient," any individual who receives benefits under the program;
(7)"Records," any medical, professional, or business records relative to the treatment or care of any recipient, or to a good or a service provided to any such recipient, or to rates paid for such a good or a service, and any records required to be kept by regulations of the program;
(8)"Sign," to affix a signature directly or indirectly by means of handwriting, typewriter, signature stamp, computer impulse, or other means; and
(9)"Single state agency," the state agency which administers the program, or any person who by virtue of a contract or agreement with the state administers any part of the program, or processes or pays claims for the program.
Source: SL 1986, ch 187, §1; SL 1994, ch 351, §42.