Part Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Welfare
  4. Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities
  5. Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies
  6. Part Definitions

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “Division” means the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of human services;
  2. “Employed” means engaged in activity of thirty (30) or more hours per week for which the individual receives remuneration at a rate not less than the federal minimum wage;
  3. “Family member” means an individual's parent, grandparent, sibling, child, spouse, spouse's parent, spouse's grandparent, spouse's sibling or spouse's child;
  4. “Personal care assistance services” means services rendered at least five (5) days a week at the times of day that are required by an individual with a severe physical disability to become physically independent in connection with actual employment. These services include, but are not limited to, any or all of following:
    1. Routine bodily functions, such as bowel or bladder care;
    2. Dressing;
    3. Preparation and consumption of food;
    4. Moving into, out of, or turning in bed;
    5. Routine bathing;
    6. Ambulation; or
    7. Any other similar activity of daily living as determined appropriate by the division; and
  5. “Severe physical disability” means a functional loss of both arms and both legs, when it is anticipated that the loss will be permanent.


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