49.43(3)
(3) "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry.
49.43(3e)
(3e) "Department" means the department of health and family services.
49.43(3r)
(3r) "Group health plan" has the meaning given in
P.L. 101-508, section 4402 (a) (2).
49.43(5)
(5) "Hospital" means an institution, approved by the appropriate state agency, providing 24-hour continuous nursing service to patients confined therein; which provides standard dietary, nursing, diagnostic and therapeutic facilities; and whose professional staff is composed only of physicians and surgeons, or of physicians and surgeons and doctors of dental surgery.
49.43(6)
(6) "Inpatient psychiatric hospital services for individuals 21 years of age or for individuals under 22 years of age who are receiving such service immediately prior to reaching age 21" has the same meaning as provided in section 1905 (h) of the federal social security act.
49.43(7)
(7) "Intermediate care facility" means either of the following:
49.43(7)(a)
(a) An institution or distinct part thereof, which is:
49.43(7)(a)1.
1. Licensed or approved under state law to provide, on a regular basis, health related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care and treatment which a hospital or skilled nursing home is designated to provide but who because of their mental or physical condition require care and services above the level of room and board, which can be made available to them only through institutional facilities; and
49.43(7)(a)2.
2. Qualifies as an "intermediate care facility" within the meaning of Title XIX of the social security act.
49.43(7)(b)
(b) A public institution, or distinct part thereof, which is:
49.43(7)(b)1.
1. Licensed or approved under state law for the mentally retarded or persons with related conditions, the primary purpose of which is to provide health or rehabilitative services for mentally retarded individuals according to rules promulgated by the department; and
49.43(7)(b)2.
2. Qualifies as an "intermediate care facility" within the meaning of Title XIX of the social security act.
49.43(8)
(8) "Medical assistance" means any services or items under
ss. 49.45 to
49.473, except
s. 49.472 (6), and under
ss. 49.49 to
49.497, or any payment or reimbursement made for such services or items.
49.43(9)
(9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, and includes graduates of osteopathic colleges holding an unlimited license to practice medicine and surgery.
49.43(10)
(10) "Provider" means a person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated business or professional association and any agent or employee thereof who provides medical assistance.
49.43(10m)
(10m) "Public medical institution" has the meaning designated in Title XIX of the federal social security act.
49.43(10s)
(10s) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and family services.
49.43(11)
(11) "Skilled nursing home" means a facility or distinct part thereof, which:
49.43(11)(a)
(a) Is licensed or approved under state law for the accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care;
49.43(11)(b)
(b) Employs sufficient registered nursing practitioners for supervision of those giving nursing care to patients; and
49.43(11)(c)
(c) Qualifies as a "skilled nursing facility" within the meaning of Title XIX of the social security act.
49.43(12)
(12) "Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of the beneficiary, whether or not eligible for medical assistance.
49.45
49.45
Medical assistance; administration. 49.45(1)
(1)
Purpose. To provide appropriate health care for eligible persons and obtain the most benefits available under Title XIX of the federal social security act, the department shall administer medical assistance, rehabilitative and other services to help eligible individuals and families attain or retain capability for independence or self-care as hereinafter provided.