As used in this subpart:

1. (1) “Area plan” means an area agency on aging’s plan of operation which has been approved by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services;
2. (2) “Child” means an individual who is not more than eighteen (18) years of age or who is an individual with a disability;
3. (3) “Elderly client” means an eligible (sixty (60) years of age or older) elderly individual who receives Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., services;
4. (4) “Family caregiver” means an adult family member or another individual who is an informal provider of in-home and community care to an older individual;

5. (5) “Grandparent or older individual who is a relative caregiver” means a grandparent or step-grandparent of a child or a relative of a child by blood, marriage, or adoption who is fifty-five (55) years of age or older, and:

   1. (A) Lives with the child;
   2. (B) Is the primary caregiver of the child because the biological or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child; and
   3. (C) Has a legal relationship to the child, such as legal custody or guardianship, or is raising the child informally;
6. (6) “Informal provider” means care that is not provided as part of a public or private formal service program; and
7. (7) “Subcontractor” means an entity that is awarded a contract from an area agency on aging to provide designated services under the area plan.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “1-1-17”