As used in this act: (a) The words "medically indigent" shall mean a person who is unable to pay for hospitalization and who is not receiving or who is not eligible for medical assistance under K.S.A. 39-701 et seq., and amendments thereto, at the time of application for hospitalization hereunder.

1. (b) The word "hospitalization" shall mean the routine services ordinarily rendered in a hospital as a hospital is defined in K.S.A. 65-425 and licensed under K.S.A. 65-427.

L. 1951, ch. 237, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 209, § 1; July 1.