Kan. Admin. Regs. § 97-7-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024
Section 97-7-1 - Definitions

As used in L. 2009, ch. 62, secs. 1 through 6 and amendments thereto and these regulations, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:

(a)
(1) "Active service" and "active duty" shall include the following:
(A) For a member of an active component of the armed forces of the United States, the time served on active duty for which the member has received or is eligible to receive the Vietnam war era medallion for service related to the Vietnam war; and
(B) for a member of the armed forces of the United States, time served on active duty for the support of operations in the Vietnam war whether or not that service was in the country of Vietnam.
(2) These terms shall include any time spent in a hospital as a result of service-connected wounds, diseases, or injuries sustained on active service. Proof of this service shall be the official military records of the United States or other evidence as deemed sufficient by the director of veteran services.
(3) These terms shall not include time served on active duty for annual training or schooling, except for training and schooling in preparation for active duty in the Vietnam war.
(b) "Director of veteran services" means the designated director of the veteran services program for the Kansas commission on veterans' affairs, who is appointed by the executive director of the Kansas commission on veterans' affairs.
(c) "Parent" shall include the following:
(1) The natural or adoptive parent of a veteran; and
(2) any person who, for a period of at least one year, acted in the capacity of a foster parent to a veteran immediately before the veteran attained 18 years of age.
(d) "Program" means the Vietnam war era medallion program.
(e) "Spouse or eldest living survivor of a deceased veteran" means those individuals listed in 97-7-4.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 97-7-1

Authorized by and implementing L. 2009, ch. 62, sec. 2; effective March 12, 2010.