42 CFR 436.540
§ 436.540 Definition of disability.
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 436.540, § 436.540 Definition of disability, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/206038
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(a) Definition. The agency must use the definition of permanent and total disability that is used in the State plan for APTD or AABD. (See 45 CFR 233.80(a)(1) for the Federal recommended definition of permanent and total disability.)
(b) State plan requirement. The State plan must contain the definition of permanent and total disability.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.