Georgia Code Title 49. Social Services § 49-4-51

(1) “Applicant” means a person who has applied for assistance under this article.

(2) “Assistance” means money payments to or hospital care in behalf of needy blind individuals but shall not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any such individual who:

(3) “Medical institution” means an institution that is organized to provide medical, nursing, or convalescent care.

(4) “Ophthalmologist” means a physician who is licensed to practice medicine in this state and who is actively engaged in the treatment of diseases of the human eye.

(5) “Optometrist” means an individual who is licensed and registered to practice optometry in this state and who is actively engaged in the measurement of the powers of vision of the human eye.

(6) “Public institution” means an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control.

(7) “Recipient” means a person who has received assistance under this article.

(8) “Supplementary services” means services other than money payments to blind persons in need.