10:71-3.9 Age
(a) Age requirements are:
1. The applicant must be 65 years of age or older to be eligible based on age alone.
2. A disabled or blind child must be under 18 years of age, or under 22 years of age and a
student regularly attending school and neither married nor the head of the household.
3. A disabled or blind adult must be over 21 years of age and under 65 years of age or
between 18 years of age and 22 years of age if not a full-time student.
(b) The applicant must present acceptable proof of age. Among acceptable sources of
verification of age are:
1. Birth certificate;
2. Marriage certificate;
3. Church records--baptismal, confirmation membership;
4. Immigration or naturalization papers;
5. Census records;
6. School records;
7. Military service records;
8. Court records;
9. Employment records;
10. Records of public or private welfare agencies;
11. Voting records;
12. Medical records;
13. Affidavit from disinterested persons;
14. Driver's licenses; or
15. Insurance policies.
(c) CBOSSs shall maintain administrative controls to assure:
1. That a disabled or blind beneficiary who becomes 65 years of age continues to have his
or her eligibility determined on the basis of disability or blindness if it appears more
advantageous to the beneficiary;
2. That a disabled child beneficiary is processed as a disabled adult when reaching 18
years of age, or 22 years of age and a student regularly attending school and neither
married nor the head of the household; and
3. That a disabled child beneficiary is processed as a disabled adult when reaching 18
years of age and a student regularly attending school and either married or the head of a
household.