28-13-1.1.”Indigent or poor person” defined–Eligibility standards.
For the purposes of this chapter, an indigent or poor person is any person who does not have sufficient money, credit, or property to be self-supporting; who has no one to look to who is legally required to provide support; or who is unable to be self-supporting through work because of illness or injury. In applying this definition, each county shall establish reasonable eligibility standards for county poor relief.
Source: SL 1984, ch 203, §1; SL 1997, ch 170, §1.