Definitions of Employee & Dependent

Employee:

Any full-time or Salary Schedule H-35 employee of any System institution and the Alabama  Community  College  System  This  program  will  not  include  temporary  or  part- time employees (other than Salary Schedule H-35 employees),  or  persons  serving  as independent contractors to any of the System institutions or to the Alabama Community College System

Dependent:

The spouse of any full-time employee, the unmarried, natural or adopted children of any full-time employee, residing in the household of the employee or the employee's former spouse; the unmarried stepchildren of any full-time employee, residing in the household of the employee; a legal ward (a minor child placed by the court under the care of a guardian).