Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135
Section 13.28.090 - Definitions In this chapter,
(1) "decision maker" means a person authorized to act for an individual under a substitute decision-making document or to whom a decision maker's authority is delegated, whether denominated a decision maker, agent, attorney-in-fact, proxy, representative, original decision maker, co-decision maker, successor decision maker, or otherwise;(2) "good faith" means honesty in fact;(3) "health care" means a service or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition;(4) "person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity;(5) "personal care" means an arrangement or a service to provide an individual with shelter, food, clothing, transportation, education, recreation, social contact, or assistance with the activities of daily living;(6) "property" means anything that may be subject to ownership, whether real or personal or legal or equitable, or any interest or right in the thing;(7) "record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;(8) "substitute decision-making document" means a record created by an individual to authorize a decision maker to act for the individual with respect to property, health care, or personal care.Added by SLA 2016, ch. 50,sec. 27, eff. 1/1/2017.