§ 1-361 — Definitions.

Connecticut § 1-361

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 1: Provisions of General Application
• Ch. 15c: Connecticut Uniform Power of Attorney Act and Connecticut Uniform Recognition of Substitute Decision-Making Documents Act

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As used in sections 1-360 to 1-369, inclusive: (1) “Decision maker” means a person authorized to act for an individual under a substitute decision-making document, whether denominated a decision maker, agent, attorney-in-fact, proxy or representative or by another title. “Decision maker” includes an original decision maker, a co-decision maker, a successor decision maker and a person to which a decision maker's authority is delegated; (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 service to provide an individual 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 therein; (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; and (8) “Substitute decision-making document” or “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.

Legislative History

(P.A. 17-91, S. 2.)