§ 23-49-01 — Definitions

As used in this chapter:
1. "Discharge" means the exit or release of a patient from inpatient care in a hospital to
the residence of the patient.
2. "Informal caregiver" means an individual at least eighteen years of age who a patient,
or the patient's legal representative, designates at admission as a lay caregiver, and
who following the discharge of the patient is willing and able to perform posthospital
care for the patient at the patient's residence.
3. "Posthospital care" means care directly related to a patient's condition at the time of
discharge and which is provided by an informal caregiver to the patient in the patient's
residence.
4. "Residence" means the dwelling a patient considers to be the patient's home. The
term does not include a hospital or rehabilitation facility.