§ 35-2-1302 — Definitions

Wyoming § 35-2-1302

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 2: HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND HEALTH
• Art. 13: ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF LONG-TERM CARE

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Capacity to consent" means an individual's
ability to:
(A) Understand and appreciate the significant
benefits, risks and alternatives to proposed health care;
(B) Understand and appreciate the nature and
consequences of making decisions concerning one's person; and
(C) Make and communicate a health care decision.
(ii) "Department" means the Wyoming department of
health;
(iii) "Electronic monitoring" means the placement and
use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident in the
resident's room pursuant to the requirements of this act;
(iv) "Electronic monitoring device" means a video
camera or other surveillance instrument with a fixed position
that captures, records, transmits or broadcasts audio, video or
both and that is installed in a resident's room and used for
electronic monitoring of the resident and activities in the
room;
(v) "Facility" means an assisted living facility or a
nursing care facility certified, licensed or otherwise
authorized or permitted by law to provide long-term care in the
facility's ordinary course of business and through its employees
acting within the scope of their duties;
(vi) "Resident" means a person who is eighteen (18)
years or older residing at a facility;
(vii) "Resident's representative" means an individual
with a power of attorney for health care or other legal
authority to make health care decisions on behalf of a resident
who lacks capacity to consent;
(viii) "Resident's room" means a resident's private
or shared primary living space within a long-term care facility;
(ix) "This act" means W.S. 35-2-1301 through 35-2-
1308.