§ 35-22-301 — Definitions

Wyoming § 35-22-301

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 22: LIVING WILL
• Art. 3: PSYCHIATRIC ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Adult" means a person eighteen (18) years of age
or older;
(ii) "Agent" means any person authorized in the
psychiatric advance directive to make decisions on behalf of the
person who executed the directive;
(iii) "Psychiatric advance directive" means an
advance medical directive pertaining to the administration or
refusal of psychiatric restabilization for the care and
treatment of mental illness;
(iv) "Psychiatric personnel" means any licensed
physician who specializes in psychiatric care;
(v) "Psychiatric restabilization" means measures to
restore mental function or to support mental health in the event
of destabilization of mental health due to lack of appropriate
treatment. Psychiatric restabilization measures include
administration of prescribed liquid medication by mouth or
injection, administration of prescribed medication orally,
physical restraint, seclusion or crisis psychiatric counseling;
(vi) "This act" means W.S. 35-22-301 through