Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-361
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Sec. 1-361. Definitions.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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