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§ 1.361

Connecticut Title 1 — Connecticut law

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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

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

Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_015c.htm#sec_1-361· Version 2026

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