As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Durable power of attorney for health care' means a durable power of attorney to the extent that it authorizes an attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal;(2) 'Health care' means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose or treat an individual's physical or mental condition, and includes medical care as defined in § 32-11-103;(3) 'Health care decision' means consent, refusal of consent or withdrawal of consent to health care;(4) 'Health care institution' means a health care institution as defined in § 68-11-1602;(5) 'Health care provider' means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession; and(6) 'Person' includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, the state, a city, county, city and county, or other public entity or governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity.Acts 1990, ch. 831, § 2.
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