{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.28.090","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.28.090","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter,\n(1) “decision maker” means a person authorized to act for an individual under a substitute decision-making document or to whom a decision maker's authority is delegated, whether denominated a decision maker, agent, attorney-in-fact, proxy, representative, original decision maker, co-decision maker, successor decision maker, or otherwise;\n(2) “good faith” means honesty in fact;\n(3) “health care” means a service or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition;\n(4) “person” means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity;\n(5) “personal care” means an arrangement or a service to provide an individual with shelter, food, clothing, transportation, education, recreation, social contact, or assistance with the activities of daily living;\n(6) “property” means anything that may be subject to ownership, whether real or personal or legal or equitable, or any interest or right in the thing;\n(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;\n(8) “substitute decision-making 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.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 28. Uniform Recognition of Substitute Decision-Making Documents."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.28.090","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"ff09918af20b896ff370bee2e5680ae633070f6e4fa5327dce055d9dd9c1ba19","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.28.070","next":"us-ak/as-13.28.095"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}