Alaska Statutes.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, and Trusts.
Chapter 28. Uniform Recognition of Substitute Decision-Making Documents
Section 090. Definitions.
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AS 13.28.090. Definitions.

In this chapter,
        (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;
        (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 a service to provide an individual with 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 in the thing;
        (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;
        (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.

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