Authorized decision maker definition

Authorized decision maker means the health care agent, guardian of the person, or surrogate decision maker who is making health care decisions on behalf of a patient in accordance with the Health Care Decisions Act, Health-General Article, §§5-601—5-618, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Authorized decision maker means someone who is authorized by law to make health care decisions on behalf of a Resident and who is currently making such decisions in relation to the Resident. For a Resident subject to a conservatorship, a conservator who has authority to make health care decisions for the Resident is an Authorized Decision Maker. An Authorized Decision Maker can also be someone who is making health care decisions for a Resident where the Resident lacks capacity to make those decisions, including a spouse, parent, or other family member of a Resident or someone who has durable power of attorney to make health care decisions for that Resident.

Authorized decision maker means an authorized decision-maker within the meaning of The Funeral and Cremation Services Act, S.S. 1999, c. F-23.3;

Examples of Authorized decision maker in a sentence

• Client Transition Manager Responsibilities include: 2.1. Primary contact for the Unisys Transition Manager; 2.2. Authorized decision maker on behalf of the Client with respect to the Transition Plan and its implementation; 2.3. Assures Client adherence to Client responsibilities as identified in the Transition Plan.

• Authorized decision maker - anyone who has legal authority to make decisions on behalf of an individual.

More Definitions of Authorized decision maker

Authorized decision maker means, in order of priority, designated agent, guardian or

Authorized decision maker means the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person, or any other person authorized by law to act in the circumstances; and if no one can be located using reasonable efforts, or no one is willing to act or the identity of the deceased is not known, the Director may make any decision required to be made by an authorized decision-maker pursuant to this Bylaw;”

Authorized decision maker means a person designated as an authorized decision-maker pursuant to The Funeral and Cremation Services Act and if no one can be located using reasonable efforts, or no one is willing to act or the identity of the deceased is not known, the Director may make any decision required to be made by an authorized decision-maker pursuant to this Bylaw.