North Dakota Code 50-25.3-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-25.3-01
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. “Caregiver” means a person that has assumed the legal responsibility or a contractual obligation for the care of a vulnerable adult or has voluntarily assumed responsibility for the care of a vulnerable adult. The term includes a facility operated by a public or private agency, organization, or institution which provides services to, and has assumed responsibility for the care of, a vulnerable adult.
2. “Clergy member” means a member of the clergy or spiritual counselor who has provided a vulnerable adult with religious or spiritual care or who represents a religious organization to which a vulnerable adult is a member.
3. “Family member” means an individual related by blood, marriage, or adoption to a vulnerable adult.
4. “Friend” means an individual who is in a dating relationship with a vulnerable adult or any other individual with whom a vulnerable adult has an established relationship.
5. “Substantial functional impairment” means, because of physical limitations, a substantial incapability of living independently or providing self-care as determined through observation, diagnosis, evaluation, or assessment.
6. “Substantial mental impairment” means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory which grossly impairs judgment, behavior, or ability to live independently or provide self-care as revealed by observation, diagnosis, evaluation, or assessment.
7. “Vulnerable adult” means an adult who has a substantial mental or functional impairment or an adult who is experiencing visitation restrictions while under the care of a caregiver.