Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 9403A. Definitions

(1) “Adult” means an individual who is 18 years of age or older.

(2) “Affairs” means personal, health care, and financial matters arising in the course of activities of daily living and includes all of the following:

(3) “Good faith” means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable standards of fair dealing.

(4) “Health-care institution” means as “health-care institution” is defined in § 2502 of this title.

(5) “Health-care provider” means as “health-care professional” is defined in § 2502 of this title.

(6) “Immediate family member” means a spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchild, or stepsibling.

(7) “Person” means an adult;  health-care institution;  health-care provider;  corporation;  partnership;  limited liability company;  association;  joint venture;  government;  governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality;  public corporation;  or any other legal or commercial entity.

(8) “Principal” means an adult who seeks to enter, or has entered, into a supported decision-making agreement with a supporter under this chapter.

(9) “Supported decision-making agreement” or “the agreement” means an agreement between a principal and a supporter entered into under this chapter.

(10) “Supporter” means a person who is named in a supported decision-making agreement and is not prohibited from acting under § 9406A(b) of this title or under regulations enacted under § 9410A of this title.

(11) “Support services” means a coordinated system of social and other services supplied by private, state, institutional, or community providers designed to help maintain the independence of an adult, including any of the following: