Section 1-365. – Obligation to accept substitute decision-making document.
(a) Except as provided in section 1-350s, a person who is asked to accept a substitute decision-making document shall accept within a reasonable time a document that purportedly meets the validity requirements of section 1-362. The person may not require an additional or different form of document for authority granted in the document presented. (b) […]
Section 1-366. – Remedies under other law.
The remedies under sections 1-360 to 1-369, inclusive, are not exclusive and do not abrogate any right or remedy under any other law of this state. (P.A. 17-91, S. 7.)
Section 1-367. – Uniformity of application and construction.
In applying and construing sections 1-360 to 1-369, inclusive, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among the states that enact it. (P.A. 17-91, S. 8.)
Section 1-368. – Operation of Connecticut Uniform Recognition of Substitute Decision-Making Documents Act with respect to federal act.
Sections 1-360 to 1-369, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 USC 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of said act, 15 […]
Section 1-369. – Applicability.
Sections 1-360 to 1-369, inclusive, apply to a substitute decision-making document created before, on or after October 1, 2017. (P.A. 17-91, S. 10.)
Section 1-370 to 1-499. – Reserved for future use.
Note: Chapter 15d is also reserved for future use.
Section 1-500. – Homeless Person's Bill of Rights.
(a) There is created a Homeless Person's Bill of Rights to guarantee that the rights, privacy and property of homeless persons are adequately safeguarded and protected under the laws of this state. The rights afforded homeless persons to ensure that their person, privacy and property are safeguarded and protected, as set forth in subsection (b) […]
Section 1-360. – Short title: Connecticut Uniform Recognition of Substitute Decision-Making Documents Act.
Sections 1-360 to 1-369, inclusive, may be cited as the “Connecticut Uniform Recognition of Substitute Decision-Making Documents Act”. (P.A. 17-91, S. 1.)
Section 1-361. – Definitions.
As used in sections 1-360 to 1-369, inclusive: (1) “Decision maker” means a person authorized to act for an individual under a substitute decision-making document, whether denominated a decision maker, agent, attorney-in-fact, proxy or representative or by another title. “Decision maker” includes an original decision maker, a co-decision maker, a successor decision maker and a […]
Section 1-362. – Validity of substitute decision-making document.
(a) A substitute decision-making document for property executed outside this state is valid in this state if, when the document was executed, the execution complied with the law of the jurisdiction indicated in the document or, if no jurisdiction is indicated, the law of the jurisdiction in which the document was executed. (b) A substitute […]