Section 35-2-1302 - Definitions(a) As used in this act: (i) "Capacity to consent" means an individual's ability to:(A) Understand and appreciate the significant benefits, risks and alternatives to proposed health care;(B) Understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of making decisions concerning one's person; and(C) Make and communicate a health care decision.(ii) "Department" means the Wyoming department of health;(iii) "Electronic monitoring" means the placement and use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident in the resident's room pursuant to the requirements of this act;(iv) "Electronic monitoring device" means a video camera or other surveillance instrument with a fixed position that captures, records, transmits or broadcasts audio, video or both and that is installed in a resident's room and used for electronic monitoring of the resident and activities in the room;(v) "Facility" means an assisted living facility or a nursing care facility certified, licensed or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide long-term care in the facility's ordinary course of business and through its employees acting within the scope of their duties;(vi) "Resident" means a person who is eighteen (18) years or older residing at a facility;(vii) "Resident's representative" means an individual with a power of attorney for health care or other legal authority to make health care decisions on behalf of a resident who lacks capacity to consent;(viii) "Resident's room" means a resident's private or shared primary living space within a long-term care facility;(ix) "This act" means W.S. 35-2-1301 through 35-2-1308.Added by Laws 2020 , ch. 126, § 1, eff. 10/1/2020.