Definitions

As used in the Alzheimer's Dementia and Other Forms of Dementia Special Care Disclosure Act: 1. "Special care" means care that is provided to persons with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's dementia or other forms of dementia by an entity that provides such care; 2. "Department" means the State Department of Health; 3. "Dementia" means the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with a person's everyday activities; and 4. "Alzheimer-Dementia Disclosure Act Advisory Council" shall mean the advisory council created in Section 3 of this act.