Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 11.1 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Eligible patient: means a person to whom all of the following apply:

  (a) The person has a terminal illness as determined by the person's physician and a consulting physician. See Arizona Laws 36-1311

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Physician: means the physician who is providing medical care or treatment to the eligible patient for the terminal illness but does not include a primary care physician. See Arizona Laws 36-1311
• Terminal illness: means a disease that, without life-sustaining procedures, will result in death in the near future or a state of permanent unconsciousness from which recovery is unlikely. See Arizona Laws 36-1311
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215