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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83720</law_id><section_number>37.2-1100</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-127.1:03</reference><reference>37.2-803</reference><reference>37.2-804</reference><reference>37.2-817.01</reference><reference>37.2-908</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Judicial Authorization of Treatment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Judicial Authorization of Treatment</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Disorder</span>&#x201D; includes any physical or mental <span class="dictionary">disorder</span> or impairment, whether caused by injury, disease, genetics, or other cause.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Incapable of making an informed decision</span>&#x201D; means unable to understand the nature, extent, or probable consequences of a proposed <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> or unable to make a rational evaluation of the risks and benefits of the proposed <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> as compared with the risks and benefits of alternatives to the <span class="dictionary">treatment</span>. Persons with dysphasia or other communication <span class="dictionary">disorders</span> who are mentally competent and able to communicate shall not be considered incapable of giving informed consent.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Treatment</span>&#x201D; includes the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of a specific <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> or course of <span class="dictionary">treatment</span> upon a showing that the requirements of subsection G of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Judicial authorization of treatment" href="/37.2-1101/">37.2-1101</a> have been met.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 921, &#xA7; 37.1-134.21; 1999, cc. 814, 946, 985; 2003, c. 790; 2004, cc. 66, 104, 1014; 2005, cc. 716, 751.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
