§ 22-72. Definitions.

For purposes of this article, the terms below shall have the following meaning:

(a)

Designating person means an adult person in Orange County who has chosen to designate another person to make healthcare decisions, funeral/burial decisions, and/or educational decisions, and/or to have visitation rights in healthcare and/or correctional facilities, and to be notified in case of emergency, or any combination thereof, concerning the designating person and/or the designating persons' legal dependents.

(b)

Support person means the adult person designated by the designating person to make healthcare decisions, funeral/burial decisions, and/or educational decisions, and/or to have visitation rights in healthcare and/or correctional facilities, and to be notified in case of emergency, or any combination thereof, concerning the designating person and/or the designating person's dependents. Only one (1) person can be designated as a support person.

(c)

Health care facility includes, but is not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, hospice care facilities, convalescent facilities, walk-in clinics, doctors' offices, mental health care facilities and any other short-term or long-term health care facilities located within Orange County.

(d)

Correctional facility means holding cells, jails, and juvenile correction centers of any kind, located within or under the jurisdiction of Orange County.

(e)

City of Orlando Domestic Partnership Registry Ordinance shall mean and refer to Chapter 57, Article VI, Sections 57.80 through 57.86 inclusive, as enacted in 2011 by the city commission for the City of Orlando.

(f)

Domestic partnership registry shall refer to the domestic partnership registry established by the City of Orlando in facilitation of the City of Orlando Domestic Partnership Registry Ordinance.

(g)

Registered domestic partnership shall refer to the relationship created by compliance with the City of Orlando Domestic Partnership Registry Ordinance, except that registration may be accomplished directly through the Orange County Comptroller's Office.

(h)

Registered domestic partners shall refer to each and both applicants who register effectively with the domestic partnership registry.

(i)

Comptroller shall mean the Comptroller of Orange County, Florida, and the office of the comptroller for Orange County, Florida.

(Ord. No. 2012-09 , § 2, 5-22-12)