26B-2-205. Exempt facilities. This part does not apply to:
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a dispensary or first aid facility maintained by any commercial or industrial plant, educational institution, or convent; |
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-2-205
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Health care facility: means general acute hospitals, specialty hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, nursing care facilities, residential-assisted living facilities, birthing centers, ambulatory surgical facilities, small health care facilities, abortion clinics, a clinic that meets the definition of hospital under Section 76-7-301 or 76-71-201, facilities owned or operated by health maintenance organizations, end stage renal disease facilities, and any other health care facility which the committee designates by rule. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
- Hospice: means a program of care for the terminally ill and their families which occurs in a home or in a health care facility and which provides medical, palliative, psychological, spiritual, and supportive care and treatment. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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a health care facility owned or operated by an agency of the United States; |
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the office of a physician, physician assistant, or dentist whether it is an individual or group practice; |
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a health care facility established or operated by any recognized church or denomination for the practice of religious tenets administered by mental or spiritual means without the use of drugs, whether gratuitously or for compensation, if it complies with statutes and rules on environmental protection and life safety; |
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any health care facility owned or operated by the Department of Corrections, created in Section 64-13-2; and |
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a residential facility providing 24-hour care:
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that does not employ direct care staff; |
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in which the residents of the facility contract with a licensed hospice agency to receive end-of-life medical care; and |
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that meets other requirements for an exemption as designated by administrative rule. |
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Amended by Chapter 301, 2023 General Session
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session
