Utah Code 26B-2-301. Definitions
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26B-2-301. Definitions.
As used in this part:
As used in this part:
(1) | “Assisted living facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. |
(i) | a skilled nursing facility; |
(ii) | except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), an intermediate care facility; |
(iii) | a nursing home; |
(iv) | a small health care facility; |
(v) | a small health care facility type N; or |
(vi) | an assisted living facility. See Utah Code 26B-2-301 |
(2) | “Auxiliary aids and services” means items, equipment, or services that assist in effective communication between an individual who has a mental, hearing, vision, or speech disability and another individual. |
(3) | “Division” means the Division of Customer Experience. |
(4) | “Government agency” means any department, division, office, bureau, board, commission, authority, or any other agency or instrumentality created by the state, or to which the state is a party, or created by any county or municipality, which is responsible for the regulation, visitation, inspection, or supervision of facilities, or which provides services to patients, residents, or clients of facilities. |
(5) | “Intermediate care facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-15-101. |
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(7) | “Ombudsman” means the administrator of the long-term care ombudsman program, created pursuant to Section 26B-2-303. |
(8) | “Ombudsman program” means the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. |
(9) | “Resident” means an individual who resides in a long-term care facility. |
(10) | “Skilled nursing facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-15-101. |
(11) | “Small health care facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. |
(12) | “Small health care facility type N” means a residence in which a licensed nurse resides and provides protected living arrangements, nursing care, and other services on a daily basis for two to three individuals who are also residing in the residence and are unrelated to the licensee. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session