A physician and surgeon licensed under this chapter may engage in practice as a physician and surgeon, or in the practice of medicine only as an individual licensee; but as an individual licensee, he may be:
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Physician: means both physicians and surgeons licensed under Section 58-67-301, Utah Medical Practice Act, and osteopathic physicians and surgeons licensed under Section 58-68-301, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 58-67-102
Practice of medicine: means :
(i)
to diagnose, treat, correct, administer anesthesia, or prescribe for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain or other condition, physical or mental, real or imaginary, including to perform cosmetic medical procedures, or to attempt to do so, by any means or instrumentality, and by an individual in Utah or outside the state upon or for any human within the state;
(ii)
when a person not licensed as a physician directs a licensee under this chapter to withhold or alter the health care services that the licensee has ordered;
(iii)
to maintain an office or place of business for the purpose of doing any of the acts described in Subsection (19)(a)(i) or (ii) whether or not for compensation; or
(iv)
to use, in the conduct of any occupation or profession pertaining to the diagnosis or treatment of human diseases or conditions in any printed material, stationery, letterhead, envelopes, signs, or advertisements, the designation "doctor" "doctor of medicine" "physician" "surgeon" "physician and surgeon" "Dr. See Utah Code 58-67-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)
an individual operating as a business proprietor;
(b)
an employee of another person;
(c)
a partner in a lawfully organized partnership;
(d)
a lawfully formed professional corporation;
(e)
a lawfully organized limited liability company;
(f)
a lawfully organized business corporation; or
(g)
any other form of organization recognized by the state which is not prohibited by division rule made in collaboration with the board.
(2)
Regardless of the form in which a licensee engages in the practice of medicine, the licensee may only permit the practice of medicine in that form of practice to be conducted by an individual:
(a)
licensed in Utah as a physician and surgeon under Section 58-67-301 or as an osteopathic physician and surgeon under Section 58-68-301; and
(b)
who is able to lawfully and competently engage in the practice of medicine.
