Utah Code 58-70a-102. Definitions
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58-70a-102. Definitions.
In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter:
In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter:
(1) | “Board” means the Physician Assistant Licensing Board created in Section 58-70a-201. |
(2) | “Competence” means possessing the requisite cognitive, non-cognitive, and communicative abilities and qualities to perform effectively within the scope of practice of the physician assistant‘s practice while adhering to professional and ethical standards. |
(3) | “Health care facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. |
(4) | “Mental health therapist” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102. |
(5) | “Physician” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-67-102. |
(6) | “Physician assistant” means an individual who is licensed to practice under this chapter. |
(7) | “Practice as a physician assistant” means the professional activities and conduct of a physician assistant, also known as a PA, in diagnosing, treating, advising, or prescribing for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or other condition under the provisions of this chapter. |
(8) | “Practice of mental health therapy” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102. |
(9) | “Unlawful conduct” means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-70a-502. |
(10) | “Unprofessional conduct” means “unprofessional conduct”:
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Amended by Chapter 329, 2023 General Session