Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 26B > Chapter 4 > Part 1 - Utah Emergency Medical Services System

• Abstract of judgment: In a federal criminal proceeding, A certification from a U.S. District Court clerk that a judgment of restitution was entered against the defendant owing to the victim. If the defendant inherits, owns, or sells real property or holdings, these assets can then be attached at the state and local levels as well.
• Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Ambulance: means a ground, air, or water vehicle that:

  (a)	transports patients and is used to provide emergency medical services; and

  (b)

  is required to obtain a permit under Section 26B-4-118 to operate in the state. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Ambulance provider: means an emergency medical service provider that: (a)  transports and provides emergency medical care to patients; and (b)  is required to obtain a license under Sections 26B-4-150 through 26B-4-170. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it. Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant. Appraisal: A determination of property value. Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority. Assessment: means any charge imposed by the association, including: (a)  common expenses on or against a unit owner pursuant to the provisions of the declaration, bylaws, or this chapter; and (b)  an amount that an association of unit owners assesses to a unit owner under Subsection 57-8-43(9)(g). See Utah Code 57-8-3 association: means all of the unit owners: (a)  acting as a group in accordance with the declaration and bylaws; or (b)  organized as a legal entity in accordance with the declaration. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Behavioral emergency services: means delivering a behavioral health intervention to a patient in an emergency context within a scope and in accordance with guidelines established by the department. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Building: means a building, containing units, and comprising a part of the property. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Certified copy: means a copy of a document certified by its custodian to be a true and correct copy of the document or the copy of the document maintained by the custodian, where the document or copy is maintained under the authority of the United States, the state of Utah or any of its political subdivisions, another state, a court of record, a foreign government, or an Indian tribe. See Utah Code 57-1-1 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Committee: means the State Emergency Medical Services Committee created by Section 26B-1-204. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Common expenses: means : (a)  all sums lawfully assessed against the unit owners; (b)  expenses of administration, maintenance, repair, or replacement of the common areas and facilities; (c)  expenses agreed upon as common expenses by the association of unit owners; and (d)  expenses declared common expenses by this chapter, or by the declaration or the bylaws. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Community paramedicine: means medical care: (a)  provided by emergency medical service personnel; and (b)  provided to a patient who is not: (i)  in need of ambulance transportation; or (ii)  located in a health care facility as defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Condominium: means the ownership of a single unit in a multiunit project together with an undivided interest in common in the common areas and facilities of the property. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Condominium plat: means a plat or plats of survey of land and units prepared in accordance with Section 57-8-13. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Condominium project: means a real estate condominium project; a plan or project whereby two or more units, whether contained in existing or proposed apartments, commercial or industrial buildings or structures, or otherwise, are separately offered or proposed to be offered for sale. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Condominium unit: means a unit together with the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appertaining to that unit. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Contractible condominium: means a condominium project from which one or more portions of the land within the project may be withdrawn in accordance with provisions of the declaration and of this chapter. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Convertible land: means a building site which is a portion of the common areas and facilities, described by metes and bounds, within which additional units or limited common areas and facilities may be created in accordance with this chapter. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Convertible space: means a portion of the structure within the condominium project, which portion may be converted into one or more units or common areas and facilities, including limited common areas and facilities in accordance with this chapter. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. 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. Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Declarant: means all persons who execute the declaration or on whose behalf the declaration is executed. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Declaration: means the instrument by which the property is submitted to the provisions of this act, as it from time to time may be lawfully amended. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Direct medical observation: means in-person observation of a patient by a physician, registered nurse, physician's assistant, or individual licensed under Section 26B-4-116. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Document: means every instrument in writing, including every conveyance, affecting, purporting to affect, describing, or otherwise concerning any right, title, or interest in real property, except wills and leases for a term not exceeding one year. See Utah Code 57-1-1 Emergency medical condition: means : (a)  a medical condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in: (i)  placing the individual's health in serious jeopardy; (ii)  serious impairment to bodily functions; or (iii)  serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or (b)  a medical condition that in the opinion of a physician or the physician's designee requires direct medical observation during transport or may require the intervention of an individual licensed under Section 26B-4-116 during transport. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Emergency medical service personnel: includes a paramedic, medical director of a licensed emergency medical service provider, emergency medical service instructor, behavioral emergency services technician, other categories established by the committee, and a certified emergency medical dispatcher. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Emergency medical service providers: means : (a)  licensed ambulance providers and paramedic providers; (b)  a facility or provider that is required to be designated under Subsection 26B-4-117(1)(a); and (c)  emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Emergency medical services: means : (a)  medical services; (b)  transportation services; (c)  behavioral emergency services; or (d)  any combination of the services described in Subsections (11)(a) through (c). See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102 Expandable condominium: means a condominium project to which additional land or an interest in it may be added in accordance with the declaration and this chapter. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it. Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC Independent third party: means a person that: (a)  is not related to the unit owner; (b)  shares no pecuniary interests with the unit owner; and (c)  purchases the unit in good faith and without the intent to defraud a current or future lienholder. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person. Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Interested party: means : (a)  a licensed or designated emergency medical services provider that provides emergency medical services within or in an area that abuts an exclusive geographic service area that is the subject of an application submitted pursuant to Sections 26B-4-150 through 26B-4-170; (b)  any municipality, county, or fire district that lies within or abuts a geographic service area that is the subject of an application submitted pursuant to Sections 26B-4-150 through 26B-4-170; or (c)  the department when acting in the interest of the public. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Intestate: Dying without leaving a will. Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers. Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Leasehold condominium: means a condominium project in all or any portion of which each unit owner owns an estate for years in his unit, or in the land upon which that unit is situated, or both, with all those leasehold interests to expire naturally at the same time. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Level of service: means the level at which an ambulance provider type of service is licensed as: (a)  emergency medical technician; (b)  advanced emergency medical technician; or (c)  paramedic. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant). Limited common areas and facilities: means those common areas and facilities designated in the declaration as reserved for use of a certain unit or units to the exclusion of the other units. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Management committee: means the committee as provided in the declaration charged with and having the responsibility and authority to make and to enforce all of the reasonable rules covering the operation and maintenance of the property. See Utah Code 57-8-3 master form: means a mortgage or trust deed used as a master or similar standardized form that is drafted and recorded in accordance with this part to be incorporated in whole or in part into multiple mortgages or trust deeds. See Utah Code 57-3-201 Means of electronic communication: includes : (i)  web conferencing; (ii)  video conferencing; and (iii)  telephone conferencing. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Medical control: means a person who provides medical supervision to an emergency medical service provider. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money. Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money. Nonemergency secured behavioral health transport: means an entity that: (a)  provides nonemergency secure transportation services for an individual who: (i)  is not required to be transported by an ambulance under Section 26B-4-119; and (ii)  requires behavioral health observation during transport between any of the following facilities: (A)  a licensed acute care hospital; (B)  an emergency patient receiving facility; (C)  a licensed mental health facility; and (D)  the office of a licensed health care provider; and (b)  is required to be designated under Section 26B-4-117. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Par value: means a number of dollars or points assigned to each unit by the declaration. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Paramedic provider: means an entity that: (a)  employs emergency medical service personnel; and (b)  is required to obtain a license under Sections 26B-4-150 through 26B-4-170. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 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. Patient: means an individual who, as the result of illness, injury, or a behavioral emergency condition, meets any of the criteria in Section 26B-4-119. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Period of administrative control: means the period of control described in Subsection 57-8-16. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, trustee, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court. Political sign: means any sign or document that advocates: (a)  the election or defeat of a candidate for public office; or (b)  the approval or defeat of a ballot proposition. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Political subdivision: means : (a)  a city, town, or metro township; (b)  a county; (c)  a special service district created under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, for the purpose of providing fire protection services under Subsection 17D-1-201(9); (d)  a special district created under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, for the purpose of providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; (e)  areas coming together as described in Subsection 26B-4-156(2)(b)(ii); or (f)  an interlocal entity under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents. Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: means the land, whether leasehold or in fee simple, the building, if any, all improvements and structures thereon, all easements, rights, and appurtenances belonging thereto, and all articles of personal property intended for use in connection therewith. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Protected area: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-27-21. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. real estate: means any right, title, estate, or interest in land, including all nonextracted minerals located in, on, or under the land, all buildings, fixtures and improvements on the land, and all water rights, rights-of-way, easements, rents, issues, profits, income, tenements, hereditaments, possessory rights, claims, including mining claims, privileges, and appurtenances belonging to, used, or enjoyed with the land or any part of the land. See Utah Code 57-1-1 real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings. rental unit: means : (a)  a unit that: (i)  is not owned by an entity or trust; and (ii)  is occupied by an individual while the unit owner is not occupying the unit as the unit owner's primary residence; or (b)  an occupied unit owned by an entity or trust, regardless of who occupies the unit. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Size: means the number of cubic feet, or the number of square feet of ground or floor space, within each unit as computed by reference to the record of survey map and rounded off to a whole number. See Utah Code 57-8-3 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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death. Time period unit: means an annually recurring part or parts of a year specified in the declaration as a period for which a unit is separately owned and includes a timeshare estate as defined in Section 57-19-2. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Trauma: means an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Trauma system: means a single, statewide system that: (a)  organizes and coordinates the delivery of trauma care within defined geographic areas from the time of injury through transport and rehabilitative care; and (b)  is inclusive of all prehospital providers, hospitals, and rehabilitative facilities in delivering care for trauma patients, regardless of severity. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Triage: means the sorting of patients in terms of disposition, destination, or priority. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor. Type of service: means the category at which an ambulance provider is licensed as: (a)  ground ambulance transport; (b)  ground ambulance interfacility transport; or (c)  both ground ambulance transport and ground ambulance interfacility transport. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Unconstructed unit: means a unit that: (a)  is intended, as depicted in the condominium plat, to be fully or partially contained in a building; and (b)  is not constructed. See Utah Code 57-8-3 unenforceable covenant: means a restriction on alienation of real property, whether recited in a document to be recorded under this chapter, or recited in a document of record under this chapter, which is based on race, gender, national origin, marital status, or a similar classification determined to be unenforceable under state or federal law. See Utah Code 57-3-107 Unit: includes one or more rooms or spaces located in one or more floors or a portion of a floor in a building. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Unit number: means the number, letter, or combination of numbers and letters designating the unit in the declaration and in the record of survey map. See Utah Code 57-8-3 Unit owner: means the person or persons owning a unit in fee simple and an undivided interest in the fee simple estate of the common areas and facilities in the percentage specified and established in the declaration or, in the case of a leasehold condominium project, the person or persons whose leasehold interest or interests in the condominium unit extend for the entire balance of the unexpired term or terms. See Utah Code 57-8-3 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Veteran: means an individual who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House. Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5