Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-314

• Primary health care: includes :

  (i)	services of physicians, nurses, physician's assistants, and dentists licensed to practice in this state under Title 58, Occupations and Professions;

  (ii)	diagnostic and radiologic services;

  (iii)

  preventive health services including perinatal services, well-child services, and other services that seek to prevent disease or its consequences;

  (iv)	emergency medical services;

  (v)	preventive dental services; and

  (vi)

  pharmaceutical services. See Utah Code 26B-4-301 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 26B-4-314.  Assistance to rural communities by department.      The department shall assist rural communities in dealing with primary health care needs relating to recruiting health professionals, planning, and technical assistance. The department shall assist the communities, at their request, at any stage of development of new or expanded primary health care services and shall work with them to improve primary health care by providing information to increase the effectiveness of their systems, to decrease duplication and fragmentation of services, and to maximize community use of private gifts, and local, state, and federal grants and contracts. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 3 Contents