“Adoption document” means an adoption-related document filed with the office, a petition for adoption, a decree of adoption, an original birth certificate, or evidence submitted in support of a supplementary birth certificate.
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-8-101
Adoption document: means an adoption-related document filed with the office, a petition for adoption, a decree of adoption, an original birth certificate, or evidence submitted in support of a supplementary birth certificate. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
Dead body: means a human body or parts of a human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
a person designated in a written instrument, under Subsection 58-9-602(1), as having the right and duty to control the disposition of the decedent, if the person voluntarily acts as the dispositioner; or
(b)
the next of kin of the decedent, if:
(i)
(A)
a person has not been designated as described in Subsection (9)(a); or
(B)
the person described in Subsection (9)(a) is unable or unwilling to exercise the right and duty described in Subsection (9)(a); and
(ii)
the next of kin voluntarily acts as the dispositioner. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
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.
Funeral service director: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-9-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
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.
if located in a state, district, or territory of the United States other than Utah, a funeral service establishment that complies with the licensing laws of the jurisdiction where the establishment is located. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
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
State registrar: means the state registrar of vital records appointed under Section 26B-8-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Vital records: means :
(a)
registered certificates or reports of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment;
(b)
amendments to any of the registered certificates or reports described in Subsection (24)(a);
“Biological sex at birth” means an individual’s sex, as being male or female, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by sex and reproductive organ anatomy, chromosomal makeup, and endogenous hormone profiles.
(3)
“Certified nurse midwife” means an individual who:
“Custodial funeral service director” means a funeral service director who:
(a)
is employed by a licensed funeral establishment; and
(b)
has custody of a dead body.
(5)
“Dead body” means a human body or parts of a human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred.
(6)
“Decedent” means the same as a dead body.
(7)
“Dead fetus” means a product of human conception, other than those circumstances described in Subsection 76-7-301(1):
(a)
of 20 weeks’ gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery; and
(b)
that was not born alive.
(8)
“Declarant father” means a male who claims to be the genetic father of a child, and, along with the biological mother, signs a voluntary declaration of paternity to establish the child’s paternity.
(9)
“Dispositioner” means:
(a)
a person designated in a written instrument, under Subsection 58-9-602(1), as having the right and duty to control the disposition of the decedent, if the person voluntarily acts as the dispositioner; or
(b)
the next of kin of the decedent, if:
(i)
(A)
a person has not been designated as described in Subsection (9)(a); or
(B)
the person described in Subsection (9)(a) is unable or unwilling to exercise the right and duty described in Subsection (9)(a); and
(ii)
the next of kin voluntarily acts as the dispositioner.
(10)
“Fetal remains” means:
(a)
an aborted fetus as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-232; or
(b)
a miscarried fetus as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-233.
(11)
“File” means the submission of a completed certificate or other similar document, record, or report as provided under this part for registration by the state registrar or a local registrar.
(12)
“Funeral service director” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-9-102.
(13)
“Health care facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201.
(14)
“Health care professional” means a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife.
(15)
“Intersex individual” means an individual who:
(a)
is born with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous;
(b)
is born with 46, XX chromosomes with virilization;
(c)
is born with 46, XY chromosomes with undervirilization;
(d)
has both ovarian and testicular tissue; or
(e)
has been diagnosed by a physician, based on genetic or biochemical testing, with abnormal:
if located in a state, district, or territory of the United States other than Utah, a funeral service establishment that complies with the licensing laws of the jurisdiction where the establishment is located.
(17)
“Live birth” means the birth of a child who shows evidence of life after the child is entirely outside of the mother.
(18)
“Local registrar” means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b).
“Presumed father” means the father of a child conceived or born during a marriage as defined in Section 30-1-17.2.
(24)
“Registration” or “register” means acceptance by the local or state registrar of a certificate and incorporation of the certificate into the permanent records of the state.
(25)
“State registrar” means the state registrar of vital records appointed under Section 26B-8-102.
(26)
“Vital records” means:
(a)
registered certificates or reports of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment;
(b)
amendments to any of the registered certificates or reports described in Subsection (24)(a);
(c)
an adoption document; and
(d)
other similar documents.
(27)
“Vital statistics” means the data derived from registered certificates and reports of birth, death, fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment.
Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session, (Coordination Clause) Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session
