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A health care practitioner is eligible to apply to the division and board for a volunteer health care practitioner license if the health care practitioner:
Terms Used In Utah Code 58-81-103- 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.
- 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
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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certifies to the division and board that the applicant will be engaged exclusively in volunteer health care services; and |
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completes an application for a volunteer health care practitioner license, which includes documentation:
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of professional education, exams passed, and graduation; |
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of practice history; |
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of a qualified location for which the health care practitioner will be practicing; |
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identifying the supervising health care practitioner and the supervising health care practitioner’s delegation of service agreement with the volunteer practitioner; and |
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that the applicant has:
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previously been issued an unrestricted license to practice in Utah, another state of the United States, or a district or territory of the United States; |
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never been the subject of any significant disciplinary action in any jurisdiction; and |
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is in good health and does not have a condition which would impair the health care practitioner’s ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety to patients. |
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A health care provider who has agreed to be a supervising professional for a volunteer at a qualified location shall:
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enter into a delegation of service agreement with the volunteer health care practitioner; |
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agree to provide the level of supervision required in Subsection 58-81-102(6); |
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determine with the volunteer whether the volunteer’s scope of practice or ability to prescribe controlled substances will be limited by the delegation of service agreement; |
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include in the delegation of service agreement that the volunteer may not prescribe a controlled substance to himself, the volunteer’s family, or a staff member of the qualified location; and |
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forward the delegation of service agreement to the division. |
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Amended by Chapter 49, 2014 General Session
