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- Abandonment: means to forsake entirely or to refuse to provide care and support for an animal placed in the custody of a licensed veterinarian. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Accounting experience: means applying accounting and auditing skills and principles that are taught as a part of the professional education qualifying a person for licensure under this chapter and generally accepted by the profession, under the supervision of a licensed certified public accountant. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Administer: means :
(a) the direct application by a person of a prescription drug or device by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or by any other means, to the body of an animal that is a patient or is a research subject; or (b) a veterinarian providing to the owner or caretaker of an animal a prescription drug for application by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means to the body of the animal by the owner or caretaker in accordance with the veterinarian's written directions. See Utah Code 58-28-102 - Administrative penalty: means a monetary fine or citation imposed by the division for acts or omissions determined to be unprofessional or unlawful conduct in accordance with a fine schedule established by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and as a result of an adjudicative proceeding conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See 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.
- AICPA: means the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- 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.
- Animal: means any animal other than a human. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- 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.
- Applicant: means an individual who applies for licensure or certification under this chapter by submitting a completed application for licensure or certification and the required fees to the department. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Approved education program: means a nursing education program that is accredited by an accrediting body for nursing education that is approved by the United States Department of Education. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- AVMA: means American Veterinary Medical Association. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Bequeath: To gift property by will.
- Board: means the Utah Board of Accountancy created in Section 58-26a-201. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Board: means the Veterinary Board established in Section 58-28-201. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Board: means the Board of Nursing created in Section 58-31b-201. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Client: means the person who retains a licensee for the performance of one or more of the services included in the definition of the practice of public accountancy. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Client: means the patient's owner, the owner's agent, or other person responsible for the patient. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Compilation: means providing a service to be performed in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) that is presenting, in the form of financial statements, information that is the representation of management or owners, without undertaking to express any assurance on the statements. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- CPA: means an individual currently licensed by this state or any other state, district, or territory of the United States of America to practice public accountancy or who has been granted a license as a certified public accountant under prior law or this chapter. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- CPA firm: means a qualified business entity holding a valid registration as a Certified Public Accountant firm under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Diagnosis: means the identification of and discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and symptoms essential to the effective execution and management of health care. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Direct supervision: means a veterinarian licensed under this chapter is present and available for face-to-face contact with the patient and person being supervised, at the time the patient is receiving veterinary care. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Down syndrome: means a genetic condition associated with an extra chromosome 21, in whole or in part, or an effective trisomy for chromosome 21. See Utah Code 26B-7-101
- 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.
- Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
- Experience: means :
(a) accounting experience; or (b) professional experience. See Utah Code 58-26a-102 - 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.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Immediate supervision: means the veterinarian licensed under this chapter is present with the individual being supervised, while the individual is performing the delegated tasks. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Indirect supervision: means a veterinarian licensed under this chapter:
(a) has given either written or verbal instructions for veterinary care of a patient to the person being supervised; and (b) is available to the person being supervised by telephone or other electronic means of communication during the period of time in which the veterinary care is given to the patient. See Utah Code 58-28-102 - Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability: means an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, as defined in Title XIX of the Social Security Act. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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.
- Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
- 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
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Licensee: means the holder of a current valid license issued under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Licensee: means an individual who is licensed or certified under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
- Long-term care facility: means any of the following facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to 2:
(a) a nursing care facility; (b) a small health care facility; (c) an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability; (d) an assisted living facility Type I or II; or (e) a designated swing bed unit in a general hospital. See Utah Code 58-31b-102 - Maternal and child health services: means :
(a) the provision of educational, preventative, diagnostic, and treatment services, including medical care, hospitalization, and other institutional care and aftercare, appliances, and facilitating services directed toward reducing infant mortality and improving the health of mothers and children provided, however, that nothing in this Subsection (2) shall be construed to allow any agency of the state to interfere with the rights of the parent of an unmarried minor in decisions about the providing of health information or services; (b) the development, strengthening, and improvement of standards and techniques relating to the services and care; (c) the training of personnel engaged in the provision, development, strengthening, or improvement of the services and care; and (d) necessary administrative services connected with Subsections (2)(a), (b), and (c). See Utah Code 26B-7-101 - Medication aide certified: means a certified nurse aide who:
(a) has a minimum of 2,000 hours experience working as a certified nurse aide; (b) has received a minimum of 60 hours of classroom and 40 hours of practical training that is approved by the division in collaboration with the board, in administering routine medications to patients or residents of long-term care facilities; and (c) is certified by the division as a medication aide certified. See Utah Code 58-31b-102 - Minor: means a person under 18 years old. See Utah Code 26B-7-101
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- NASBA: means the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- 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.
- PCAOB: means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Peer review: means a board approved study, appraisal, or review of one or more aspects of the attest and compilation services rendered by a licensee in the practice of public accounting, performed by a licensee holding an active license in this or another state who is not affiliated with the licensee being reviewed. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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.
- Practice of nursing: includes :
(a) initiating and maintaining comfort measures; (b) promoting and supporting human functions and responses; (c) establishing an environment conducive to well-being; (d) providing health counseling and teaching; (e) collaborating with health care professionals on aspects of the health care regimen; (f) performing delegated procedures only within the education, knowledge, judgment, and skill of the licensee; (g) delegating nursing tasks that may be performed by others, including an unlicensed assistive personnel; and (h) supervising an individual to whom a task is delegated under Subsection (12)(g) as the individual performs the task. See Utah Code 58-31b-102 - Practice of public accounting: means , while holding oneself out as a certified public accountant, offering to perform or performing one or more kinds of services involving the use of auditing or accounting skills, including issuing reports or opinions on financial statements, performing attestation engagements, performing one or more kinds of advisory or consulting services, preparing tax returns, or furnishing advice on tax matters for a client. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Practice of registered nursing: means performing acts of nursing as provided in this Subsection (14) by an individual licensed under this chapter as a registered nurse within the generally recognized scope of practice of registered nurses as defined by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Practice of veterinary technology: means to perform tasks that are:
(a) related to the care and treatment of animals; (b) delegated by a veterinarian licensed under this chapter; (c) performed under the direct or indirect supervision of a veterinarian licensed under this chapter; and (d) permitted by administrative rule and performed in accordance with the standards of the profession. See Utah Code 58-28-102 - Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- 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.
- Principal place of business: means the office location designated by the licensee for purposes of substantial equivalency and licensure by endorsement. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- 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: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Qualified business entity: means a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, or partnership engaged in the practice of public accountancy. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Qualified continuing professional education: means a formal program of education that contributes directly to the professional competence of a certified public accountant. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Qualifying examinations: means :
(a) the AICPA Uniform CPA Examination; (b) the AICPA Examination of Professional Ethics for CPAs; (c) the Utah Laws and Rules Examination; and (d) any other examination approved by the board and adopted by the division by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-26a-102 - Registered nurse apprentice: means an individual licensed under Subsection 58-31b-301(2)(b) who is learning and engaging in the practice of registered nursing under the indirect supervision of an individual licensed under:
(a) Subsection 58-31b-301(2)(c), (e), or (f); (b) Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or (c) Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102 - 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.
- Report: when used with reference to financial statements, means:
(ii) any disclaimer of opinion when it is conventionally understood to imply any positive assurance as to the reliability of the attested information or compiled financial statements referred to or language suggesting special competence on the part of the person or firm issuing such language; and the report includes any other form of language that is conventionally understood to imply such assurance or such special knowledge or competence. See Utah Code 58-26a-102 - Review of financial statements: means providing a service in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) in which the accountant obtains limited assurance as a basis for reporting whether the accountant is aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial statements for them to be in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework, primarily through the performance of inquiry and analytical procedures. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- 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 certification: means a designation granted by the division on behalf of the state to an individual who has met the requirements for state certification as a veterinary technician related to the practice of veterinary technology. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- State certified: means , when used in conjunction with the occupation of veterinary technician, a title that:
(a) may be used by a person who has met state certification requirements related to the occupation of veterinary technician as described in this chapter; and (b) may not be used by a person who has not met the state certification requirements related to the occupation of veterinary technician as described in this chapter. See Utah Code 58-28-102 - Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Substantial equivalency: means a determination by the division in collaboration with the board or the board's designee that:
(i) the education, examination, and experience requirements set forth in the statutes and administrative rules of another state are comparable to or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements set forth in the Uniform Accountancy Act; or (ii) an individual CPA's education, examination, and experience qualifications are comparable to or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements set forth in the Uniform Accountancy Act. See Utah Code 58-26a-102 - Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Teeth floating: means the removal of enamel points and the smoothing, contouring, and leveling of dental arcades and incisors of equine and other farm animals. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- Uniform Accountancy Act: means the model public accountancy legislation developed and promulgated by national accounting and regulatory associations that contains standardized definitions and regulations for the practice of public accounting as recognized by the division in collaboration with the board. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-31b-501. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Unlicensed assistive personnel: means any unlicensed individual, regardless of title, who is delegated a task by a licensed nurse as permitted by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and the standards of the profession. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Unprofessional conduct: is a s defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-26a-502 and as may be further defined by rule. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
- Unprofessional conduct: is a s defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-28-502 and may be further defined by rule. See Utah Code 58-28-102
- Unprofessional conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-31b-502 and as may be further defined by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
- Veterinarian-client-patient relationship: means :
(a) a veterinarian licensed under this chapter has assumed responsibility for making clinical judgements regarding the health of an animal and the need for medical treatment of an animal, and the client has agreed to follow the veterinarian's instructions; (b) the veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the animal to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal, including knowledge of the keeping and care of the animal as a result of recent personal examination of the animal or by medically appropriate visits to the premises where the animal is housed; and (c) the veterinarian has arranged for emergency coverage for follow-up evaluation in the event of adverse reaction or the failure of the treatment regimen. See Utah Code 58-28-102 - Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5