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- Adequate records: means legible records that contain, at a minimum:
(a) the athletic training service plan or protocol; (b) an evaluation of objective findings; (c) the plan of care and the treatment records; or (d) written orders. See Utah Code 58-40a-102 - Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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.
- Approved: means approval by the division in collaboration with the board when used to refer to a licensing requirement. See Utah Code 58-40-102
- ASHA: means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Assessment: includes :
(i) a record review; (ii) the implementation of standardized and non-standardized instruments, tests, and measurements; and (iii) the skilled observation and interview of a person. See Utah Code 58-40-102 - Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Association: means the Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Athlete: means an individual, referee, coach, or athletic staff member who participates in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed, or stamina, and the exercises, sports, or games are of a type generally conducted in association with an educational institution or professional, amateur, or recreational sports club or organization. See Utah Code 58-40a-102
- Athletic trainer: means an individual who is licensed under this chapter and carries out the practice of athletic training. See Utah Code 58-40a-102
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Audiologist: means a person who practices audiology or who holds himself out to the public directly or indirectly by any means, act, title, identification, performance, method, or procedure as one who nonmedically examines, measures, tests, interprets, evaluates, assesses, diagnoses, directs, instructs, treats, counsels, prescribes, and recommends for persons affected by or suspected of having disorders of or conditions of hearing loss, or assists persons in achieving the reception, communication, and perception of sound and determines the range, nature, and degree of hearing function related to communication needs, or provides audiology services and uses audio electronic equipment and provides audiology services and consultation regarding noise control and hearing conservation, conducts tests and interpretation of vestibular function and nystagmus, prepares ear impressions and provides ear molds, aids, accessories, prescriptions, and prostheses for hearing, evaluates sound environment and equipment, and calibrates instruments used in testing and supplementing auditory function. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Audiology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures, and measuring, testing, examining, interpreting, diagnosing, predicting, evaluating, prescribing, consulting, treating, instructing, and researching, which is related to hearing, vestibular function, and the disorders of hearing, to related language and speech disorders and to aberrant behavior related to hearing loss or vestibular function, for the purpose of preventing and modifying disorders related to hearing loss or vestibular function, and planning, directing, managing, conducting, and participating in hearing conservation, evoked potentials evaluation, nonmedical tinnitus evaluation or treatment, noise control, habilitation, and rehabilitation programs, including hearing aid evaluation, assistive listening device evaluation, prescription, preparation, and dispensing, and auditory training and lip reading. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Audiology aide: means an individual who:
(a) meets the minimum qualifications established by the board for audiology aides. See Utah Code 58-41-2 - 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101- Board: means the Board of Recreational Therapy created in Section 58-40-201. See Utah Code 58-40-102
- Board: means the Athletic Trainers Licensing Board created in Section 58-40a-201. See Utah Code 58-40a-102
- Board: means the Speech-language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Board created under Section 58-41-6. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Board: means the Utah State Board of Pharmacy created in Section 58-17b-201. See Utah Code 58-37f-102
- Business associate: is a s defined under the HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules in 45 C. See Utah Code 58-37f-102
- CCC: means the certificate of clinical competence awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Certified nurse midwife: means an individual who:
(a) is licensed to practice as a certified nurse midwife under Title 58, Chapter 44a, Nurse Midwife Practice Act; and (b) has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate of death developed by the department by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 - City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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.
- 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 - Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Database: means the controlled substance database created in Section 58-37f-201. See Utah Code 58-37f-102
- De-identified: is a s defined in 45 C. See Utah Code 58-37f-102
- 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
- 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 - Decedent: means the same as a dead body. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Directing physician: means a physician and surgeon licensed under Section 58-67-301, an osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed under Section 58-68-301, a chiropractic physician licensed under Chapter 73, Chiropractic Physician Practice Act, a naturopathic physician licensed under Chapter 71, Naturopathic Physician Practice Act, or dentist licensed under Section 58-69-301 who, within the licensee's scope of practice and individual competency, is responsible for the athletic training services provided by the athletic trainer and oversees the practice of athletic training by the athletic trainer, as established by board rule. See Utah Code 58-40a-102
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Disorder: means the condition of decreased, absent, or impaired auditory, speech, voice, or language function. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- 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: (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.
- 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 - 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Funeral service director: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-9-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: includes a person who:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Health care facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Health care facility: is a s defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 58-37f-102
- Health care professional: means a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Hearing aid dealer: means one who sells, repairs, and adjusts hearing aids. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Illegal drug: means a drug or controlled substance whose distribution is a violation of state law. See Utah Code 58-37e-2
- Illegal drug market: means the support system of illegal drug-related operations, from production to retail sales, through which an illegal drug reaches the user. See Utah Code 58-37e-2
- 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
- Individual drug user: means the individual whose illegal drug use is the basis of an action brought under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-37e-2
- 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:(i) sex chromosome structure; (ii) sex steroid hormone production; or (iii) sex steroid hormone action for a male or female. 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.
- Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Licensed audiologist: means any individual to whom a license has been issued under this chapter or Chapter 41a, Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, if the license is in force and has not been suspended or revoked. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Licensed funeral establishment: means :
(a) if located in Utah, a funeral service establishment, as that term is defined in Section 58-9-102, that is licensed under Title 58, Chapter 9, Funeral Services Licensing Act; or (b) 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 - Licensed speech-language pathologist: means any individual licensed under this chapter or Chapter 41a, Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, if the license is in force and has not been suspended or revoked. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Live birth: means the birth of a child who shows evidence of life after the child is entirely outside of the mother. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Local registrar: means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b). See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Mental health therapist: is a s defined in Section 58-60-102. See Utah Code 58-37f-102
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Nurse practitioner: means an individual who:
(a) is licensed to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse under Title 58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act; and (b) has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate of death developed by the department by administrative rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 - Office: means the Office of Vital Records and Statistics within the department. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- 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.
- Period of illegal drug use: means , in relation to the individual drug user, the time of the individual's first use of an illegal drug to the accrual of the cause of the action. See Utah Code 58-37e-2
- Person: means an individual, governmental entity, corporation, firm, trust, partnership, or incorporated or unincorporated association, existing under or authorized by the laws of this state, another state, or foreign country. See Utah Code 58-37e-2
- Person: means any individual, group, organization, partnership, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Physician: means a person licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath in this state under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Physician assistant: means an individual who:
(a) is licensed to practice as a physician assistant under Title 58, Chapter 70a, Utah Physician Assistant Act; and (b) has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate of death developed by the department by administrative rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 - Place of participation: means , in relation to a defendant in an action brought under this chapter, each county in which the person participates in the illegal drug market or in which the person resides, attends school, or is employed during the period of the person's participation in the illegal drug market. See Utah Code 58-37e-2
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- practice of athletic training: means the application by a licensed and certified athletic trainer of principles and methods of:
(a) prevention of athletic injuries; (b) recognition, evaluation, and assessment of athletic injuries and conditions; (c) immediate care of athletic injuries, including common emergency medical situations; (d) rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletic injuries; (e) athletic training services administration and organization; and (f) education of athletes. See Utah Code 58-40a-102 - Practice of recreational therapy: means to engage in the paid performance of providing recreational therapy services according to the therapeutic recreation process to a person with an emotional, social, intellectual, or physical pathology. See Utah Code 58-40-102
- Practice of speech-language pathology: means rendering, prescribing, or offering to render to individuals, groups, agencies, organizations, industries or the public any service in speech-language pathology. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- 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.
- Prescription: means a written or oral order for the delivery or execution of that which has been prescribed. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- 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.
- Presumed father: means the father of a child conceived or born during a marriage as defined in Section 30-1-17. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- 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.
- Prospective patient: means an individual who:
(i) is seeking medical advice, medical treatment, or medical services from a practitioner; and (ii) the practitioner described in Subsection (2)(h)(i) is considering accepting as a patient. See Utah Code 58-37f-102 - Public health authority: means an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, an Indian tribe, or a person acting under a grant of authority from or a contract with such an agency, that is responsible for public health matters as part of the agency or authority's official mandate. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Recreational therapy services: include :
(i) assessing a person's need for recreational therapy treatment or intervention; (ii) developing an individualized treatment or intervention plan that identifies goals, objectives, and treatment strategies for a person; (iii) implementing the individualized treatment or intervention plan; (iv) documenting a person's response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan, including documenting the overall outcome of the person's treatment; (v) regularly evaluating a person's response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan and modifying the plan when appropriate; (vi) in collaboration with a person, the person's family, or other team members, developing a discharge or transition plan for the person; (vii) serving as a resource to help a person find recreation opportunities that will promote the person's physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual health and well-being; and (viii) organizing and managing recreational services according to a written plan of operation as defined by rule of the division. See Utah Code 58-40-102 - register: means acceptance by the local or state registrar of a certificate and incorporation of the certificate into the permanent records of the state. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Speech-language pathologist: means :
(a) a person who practices speech-language pathology or who holds himself out to the public by any means, or by any service or function the person performs, directly or indirectly, or by using the terms "speech-language pathologist" "speech-language therapist" "language disability specialist" or any variation, derivation, synonym, coinage, or whatever expresses, employs, or implies these terms, names, or functions; or (b) a person who performs any of the functions described in Subsection (19) or any related functions. See Utah Code 58-41-2 - Speech-language pathology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the examination, measurement, prevention, testing, identification, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, instruction, modification, prescription, restoration, counseling, habilitation, prediction, management, and research related to the development and the disorders or disabilities of human communication, speech, voice, language, cognitive communication, or oral, pharyngeal, or laryngeal sensorimotor competencies, for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, prescribing, preventing, managing, correcting, ameliorating, or modifying those disorders and their effects in individuals or groups of individuals. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Speech-language pathology aide: means an individual who:
(a) meets the minimum qualifications established by the board for speech-language pathology aides. See Utah Code 58-41-2 - 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Substance abuse treatment program: is a s defined in Section 26B-2-101. See Utah Code 58-37f-102
- therapeutic recreation: means a person-centered process that uses recreation and psychoeducational activities as intervention tools to improve the physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual well-being of a person with an illness or a disability. See Utah Code 58-40-102
- Treatment: means the services of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist to examine, diagnose, correct, or ameliorate speech or hearing disorders, abnormalities, behavior, or their effects. See Utah Code 58-41-2
- Treatment or intervention plan: means a written record containing the information required by Section 58-40-602, which is composed for each patient by a person licensed under this chapter as a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist. See Utah Code 58-40-102
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Unprofessional conduct: is a s defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-40-502. See Utah Code 58-40-102
- 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 - 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. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5