Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 1 > Part 2 - Construction and Interpretation

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Application: means a document:

  (a)

  (i)  completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and (ii)  that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to: (A)  insure the risk under: (I)  the coverage as originally offered; or (II)  a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or (B)  decline to insure the risk; or

  (b)

  used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Associate physician: means an individual licensed under Section 58-68-302. See Utah Code 58-68-102 Asynchronous technology: means store-and-forward technology that allows a licensed dental professional to transmit a patient's health information to a dentist for viewing at a later time. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Board: means the Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon's Licensing Board created in Section 58-68-201. See Utah Code 58-68-102 Board: means the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensing Board created in Section 58-69-201. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Collaborating physician: means an individual licensed under Section 58-68-302 who enters into a collaborative practice arrangement with an associate physician. See Utah Code 58-68-102 Collaborative practice arrangement: means the arrangement described in Section 58-68-807. See Utah Code 58-68-102 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. 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. Dental assistant: means an unlicensed individual who engages in, directly or indirectly, supervised acts and duties as defined by division rule made in collaboration with the board. See Utah Code 58-69-102 General supervision: means that the supervising dentist is available for consultation regarding work the supervising dentist has authorized, without regard as to whether the supervising dentist is located on the same premises as the person being supervised. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Indirect supervision: means that the supervising dentist is present within the facility in which the person being supervised is providing services and is available to provide immediate face-to-face communication with the person being supervised. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Insurance: includes : (i)  a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind; (ii)  a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and (iii)  a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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. 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. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Person: includes : (a)  an individual; (b)  a partnership; (c)  a corporation; (d)  an incorporated or unincorporated association; (e)  a joint stock company; (f)  a trust; (g)  a limited liability company; (h)  a reciprocal; (i)  a syndicate; or (j)  another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Physician: means both physicians and surgeons licensed under Section 58-67-301, Utah Medical Practice Act, and osteopathic physicians and surgeons licensed under Section 58-68-301, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 58-68-102 Practice of dental hygiene: means , regarding humans: (a)  under the general supervision of a dentist, or under a written agreement with a dentist licensed under this chapter, as provided in Section 58-69-801, to: (i)  perform preliminary clinical examination of human teeth and gums; (ii)  make preliminary instrumental examination of patients' teeth; (iii)  expose dental radiographs; (iv)  assess dental hygiene status and collaborate with the supervising dentist regarding a dental hygiene treatment plan for a patient; (v)  remove deposits, accumulations, calculus, and concretions from the surfaces of human teeth; (vi)  remove toxins and debris from subgingival surfaces; (vii)  provide dental hygiene care in accordance with a dentist's treatment plan for a patient; (viii)  take impressions of teeth or jaws except for impressions or registrations to supply artificial teeth as substitutes for natural teeth; or (ix)  engage in other practices of dental hygiene as defined by division rule; (b)  under the indirect supervision of a dentist to administer in accordance with standards and ethics of the professions of dentistry and dental hygiene: (i)  local anesthesia; or (ii)  nitrous oxide analgesia; (c)  to represent oneself by any title, degree, or in any other way as being a dental hygienist; or (d)  to direct a dental assistant when the supervising dentist is not on the premises. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Practice of dentistry: means the following, regarding humans: (a)  to offer, undertake, or represent that a person will undertake by any means or method, including teledentistry, to: (i)  examine, evaluate, diagnose, treat, operate, or prescribe therapy for any disease, pain, injury, deficiency, deformity, or any other condition of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or adjacent hard and soft tissues and structures in the maxillofacial region; (ii)  take an appropriate history and physical consistent with the level of professional service to be provided and the available resources in the facility in which the service is to be provided; (iii)  take impressions or registrations; (iv)  supply artificial teeth as substitutes for natural teeth; (v)  remove deposits, accumulations, calculus, and concretions from the surfaces of teeth; and (vi)  correct or attempt to correct malposition of teeth; (b)  to administer anesthetics necessary or proper in the practice of dentistry only as allowed by an anesthesia permit obtained from the division; (c)  to administer and prescribe drugs related to and appropriate in the practice of dentistry; (d)  to supervise the practice of a dental hygienist or dental assistant as established by division rule made in collaboration with the board; or (e)  to represent oneself by any title, degree, or in any other way that one is a dentist. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Practice of osteopathic medicine: means : (i)  to diagnose, treat, correct, administer anesthesia, or prescribe for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or other condition, physical or mental, real or imaginary, or to attempt to do so, by any means or instrumentality, which in whole or in part is based upon emphasis of the importance of the musculoskeletal system and manipulative therapy in the maintenance and restoration of health, by an individual in Utah or outside of the state upon or for any human within the state; (ii)  when a person not licensed as a physician directs a licensee under this chapter to withhold or alter the health care services that the licensee has ordered; (iii)  to maintain an office or place of business for the purpose of doing any of the acts described in Subsection (19)(a)(i) or (ii) whether or not for compensation; or (iv)  to use, in the conduct of any occupation or profession pertaining to the diagnosis or treatment of human diseases or conditions, in any printed material, stationery, letterhead, envelopes, signs, or advertisements, the designation "doctor" "doctor of osteopathic medicine" "osteopathic physician" "osteopathic surgeon" "osteopathic physician and surgeon" "Dr. See Utah Code 58-68-102 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. Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. 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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Supervising dentist: means a licensed dentist who has agreed to provide supervision of a dental hygienist or unlicensed individual in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Teledentistry: means the practice of dentistry using synchronous or asynchronous technology. See Utah Code 58-69-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Unprofessional conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-69-502 and as may be further defined by rule. See Utah Code 58-69-102 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5