Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 8a - Damage to Underground Utility Facilities

• Abortion clinic: means a type I abortion clinic or a type II abortion clinic. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Ambulatory surgical facility: means a freestanding facility, which provides surgical services to patients not requiring hospitalization. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Association: means two or more operators organized to receive notification of excavation activities in a specified area, as provided by Section 54-8a-9. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
• Birthing center: means a facility that:

  (a)	receives maternal clients and provides care during pregnancy, delivery, and immediately after delivery; and

  (b)

  (i)  is freestanding; or (ii)  is not freestanding, but meets the requirements for an alongside midwifery unit described in Subsection 26B-2-228(7). See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Board: means the Underground Facilities Damage Dispute Board created in Section 54-8a-13. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Committee: means the Health Facility Committee created in Section 26B-1-204. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Consumer: means any person not primarily engaged in the provision of health care to individuals or in the administration of facilities or institutions in which such care is provided and who does not hold a fiduciary position, or have a fiduciary interest in any entity involved in the provision of health care, and does not receive, either directly or through his spouse, more than 1/10 of his gross income from any entity or activity relating to health care. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Emergency: means an occurrence or suspected natural gas leak necessitating immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of, or damage to, life, health, property, or essential public services. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 End stage renal disease facility: means a facility which furnishes staff-assisted kidney dialysis services, self-dialysis services, or home-dialysis services on an outpatient basis. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 excavation: means an operation in which earth, rock, or other material on or below the ground is moved or displaced by tools, equipment, or explosives. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Excavator: means any person or entity that excavates or conducts excavation activities. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 General acute hospital: means a facility which provides diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services to both inpatients and outpatients by or under the supervision of physicians. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Governmental unit: means the state, or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or any department, division, board, or agency of the state, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Health care facility: means general acute hospitals, specialty hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, nursing care facilities, residential-assisted living facilities, birthing centers, ambulatory surgical facilities, small health care facilities, abortion clinics, a clinic that meets the definition of hospital under Section 76-7-301 or 76-71-201, facilities owned or operated by health maintenance organizations, end stage renal disease facilities, and any other health care facility which the committee designates by rule. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Health maintenance organization: means an organization, organized under the laws of any state which: (a)  is a qualified health maintenance organization under 42 U. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Home health agency: means an agency, organization, or facility or a subdivision of an agency, organization, or facility which employs two or more direct care staff persons who provide licensed nursing services, therapeutic services of physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, medical social services, or home health aide services on a visiting basis. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Hospice: means a program of care for the terminally ill and their families which occurs in a home or in a health care facility and which provides medical, palliative, psychological, spiritual, and supportive care and treatment. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Location: means the site of a proposed area of excavation described: (a)  (i)  by street address, if available; (ii)  by the area at that street address to be excavated; and (iii)  as specified in Subsection 54-8a-4(3) or 54-8a-5(2)(b)(ii); or (b)  if there is no street address available, by the area of excavation using any available designations, including a nearby street or road, an intersection, GPS coordinates, or other generally accepted methods. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Location request assignment: means a number assigned to a proposed excavation by an association or operator upon receiving notice of the proposed excavation from the excavator. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Nursing care facility: means a health care facility, other than a general acute or specialty hospital, constructed, licensed, and operated to provide patient living accommodations, 24-hour staff availability, and at least two of the following patient services: (a)  a selection of patient care services, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse, ranging from continuous medical, skilled nursing, psychological, or other professional therapies to intermittent health-related or paraprofessional personal care services; (b)  a structured, supportive social living environment based on a professionally designed and supervised treatment plan, oriented to the individual's habilitation or rehabilitation needs; or (c)  a supervised living environment that provides support, training, or assistance with individual activities of daily living. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Operator: means a person who owns, operates, or maintains an underground facility. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, and the legal successor thereof. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Person: includes : (a)  an individual, government entity, corporation, partnership, association, or company; and (b)  the trustee, receiver, assignee, and personal representative of a person listed in Subsection (11)(a). See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Resident: means a person 21 years old or older who: (a)  as a result of physical or mental limitations or age requires or requests services provided in an assisted living facility; and (b)  does not require intensive medical or nursing services as provided in a hospital or nursing care facility. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Sewer lateral cleanout: means a point of access where a sewer lateral can be serviced. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Small health care facility: means a four to 16 bed facility that provides licensed health care programs and services to residents. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Specialty hospital: means a facility which provides specialized diagnostic, therapeutic, or rehabilitative services in the recognized specialty or specialties for which the hospital is licensed. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Substantial compliance: means in a department survey of a licensee, the department determines there is an absence of deficiencies which would harm the physical health, mental health, safety, or welfare of patients or residents of a licensee. See Utah Code 26B-2-201 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Underground facility: means personal property that is buried or placed below ground level for use in the storage or conveyance of any of the following: (a)  water; (b)  sewage, including sewer laterals; (c)  communications, including electronic, photonic, telephonic, or telegraphic communications; (d)  television, cable television, or other telecommunication signals, including transmission to subscribers of video or other programming; (e)  electric power; (f)  oil, gas, or other fluid and gaseous substances; (g)  steam; (h)  slurry; or (i)  dangerous materials or products. See Utah Code 54-8a-2 Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5