Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 16a > Part 3 - Licensing

• Board: means the Optometrist Licensing Board created in Section 58-16a-201. See Utah Code 58-16a-102
• Contact lens: means any lens that:

  (a)	has a spherical, cylindrical, or prismatic power or curvature;

  (b)	is made pursuant to a current prescription; and

  (c)

  is intended to be worn on the surface of the eye. See Utah Code 58-16a-102 Contact lens prescription: means a written or verbal order for contact lenses that includes: (i)  the commencement date of the prescription; (ii)  the base curve, power, diameter, material or brand name, and expiration date; (iii)  for a written order, the signature of the prescribing optometrist or physician; and (iv)  for a verbal order, a record maintained by the recipient of: (A)  the name of the prescribing optometrist or physician; and (B)  the date when the prescription was issued or ordered. See Utah Code 58-16a-102 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. Ophthalmic lens: means any lens used to treat the eye and that: (a)  has a spherical, cylindrical, or prismatic power; (b)  is made pursuant to an unexpired prescription; and (c)  is intended to be used in eyeglasses or spectacles. See Utah Code 58-16a-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. 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 Unexpired: means a prescription that was issued: (a)  for ophthalmic lenses which does not expire unless the optometrist or physician includes an expiration date on the prescription based on medical reasons that are documented in the patient's file; and (b)  in accordance with Subsection (3) for a contact lens. See Utah Code 58-16a-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5