Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 41 - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act

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• ASHA: means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Association: means the Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• 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 Board: means the Speech-language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Board created under Section 58-41-6. See Utah Code 58-41-2 CCC: means the certificate of clinical competence awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2 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. County executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Dead body: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-101. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 Decedent: A deceased person. Disorder: means the condition of decreased, absent, or impaired auditory, speech, voice, or language function. See Utah Code 58-41-2 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 Health care facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-8-101 Health care professional: means any of the following while acting in a professional capacity: (a)  a physician licensed under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; (b)  a physician assistant licensed under Title 58, Chapter 70a, Utah Physician Assistant Act; or (c)  an advance practice registered nurse licensed under Subsection 58-31b-301(2)(e). See Utah Code 26B-8-201 Hearing aid dealer: means one who sells, repairs, and adjusts hearing aids. See Utah Code 58-41-2 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. 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. 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 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 Local registrar: means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b). See Utah Code 26B-8-101 Medical examiner: means the state medical examiner appointed pursuant to Section 26B-8-202 or a deputy appointed by the medical examiner. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 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 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 Prescription: means a written or oral order for the delivery or execution of that which has been prescribed. See Utah Code 58-41-2 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 Regional pathologist: means a trained pathologist licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the state, appointed by the medical examiner pursuant to Subsection 26B-8-202(3). See Utah Code 26B-8-201 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 Sudden death while in apparent good health: means apparently instantaneous death without obvious natural cause, death during or following an unexplained syncope or coma, or death during an acute or unexplained rapidly fatal illness. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 Sudden infant death syndrome: means the death of a child who was thought to be in good health or whose terminal illness appeared to be so mild that the possibility of a fatal outcome was not anticipated. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 Suicide: means death caused by an intentional and voluntary act of an individual who understands the physical nature of the act and intends by such act to accomplish self-destruction. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 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 Unavailable for postmortem investigation: means that a dead body is: (i)  transported out of state; (ii)  buried at sea; (iii)  cremated; (iv)  processed by alkaline hydrolysis; or (v)  otherwise made unavailable to the medical examiner for postmortem investigation or autopsy. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5