Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 42a - Occupational Therapy Practice Act

• Board: means the Board of Occupational Therapy created in Section 58-42a-201. See Utah Code 58-42a-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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 Immediate relative: means an individual's spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 Individual treatment plan: includes : (i)  planning and directing specific exercises and programs to improve sensory integration and motor functioning at the level of performance neurologically appropriate for the individual's stage of development; (ii)  establishing a program of instruction to teach a client skills, behaviors, and attitudes necessary for the client's independent productive, emotional, and social functioning; (iii)  analyzing, selecting, and adapting functional exercises to achieve and maintain the client's optimal functioning in activities of daily living and to prevent further disability; and (iv)  planning and directing specific programs to evaluate and enhance perceptual, motor, and cognitive skills. See Utah Code 58-42a-102 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. Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102 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 Medical examiner record: means : (a)  all information that the medical examiner obtains regarding a decedent; and (b)  reports that the medical examiner makes regarding a decedent. See Utah Code 26B-8-201 Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Occupational therapist: means a person licensed under this chapter to practice occupational therapy. See Utah Code 58-42a-102 Occupational therapy aide: means a person who is not licensed under this chapter but who provides supportive services under the supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant. See Utah Code 58-42a-102 Occupational therapy assistant: means a person licensed under this chapter to practice occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist as described in Sections 58-42a-305 and 58-42a-306. See Utah Code 58-42a-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Practice of occupational therapy: includes : (i)  establishing, remediating, or restoring an undeveloped or impaired skill or ability of an individual; (ii)  modifying or adapting an activity or environment to enhance an individual's performance; (iii)  maintaining and improving an individual's capabilities to avoid declining performance in everyday life activities; (iv)  promoting health and wellness to develop or improve an individual's performance in everyday life activities; (v)  performance-barrier prevention for an individual, including disability prevention; (vi)  evaluating factors that affect an individual's activities of daily living in educational, work, play, leisure, and social situations, including: (A)  body functions and structures; (B)  habits, routines, roles, and behavioral patterns; (C)  cultural, physical, environmental, social, virtual, and spiritual contexts and activity demands that affect performance; and (D)  motor, process, communication, interaction, and other performance skills; (vii)  providing interventions and procedures to promote or enhance an individual's safety and performance in activities of daily living in educational, work, and social situations, including: (A)  the therapeutic use of occupations and exercises; (B)  training in self-care, self-management, home-management, and community and work reintegration; (C)  the development, remediation, or compensation of behavioral skills and physical, cognitive, neuromuscular, and sensory functions; (D)  the education and training of an individual's family members and caregivers; (E)  care coordination, case management, and transition services; (F)  providing consulting services to groups, programs, organizations, or communities, (G)  modifying the environment and adapting processes, including the application of ergonomic principles; (H)  assessing, designing, fabricating, applying, fitting, and providing training in assistive technology, adaptive devices, orthotic devices, and prosthetic devices; (I)  assessing, recommending, and training an individual in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including wheelchair management; (J)  driver rehabilitation and community mobility; (K)  enhancing eating and feeding performance; and (L)  applying physical agent modalities, managing wound care, and using manual therapy techniques to enhance an individual's performance skills, if the occupational therapist has received the necessary training as determined by division rule in collaboration with the board. See Utah Code 58-42a-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. 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 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 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. Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Unattended death: means a death that occurs more than 365 days after the day on which a health care professional examined or treated the deceased individual for any purpose, including writing a prescription. 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