Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 46a > Part 3 - Licensing

• Direct supervision: means that the supervising hearing instrument specialist is present in the same facility as is the person being supervised and is available for immediate in person consultation. See Utah Code 58-46a-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.
• Hearing instrument intern: means a person licensed under this chapter who is obtaining education and experience in the practice of a hearing instrument specialist under the supervision of a supervising hearing instrument specialist. See Utah Code 58-46a-102
• Indirect supervision: means that the supervising hearing instrument specialist is not required to be present in the same facility as is the person being supervised, but is available for voice to voice contact by telephone, radio, or other means at the initiation of the person being supervised. See Utah Code 58-46a-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
• Supervising hearing instrument specialist: means a hearing instrument specialist who:

  (a)	is licensed by and in good standing with the division;

  (b)	has practiced full-time as a hearing instrument specialist for not less than two years; and

  (c)	is approved as a supervisor by the division. See Utah Code 58-46a-102