Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 70b - Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensing Act

• Agent: means an individual:
       (2)(a) authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or
       (2)(b) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Anesthesiologist: means an individual who:
       (1)(a) is licensed under Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; and
       (1)(b) has completed a residency program in anesthesiology. See Utah Code 58-70b-101
• Anesthesiologist assistant: means an individual licensed under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-70b-101
• Board: means the Physicians Licensing Board created in Section 58-67-201. See Utah Code 58-70b-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Document of gift: means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Donor: means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Donor registry: means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Driver license: means a license or permit issued by the Driver License Division of the Department of Public Safety, to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the license or permit. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Licensee: includes any holder of a license, certificate, registration, permit, student card, or apprentice card authorized under this title. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Part: means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Practice of assisting an anesthesiologist: means personally performing the health care services delegated to the anesthesiologist assistant by the supervising anesthesiologist in accordance with the acceptable medical practice and the American Society of Anesthesiologists' guidance for best practice of anesthesia in a care team model. See Utah Code 58-70b-101
• Procurement organization: means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Reasonably available: means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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
• Supervision standards: means standards established by the division through rule that:
       (5)(a) prohibit an anesthesiologist from supervising more than four anesthesiologist assistants at any one time; and
       (5)(b) comply with the rules and regulations for anesthesia service reimbursement created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the extent that the rules and regulations do not conflict with state law. See Utah Code 58-70b-101
• Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection 58-1-501(1). See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Unprofessional conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection 58-1-501(2). See Utah Code 58-1-102