Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 77 - Direct-Entry Midwife Act

• Administrator: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection (182). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Captive insurance company: means :

  (a)	an insurer: (i)  owned by a parent organization; and (ii)  whose purpose is to insure risks of the parent organization and other risks as authorized under: (A)  Chapter 37, Captive Insurance Companies Act; and (B)  Chapter 37a, Special Purpose Financial Captive Insurance Company Act; or

  (b)

  in the case of a group or association, an insurer: (i)  owned by the insureds; and (ii)  whose purpose is to insure risks of: (A)  a member organization; (B)  a group member; or (C)  an affiliate of: (I)  a member organization; or (II)  a group member. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to: (a)  an insured under a group insurance policy; or (b)  a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Client: means a woman and her fetus or newborn baby under the care of a direct-entry midwife. See Utah Code 58-77-102 Commission: means the Title and Escrow Commission created in Section 31A-2-403. See Utah Code 31A-2-402 Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action. Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Concurrence: means the entities given a concurring role must jointly agree for the action to be taken. See Utah Code 31A-2-402 Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Direct-entry midwife: means an individual who is engaging in the practice of direct-entry midwifery. See Utah Code 58-77-102 Director: means a member of the board of directors of a corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Dual licensed title licensee: means a title licensee who holds: (a)  an individual title insurance producer license as a title licensee; and (b)  a license or certificate under: (i)  Title 61, Chapter 2c, Utah Residential Mortgage Practices and Licensing Act; (ii)  Title 61, Chapter 2f, Real Estate Licensing and Practices Act; or (iii)  Title 61, Chapter 2g, Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act. See Utah Code 31A-2-402 Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including: (a)  a policy; (b)  a rate; (c)  a form; (d)  a document; (e)  a plan; (f)  a manual; (g)  an application; (h)  a report; (i)  a certificate; (j)  an endorsement; (k)  an actuarial certification; (l)  a licensee annual statement; (m)  a licensee renewal application; (n)  an advertisement; (o)  a binder; or (p)  an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Form: means one of the following prepared for general use: (i)  a policy; (ii)  a certificate; (iii)  an application; (iv)  an outline of coverage; or (v)  an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Insurance: includes : (i)  a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind; (ii)  a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and (iii)  a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 insurance company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including: (i)  a fraternal benefit society; (ii)  an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3); (iii)  a motor club; (iv)  an employee welfare plan; (v)  a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and (vi)  a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Licensed direct-entry midwife: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-77-102 Low risk: means a labor and delivery and postpartum, newborn, and interconceptual care that does not include a condition that requires a mandatory transfer under administrative rules adopted by the division. See Utah Code 58-77-102 Person: includes : (a)  an individual; (b)  a partnership; (c)  a corporation; (d)  an incorporated or unincorporated association; (e)  a joint stock company; (f)  a trust; (g)  a limited liability company; (h)  a reciprocal; (i)  a syndicate; or (j)  another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Physician: means an individual licensed as a physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician, or naturopathic physician. See Utah Code 58-77-102 Policy: includes a service contract issued by: (i)  a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs; (ii)  a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and (iii)  a corporation licensed under: (A)  Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or (B)  Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Practice of direct-entry midwifery: means the practice of providing the necessary supervision, care, and advice to a client during essentially normal pregnancy, labor, delivery, postpartum, and newborn periods that is consistent with national professional midwifery standards and that is based upon the acquisition of clinical skills necessary for the care of a pregnant woman and a newborn baby, including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and limited interconceptual care, and includes: (a)  obtaining an informed consent to provide services; (b)  obtaining a health history, including a physical examination; (c)  developing a plan of care for a client; (d)  evaluating the results of client care; (e)  consulting and collaborating with and referring and transferring care to licensed health care professionals, as is appropriate, regarding the care of a client; (f)  obtaining medications, as specified in this Subsection (7)(f), to administer to a client, including: (i)  prescription vitamins; (ii)  Rho D immunoglobulin; (iii)  sterile water; (iv)  one dose of intramuscular oxytocin after the delivery of a baby to minimize a client's blood loss; (v)  an additional single dose of oxytocin if a hemorrhage occurs, in which case the licensed direct-entry midwife must initiate transfer if a client's condition does not immediately improve; (vi)  oxygen; (vii)  local anesthetics without epinephrine used in accordance with Subsection (7)(l); (viii)  vitamin K to prevent hemorrhagic disease of a newborn baby; (ix)  as required by law, eye prophylaxis to prevent opthalmia neonatorum; and (x)  any other medication approved by a licensed health care provider with authority to prescribe that medication; (g)  obtaining food, food extracts, dietary supplements, as defined by the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, homeopathic remedies, plant substances that are not designated as prescription drugs or controlled substances, and over-the-counter medications to administer to clients; (h)  obtaining and using appropriate equipment and devices such as a Doppler, a blood pressure cuff, phlebotomy supplies, instruments, and sutures; (i)  obtaining appropriate screening and testing, including laboratory tests, urinalysis, and ultrasound scans; (j)  managing the antepartum period; (k)  managing the intrapartum period, including: (i)  monitoring and evaluating the condition of a mother and a fetus; (ii)  performing an emergency episiotomy; and (iii)  delivering a baby in any out-of-hospital setting; (l)  managing the postpartum period, including the suturing of an episiotomy and the suturing of first and second degree natural perineal and labial lacerations, including the administration of a local anesthetic; (m)  managing the newborn period, including: (i)  providing care for a newborn baby, including performing a normal newborn baby examination; and (ii)  resuscitating a newborn baby; (n)  providing limited interconceptual services in order to provide continuity of care, including: (i)  breastfeeding support and counseling; (ii)  family planning, limited to natural family planning, cervical caps, and diaphragms; and (iii)  pap smears, where each client with an abnormal result is to be referred to an appropriate licensed health care provider; and (o)  executing the orders of a licensed health care professional, if the orders are within the education, knowledge, and skill of the direct-entry midwife. See Utah Code 58-77-102 Premium: includes , however designated: (i)  an assessment; (ii)  a membership fee; (iii)  a required contribution; or (iv)  monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Real Estate Commission: means the Real Estate Commission created in Section 61-2f-103. See Utah Code 31A-2-402 Received by the department: means : (a)  the date delivered to and stamped received by the department, if delivered in person; (b)  the post mark date, if delivered by mail; (c)  the delivery service's post mark or pickup date, if delivered by a delivery service; (d)  the received date recorded on an item delivered, if delivered by: (i)  facsimile; (ii)  email; or (iii)  another electronic method; or (e)  a date specified in: (i)  a statute; (ii)  a rule; or (iii)  an order. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Title insurance matter: means a matter related to: (a)  title insurance; (b)  an escrow conducted by an individual title insurance producer or agency title insurance producer; (c)  licensing, examination, and continuing education of an applicant to be a title licensee; or (d)  conduct of a title licensee. See Utah Code 31A-2-402 Title licensee: means a person licensed under this title as: (a)  an agency title insurance producer with a title insurance line of authority; (b)  an individual title insurance producer with: (i)  a general title insurance line of authority; or (ii)  a specific category of authority for title insurance; or (c)  a title insurance adjuster. See Utah Code 31A-2-402 Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-77-501. See Utah Code 58-77-102 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5