Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 80 > Chapter 4 > Part 5 - Safe Relinquishment of a Newborn Child

• Abuse: means :

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  (A)  nonaccidental harm of a child; (B)  threatened harm of a child; (C)  sexual exploitation; (D)  sexual abuse; or (E)  human trafficking of a child in violation of Section 76-5-308. See Utah Code 80-1-102 Child: means , except as provided in Section 80-2-905, an individual who is under 18 years old. See Utah Code 80-1-102 Child-placing agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-101. See Utah Code 80-1-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201. See Utah Code 80-1-102 dependency: means a child who is without proper care through no fault of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. See Utah Code 80-1-102 Division: means the Division of Child and Family Services created in Section 80-2-201. See Utah Code 80-4-102 Hospital: means a general acute hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201, that is: (a)  equipped with an emergency room; (b)  open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and (c)  employs full-time health care professionals who have emergency medical services training. See Utah Code 80-4-501 Neglect: means action or inaction causing: (i)  abandonment of a child, except as provided in 5; (ii)  lack of proper parental care of a child by reason of the fault or habits of the parent, guardian, or custodian; (iii)  failure or refusal of a parent, guardian, or custodian to provide proper or necessary subsistence or medical care, or any other care necessary for the child's health, safety, morals, or well-being; (iv)  a child to be at risk of being neglected or abused because another child in the same home is neglected or abused; (v)  abandonment of a child through an unregulated child custody transfer under Section 78B-24-203; or (vi)  educational neglect. See Utah Code 80-1-102 Neglected child: means a child who has been subjected to neglect. See Utah Code 80-1-102 Newborn child: means a child who is approximately 30 days old or younger, as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty. See Utah Code 80-4-501 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Petition for termination of parental rights: means a petition filed in accordance with this chapter to terminate the parental rights of a parent. See Utah Code 80-4-102 Protective custody: means the shelter of a child by the Division of Child and Family Services from the time the child is removed from the home until the earlier of: (a)  the day on which the shelter hearing is held under Section 80-3-301; or (b)  the day on which the child is returned home. See Utah Code 80-1-102 Termination of parental rights: means the permanent elimination of all parental rights and duties, including residual parental rights and duties, by court order. See Utah Code 80-1-102