Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 26B > Chapter 5 > Part 6 - Mental Health Intervention and Treatment Programs

• Abandonment: means to forsake entirely or to refuse to provide care and support for an animal placed in the custody of a licensed veterinarian. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Accounting experience: means applying accounting and auditing skills and principles that are taught as a part of the professional education qualifying a person for licensure under this chapter and generally accepted by the profession, under the supervision of a licensed certified public accountant. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• ACT team: means a mobile team of medical and mental health professionals that provides assertive community outreach treatment and, based on the individual circumstances of each case, coordinates with other medical providers and appropriate community resources. See Utah Code 26B-5-601
• ACT team personnel: means a licensed psychiatrist or mental health therapist, or another individual, as determined by the division, who is part of an ACT team. See Utah Code 26B-5-601
• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Administer: means :
       (2)(a) the direct application by an individual of a prescription drug or device by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or by any other means, to the body of an animal that is a patient or is a research subject; or
       (2)(b) a veterinarian providing to the owner or caretaker of an animal a prescription drug for application by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means to the body of the animal by the owner or caretaker in accordance with the veterinarian's written directions. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• AICPA: means the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Animal: means any animal other than a human. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assertive community treatment: includes the provision of assessment and treatment plans, rehabilitation, support services, and referrals to other community resources. See Utah Code 26B-5-601
• AVMA: means American Veterinary Medical Association. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Bequeath: To gift property by will.
• Board: means the Utah Board of Accountancy created in Section 58-26a-201. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Board: means the Board of Nursing created in Section 58-31b-201. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Board: means the Veterinary Board established in Section 58-28-201. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Client: means the patient's owner, the owner's agent, or other person responsible for the patient. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Client: means the person who retains a licensee for the performance of one or more of the services included in the definition of the practice of public accountancy. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Compilation: means providing a service to be performed in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) that is presenting, in the form of financial statements, information that is the representation of management or owners, without undertaking to express any assurance on the statements. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• CPA: means an individual currently licensed by this state or any other state, district, or territory of the United States of America to practice public accountancy or who has been granted a license as a certified public accountant under prior law or this chapter. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• CPA firm: means a qualified business entity holding a valid registration as a Certified Public Accountant firm under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Diagnosis: means the identification of and discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and symptoms essential to the effective execution and management of health care. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Direct supervision: means a veterinarian is present and available for face-to-face contact with the patient and individual being supervised, at the time the patient is receiving veterinary care. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Integrated Healthcare created in Section 26B-1-1202. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• 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.
• Experience: means :
       (9)(a) accounting experience; or
       (9)(b) professional experience. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Immediate supervision: means the veterinarian is present with the individual being supervised, while the individual is performing the delegated tasks. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Indirect supervision: means a veterinarian:
       (10)(a) has given either written or verbal instructions for veterinary care of a patient to the individual being supervised; and
       (10)(b) is available to the individual being supervised by telephone or other electronic means of communication during the period of time in which the veterinary care is given to the patient. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:
       (16)(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and
       (16)(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability: means an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, as defined in Title XIX of the Social Security Act. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Licensee: means an individual who is licensed or certified under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Licensee: means the holder of a current valid license issued under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• 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
• Local mental health authority: means a county legislative body. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Long-term care facility: means any of the following facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection:
       (8)(a) a nursing care facility;
       (8)(b) a small health care facility;
       (8)(c) an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability;
       (8)(d) an assisted living facility Type I or II; or
       (8)(e) a designated swing bed unit in a general hospital. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• MCOT: means a mobile team of medical and mental health professionals that, in coordination with local law enforcement and emergency medical service personnel, provides mental health crisis services. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Medication aide certified: means a certified nurse aide who:
       (9)(a) has a minimum of 2,000 hours experience working as a certified nurse aide;
       (9)(b) has received a minimum of 60 hours of classroom and 40 hours of practical training that is approved by the division in collaboration with the board, in administering routine medications to patients or residents of long-term care facilities; and
       (9)(c) is certified by the division as a medication aide certified. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Mental health crisis: means :
       (6)(a) a mental health condition that manifests in an individual by symptoms of sufficient severity that a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of mental health issues could reasonably expect the absence of immediate attention or intervention to result in:

            (6)(a)(i) serious danger to the individual's health or well-being; or

            (6)(a)(ii) a danger to the health or well-being of others; or
       (6)(b) a mental health condition that, in the opinion of a mental health therapist or the therapist's designee, requires direct professional observation or intervention. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Mental health crisis services: means an array of services provided to an individual who experiences a mental health crisis, which may include:
       (8)(a) direct mental health services;
       (8)(b) on-site intervention provided by a mobile crisis outreach team;
       (8)(c) the provision of safety and care plans;
       (8)(d) prolonged mental health services for up to 90 days after the day on which an individual experiences a mental health crisis;
       (8)(e) referrals to other community resources;
       (8)(f) local mental health crisis lines; and
       (8)(g) the statewide mental health crisis line. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Mental health therapist: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102. See Utah Code 26B-5-601
• Mental illness: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-301. See Utah Code 26B-5-601
• NASBA: means the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Peer review: means a board approved study, appraisal, or review of one or more aspects of the attest and compilation services rendered by a licensee in the practice of public accounting, performed by a licensee holding an active license in this or another state who is not affiliated with the licensee being reviewed. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Practice of nursing: includes :
       (12)(a) initiating and maintaining comfort measures;
       (12)(b) promoting and supporting human functions and responses;
       (12)(c) establishing an environment conducive to well-being;
       (12)(d) providing health counseling and teaching;
       (12)(e) collaborating with health care professionals on aspects of the health care regimen;
       (12)(f) performing delegated procedures only within the education, knowledge, judgment, and skill of the licensee;
       (12)(g) delegating nursing tasks that may be performed by others, including an unlicensed assistive personnel; and
       (12)(h) supervising an individual to whom a task is delegated under Subsection (12)(g) as the individual performs the task. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Practice of public accounting: means , while holding oneself out as a certified public accountant, offering to perform or performing one or more kinds of services involving the use of auditing or accounting skills, including issuing reports or opinions on financial statements, performing attestation engagements, performing one or more kinds of advisory or consulting services, preparing tax returns, or furnishing advice on tax matters for a client. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Practice of registered nursing: means performing acts of nursing as provided in this Subsection (14) by an individual licensed under this chapter as a registered nurse within the generally recognized scope of practice of registered nurses as defined by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Practice of veterinary technology: means to perform tasks that are:
       (12)(a) related to the care and treatment of animals;
       (12)(b) delegated by a veterinarian;
       (12)(c) performed under the direct or indirect supervision of a veterinarian; and
       (12)(d) permitted by administrative rule and performed in accordance with the standards of the profession. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• 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.
• 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.
• Principal place of business: means the office location designated by the licensee for purposes of substantial equivalency and licensure by endorsement. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Psychiatrist: means an individual who:
       (8)(a) is licensed as a physician under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; and
       (8)(b) is board eligible for a psychiatry specialization recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists or the American Osteopathic Association's Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists. See Utah Code 26B-5-601
• Qualified business entity: means a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, or partnership engaged in the practice of public accountancy. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Qualified continuing professional education: means a formal program of education that contributes directly to the professional competence of a certified public accountant. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Qualifying examinations: means :
       (19)(a) the AICPA Uniform CPA Examination;
       (19)(b) the AICPA Examination of Professional Ethics for CPAs;
       (19)(c) the Utah Laws and Rules Examination; and
       (19)(d) any other examination approved by the board and adopted by the division by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Report: when used with reference to financial statements, means:
            (20)(a)(i) an opinion, report, or other form of language that:

                 (20)(a)(i)(A) states or implies assurance as to the reliability of the attested information or compiled financial statements; or

                 (20)(a)(i)(B) implies that the person or firm issuing the report has special knowledge or competence in accounting or auditing and specifically includes compilations and reviews; such an implication of special knowledge or competence may arise from use by the issuer of the report of names or titles indicating that the person or firm is a public accountant or auditor, or from the language of the report itself; or
            (20)(a)(ii) any disclaimer of opinion when it is conventionally understood to imply any positive assurance as to the reliability of the attested information or compiled financial statements referred to or language suggesting special competence on the part of the person or firm issuing such language; and the report includes any other form of language that is conventionally understood to imply such assurance or such special knowledge or competence. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Review of financial statements: means providing a service in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) in which the accountant obtains limited assurance as a basis for reporting whether the accountant is aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial statements for them to be in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework, primarily through the performance of inquiry and analytical procedures. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• Stabilization services: means in-home services provided to a child with, or who is at risk for, complex emotional and behavioral needs, including teaching the child's parent or guardian skills to improve family functioning. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• 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
• State certification: means a designation granted by the division on behalf of the state to an individual who has met the requirements for state certification as a veterinary technician related to the practice of veterinary technology. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• State certified: means , when used in conjunction with the occupation of veterinary technician, a title that:
       (14)(a) may be used by an individual who has met state certification requirements related to the occupation of veterinary technician as described in this chapter; and
       (14)(b) may not be used by an individual who has not met the state certification requirements related to the occupation of veterinary technician as described in this chapter. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Statewide mental health crisis line: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-610. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Teeth floating: means the removal of enamel points and the smoothing, contouring, and leveling of dental arcades and incisors of equine and other farm animals. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Uniform Accountancy Act: means the model public accountancy legislation developed and promulgated by national accounting and regulatory associations that contains standardized definitions and regulations for the practice of public accounting as recognized by the division in collaboration with the board. See Utah Code 58-26a-102
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-31b-501. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection 58-1-501(1). See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Unlicensed assistive personnel: means any unlicensed individual, regardless of title, who is delegated a task by a licensed nurse as permitted by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and the standards of the profession. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Unprofessional conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-31b-502 and as may be further defined by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Unprofessional conduct: is a s defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-28-502 and may be further defined by rule. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Veterinarian: means an individual licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Veterinarian-client-patient relationship: means :
       (20)(a) a veterinarian has assumed responsibility for making clinical judgements regarding the health of an animal and the need for medical treatment of an animal, and the client has agreed to follow the veterinarian's instructions;
       (20)(b) the veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the animal to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal, including knowledge of the keeping and care of the animal as a result of recent personal examination of the animal or by medically appropriate visits to the premises where the animal is housed; and
       (20)(c) the veterinarian has arranged for emergency coverage for follow-up evaluation in the event of adverse reaction or the failure of the treatment regimen. See Utah Code 58-28-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5