Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 45 > Part 2 - Applicability to Other Provisions of Law

• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Employee: means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied. See Utah Code 67-21-2
• Employer: includes an agent of an employer. See Utah Code 67-21-2
• Good faith: means that an employee acts with:
       (6)(a) subjective good faith; and
       (6)(b) the objective good faith of a reasonable employee. See Utah Code 67-21-2
• Health care: means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment:
       (83)(a) a professional service;
       (83)(b) a personal service;
       (83)(c) a facility;
       (83)(d) equipment;
       (83)(e) a device;
       (83)(f) supplies; or
       (83)(g) medicine. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Managed care organization: means :
       (2)(a) a managed care organization as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301; and
       (2)(b) a third party administrator as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 31A-45-102
• 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
• Public body: means any of the following:
       (11)(a) a state officer, employee, agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, council, authority, educational institution, or any other body in the executive branch of state government;
       (11)(b) an agency, board, commission, council, institution member, or employee of the legislative branch of state government;
       (11)(c) a county, city, town, regional governing body, council, school district, special district, special service district, or municipal corporation, board, department, commission, council, agency, or any member or employee of them;
       (11)(d) any other body that is created by state or local authority, or that is primarily funded by or through state or local authority, or any member or employee of that body;
       (11)(e) a law enforcement agency or any member or employee of a law enforcement agency; and
       (11)(f) the judiciary and any member or employee of the judiciary. See Utah Code 67-21-2
• Public entity: means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government. See Utah Code 67-21-2
• 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
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5