Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 17b > Part 3 - Licensing

• 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.
• board: means the Utah State Board of Pharmacy created in Section 58-17b-201. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Compounding: means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a limited quantity drug, sterile product, or device:
            (18)(a)(i) as the result of a practitioner's prescription order or initiative based on the practitioner, patient, or pharmacist relationship in the course of professional practice;
            (18)(a)(ii) for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale or dispensing; or
            (18)(a)(iii) in anticipation of prescription drug orders based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Dispense: means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order or device or nonprescription drug or device under a lawful order of a practitioner in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use by a patient, research subject, or an animal. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Dispensing medical practitioner: means an individual who is:
       (23)(a) currently licensed as:

            (23)(a)(i) a physician and surgeon under Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act;

            (23)(a)(ii) an osteopathic physician and surgeon under Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act;

            (23)(a)(iii) a physician assistant under Chapter 70a, Utah Physician Assistant Act;

            (23)(a)(iv) a nurse practitioner under Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act; or

            (23)(a)(v) an optometrist under Chapter 16a, Utah Optometry Practice Act, if the optometrist is acting within the scope of practice for an optometrist; and
       (23)(b) licensed by the division under the Pharmacy Practice Act to engage in the practice of a dispensing medical practitioner. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Drug: means :
            (26)(a)(i) a substance recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;
            (26)(a)(ii) a substance that is required by any applicable federal or state law or rule to be dispensed by prescription only or is restricted to administration by practitioners only;
            (26)(a)(iii) a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; and
            (26)(a)(iv) substances intended for use as a component of any substance specified in Subsections (26)(a)(i) through (iv). See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• 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.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Licensed pharmacy technician: means an individual licensed with the division, that may, under the supervision of a pharmacist, perform the activities involved in the technician practice of pharmacy. See Utah Code 58-17b-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
• 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
• Pharmacist: means an individual licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacy. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Pharmacist-in-charge: means a pharmacist currently licensed in good standing who accepts responsibility for the operation of a pharmacy in conformance with all laws and rules pertinent to the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of drugs, and who is personally in full and actual charge of the pharmacy and all personnel. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Pharmacy: means any place where:
       (51)(a) drugs are dispensed;
       (51)(b) pharmaceutical care is provided;
       (51)(c) drugs are processed or handled for eventual use by a patient; or
       (51)(d) drugs are used for the purpose of analysis or research. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Pharmacy intern: means an individual licensed by this state to engage in practice as a pharmacy intern. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Pharmacy manager: means :
       (54)(a) a pharmacist-in-charge;
       (54)(b) a licensed pharmacist designated by a licensed pharmacy to consult on the pharmacy's administration;
       (54)(c) an individual who manages the facility in which a licensed pharmacy is located;
       (54)(d) an individual who oversees the operations of a licensed pharmacy;
       (54)(e) an immediate supervisor of an individual described in Subsections (54)(a) through (d); or
       (54)(f) another operations or site manager of a licensed pharmacy. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Practice of pharmacy: includes the following:
       (58)(a) providing pharmaceutical care;
       (58)(b) collaborative pharmacy practice in accordance with a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement;
       (58)(c) compounding, packaging, labeling, dispensing, administering, and the coincident distribution of prescription drugs or devices, provided that the administration of a prescription drug or device is:

            (58)(c)(i) pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner when one is required by law; and

            (58)(c)(ii) in accordance with written guidelines or protocols:

                 (58)(c)(ii)(A) established by the licensed facility in which the prescription drug or device is to be administered on an inpatient basis; or

                 (58)(c)(ii)(B) approved by the division, in collaboration with the board and, when appropriate, the Physicians Licensing Board, created in Section 58-67-201, if the prescription drug or device is to be administered on an outpatient basis solely by a licensed pharmacist;
       (58)(d) participating in drug utilization review;
       (58)(e) ensuring proper and safe storage of drugs and devices;
       (58)(f) maintaining records of drugs and devices in accordance with state and federal law and the standards and ethics of the profession;
       (58)(g) providing information on drugs or devices, which may include advice relating to therapeutic values, potential hazards, and uses;
       (58)(h) providing drug product equivalents;
       (58)(i) supervising pharmacist's supportive personnel, pharmacy interns, and pharmacy technicians;
       (58)(j) providing patient counseling, including adverse and therapeutic effects of drugs;
       (58)(k) providing emergency refills as defined by rule;
       (58)(l) telepharmacy;
       (58)(m) formulary management intervention;
       (58)(n) prescribing and dispensing a self-administered hormonal contraceptive in accordance with Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 5, Treatment Access; and
       (58)(o) issuing a prescription in accordance with Section 58-17b-627. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Practitioner: means an individual currently licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized by the appropriate jurisdiction to prescribe and administer drugs in the course of professional practice. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• 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.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5