(1) A health care practitioner is eligible to apply to the division and board for a volunteer health care practitioner license if the health care practitioner:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 58-81-103

  • Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
  • 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.
  • 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
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) certifies to the division and board that the applicant will be engaged exclusively in volunteer health care services; and
     (1)(b) completes an application for a volunteer health care practitioner license, which includes documentation:

          (1)(b)(i) of professional education, exams passed, and graduation;
          (1)(b)(ii) of practice history;
          (1)(b)(iii) of a qualified location for which the health care practitioner will be practicing;
          (1)(b)(iv) identifying the supervising health care practitioner and the supervising health care practitioner’s delegation of service agreement with the volunteer practitioner; and
          (1)(b)(v) that the applicant has:

               (1)(b)(v)(A) previously been issued an unrestricted license to practice in Utah, another state of the United States, or a district or territory of the United States;
               (1)(b)(v)(B) never been the subject of any significant disciplinary action in any jurisdiction; and
               (1)(b)(v)(C) is in good health and does not have a condition which would impair the health care practitioner’s ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety to patients.
(2) A health care provider who has agreed to be a supervising professional for a volunteer at a qualified location shall:

     (2)(a) enter into a delegation of service agreement with the volunteer health care practitioner;
     (2)(b) agree to provide the level of supervision required in Subsection 58-81-102(6);
     (2)(c) determine with the volunteer whether the volunteer’s scope of practice or ability to prescribe controlled substances will be limited by the delegation of service agreement;
     (2)(d) include in the delegation of service agreement that the volunteer may not prescribe a controlled substance to himself, the volunteer’s family, or a staff member of the qualified location; and
     (2)(e) forward the delegation of service agreement to the division.