Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 11 > Chapter 2 - Playgrounds

• Account: means a demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account, or money-market mutual fund account. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Adjudicative proceeding: means an action or proceeding of the office conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Assistance: means public assistance. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Assistance: means public assistance as defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Child: means the same as that term is defined in Section 81-6-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-101 v2
• Child: means :
       (6)(a) a son or daughter under the age of 18 years who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States;
       (6)(b) a son or daughter over the age of 18 years, while enrolled in high school during the normal and expected year of graduation and not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States; or
       (6)(c) a son or daughter of any age who is incapacitated from earning a living and is without sufficient means. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Child support: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-301. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Child support: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-301. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Child support order: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-301. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Child support services: means services provided pursuant to Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Child support services: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Committee: means the Health Data Committee created in Section 26B-1-413. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Control number: means a number or other identifier that:
       (2)(a) is assigned by the department to an individual's health data;
       (2)(b) is consistent with the best practices of data privacy; and
       (2)(c) is used to ensure health data is not able to be readily associated with an individual when the health data is provided for research or statistical analysis. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• 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.
• County legislative body: means :
       (8)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
       (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Data supplier: means a health care facility, health care provider, self-funded employer, third-party payor, health maintenance organization, or government department which could reasonably be expected to provide health data under this part. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means the director of the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Director: means the director of the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• disclose: means the communication of health care data to any individual or organization outside the department, its staff, and contracting agencies. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Financial institution: means :
       (8)(a) a depository institution as defined in Section 7-1-103 or the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Financial record: means the same as that term is defined in the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, Utah Code 26B-9-101 v2
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Governing body: means collectively the legislative body and the executive of any municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Guidelines: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-12-102. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Health care facility: means a facility that is licensed by the department under Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Health care provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Health data: means any information, except vital records as defined in Section 26B-8-101, relating to the health status of individuals, the availability of health resources and services, and the use and cost of these resources and services. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
• Health data: means information relating to the health status of individuals, health services delivered, the availability of health manpower and facilities, and the use and costs of resources and services to the consumer, except vital records as defined in Section 26B-8-101 shall be excluded. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Health maintenance organization: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-8-101. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Identifiable health data: means any item, collection, or grouping of health data which makes the individual supplying it or described in it identifiable. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
• Identifiable health data: means any item, collection, or grouping of health data that makes the individual supplying or described in the health data identifiable. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Income: includes :
            (10)(b)(i) all gain derived from capital assets, labor, or both, including profit gained through sale or conversion of capital assets;
            (10)(b)(ii) interest and dividends;
            (10)(b)(iii) periodic payments made under pension or retirement programs or insurance policies of any type;
            (10)(b)(iv) unemployment compensation benefits;
            (10)(b)(v) workers' compensation benefits; and
            (10)(b)(vi) disability benefits. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Income: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
• IV-D child support services: means the same as child support services. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Municipality: means :
       (5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
       (5)(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
       (5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• New hire registry: means the centralized new hire registry created in Section 35A-7-103. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Obligee: means an individual, this state, another state, or other comparable jurisdiction to whom a debt is owed or who is entitled to reimbursement of child support or public assistance. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Obligor: means a person, firm, corporation, or the estate of a decedent owing money to this state, to an individual, to another state, or other comparable jurisdiction in whose behalf this state is acting. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Obligor: means a person, firm, corporation, or the estate of a decedent owing a duty of support to this state, to an individual, to another state, or other corporate jurisdiction in whose behalf this state is acting. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Organization: means any corporation, association, partnership, agency, department, unit, or other legally constituted institution or entity, or part of any of these. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
• Organization: means any corporation, association, partnership, agency, department, unit, or other legally constituted institution or entity, or part thereof. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Parent: means a natural parent or an adoptive parent of a dependent child. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Part: means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Person: includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, department, or office. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• petitioner: means :
       (1)(a) one or more persons who:

            (1)(a)(i) own title to real property within the area proposed for disconnection; and

            (1)(a)(ii) sign a request for disconnection proposing to disconnect the area proposed for disconnection from the municipality; or
       (1)(b) the mayor of the municipality within which the area proposed for disconnection is located who signs a request for disconnection proposing to disconnect the area proposed for disconnection from the municipality. See Utah Code 10-2-501
• Plan: means the plan developed and adopted by the department under this part. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Probate: Proving a will
• 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
• Public assistance: means :
       (18)(a) services or benefits provided under Title 35A, Chapter 3, Employment Support Act;
       (18)(b) medical assistance provided under Chapter 3, Part 1, Health Care Assistance;
       (18)(c) foster care maintenance payments under Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act, Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Public assistance: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Public health authority: means an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, an Indian tribe, or a person acting under a grant of authority from or a contract with such an agency, that is responsible for public health matters as part of the agency or authority's official mandate. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Research and statistical purposes: means the performance of activities relating to health data, including:
       (6)(a) describing the group characteristics of individuals or organizations;
       (6)(b) analyzing the interrelationships among the various characteristics of individuals or organizations;
       (6)(c) the conduct of statistical procedures or studies to improve the quality of health data;
       (6)(d) the design of sample surveys and the selection of samples of individuals or organizations;
       (6)(e) the preparation and publication of reports describing these matters; and
       (6)(f) other related functions. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Self-funded employer: means an employer who provides for the payment of health care services for employees directly from the employer's funds, thereby assuming the financial risks rather than passing them on to an outside insurer through premium payments. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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 case registry: means the central, automated record system maintained by the office and the central, automated district court record system maintained by the Administrative Office of the Courts, that contains records which use standardized data elements, such as names, Social Security numbers and other uniform identification numbers, dates of birth, and case identification numbers, with respect to:
       (19)(a) each case in which services are being provided by the office under the state IV-D child support services plan; and
       (19)(b) each support order established or modified in the state on or after October 1, 1998. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Support: includes past-due, present, and future obligations established by:
       (27)(a) a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and
       (27)(b) a tribunal for the financial support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the obligor's dependent child resides if the obligor also owes a child support obligation that is being enforced by the state. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Support debt: means the debt created by nonpayment of support. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
• Third party payor: means :
       (14)(a) an insurer offering a health benefit plan, as defined by Section 31A-1-301, to at least 2,500 enrollees in the state;
       (14)(b) a nonprofit health service insurance corporation licensed under Title 31A, Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations;
       (14)(c) a program funded or administered by Utah for the provision of health care services, including the Medicaid and medical assistance programs described in Chapter 3, Part 1, Health Care Assistance; and
       (14)(d) a corporation, organization, association, entity, or person:

            (14)(d)(i) which administers or offers a health benefit plan to at least 2,500 enrollees in the state; and

            (14)(d)(ii) which is required by administrative rule adopted by the department in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to supply health data to the department. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Tribunal: means the district court, the department, the Office of Recovery Services, or court or administrative agency of any state, territory, possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Native American Tribe, or other comparable domestic or foreign jurisdiction. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Unincorporated: means not within a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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