Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10a > Part 11 - Merger and Share Exchange

• 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
• Address: includes :
            (1)(b)(i) a post office box number;
            (1)(b)(ii) a rural free delivery route number; and
            (1)(b)(iii) a street name and number. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• 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
• Administrative order: means an order that has been issued by the office, the department, or an administrative agency of another state or other comparable jurisdiction with similar authority to that of the office. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Adult: means an individual who is at least 18 years old. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• 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.
• Agent: means an individual:
       (2)(a) authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or
       (2)(b) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• 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
• Arrears: means the same as support debt. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Articles of incorporation: include :
       (4)(a) amended and restated articles of incorporation;
       (4)(b) articles of merger; and
       (4)(c) a document of a similar import to those described in Subsections (4)(a) and (b). See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• 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
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bylaws: includes amended bylaws and restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• 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: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-201. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• 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: includes obligations ordered by a tribunal for the support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the child resides if the spousal support is collected with the child support. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• Child support guidelines: means guidelines as defined in Section 78B-12-102. 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 order: means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a tribunal for child support and related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorney fees, and other relief. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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 executive: means :
       (7)(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;
       (7)(b) the county executive, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; or
       (7)(c) the county manager, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Court order: means a judgment or order of a tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction of this state, another state, Native American tribe, the federal government, or any other comparable jurisdiction. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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
• Dead body: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-101. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Decedent: means :
       (4)(a) a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift; and
       (4)(b) includes:

            (4)(b)(i) a stillborn infant; and

            (4)(b)(ii) subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this part, a fetus. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
• delinquency: means that child support in an amount at least equal to current child support payable for one month is overdue. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• Delinquent: means delinquency. See Utah Code 26B-9-301 v2
• Deliver: includes delivery by mail or another means of transmission authorized by Section 16-10a-103, except that delivery to the division means actual receipt by the division. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• 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.
• Disinterested witness: means :
            (5)(a)(i) a witness other than the spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift; or
            (5)(a)(ii) another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Disposable earnings: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Document of gift: means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit that:
       (11)(a) is not a foreign corporation; and
       (11)(b) is incorporated under or subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Donor: means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Donor registry: means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Driver license: means a license or permit issued by the Driver License Division of the Department of Public Safety, to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the license or permit. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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}
• Eligible patient: means an individual who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness by a physician. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• Entity: includes :
       (19)(a) a domestic and foreign corporation;
       (19)(b) a nonprofit corporation;
       (19)(c) a limited liability company;
       (19)(d) a profit or nonprofit unincorporated association;
       (19)(e) a business trust;
       (19)(f) an estate;
       (19)(g) a partnership;
       (19)(h) a trust;
       (19)(i) two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest;
       (19)(j) a state;
       (19)(k) the United States; and
       (19)(l) a foreign government. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{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
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Executor: includes "administrator" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Eye bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}
• Father: means a parent who is of the male sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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.
• 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}
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this state. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: includes a person who:
       (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
       (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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 professional: means any of the following while acting in a professional capacity:
       (4)(a) a physician licensed under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act;
       (4)(b) a physician assistant licensed under Title 58, Chapter 70a, Utah Physician Assistant Act; or
       (4)(c) an advance practice registered nurse licensed under Subsection 58-31b-301(2)(e). See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• 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
• Hospital: means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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
• Identification card: means an identification card issued by the Driver License Division of the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Immediate income withholding: means income withholding without regard to whether a delinquency has occurred. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• Immediate relative: means an individual's spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• 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
• Income: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 26B-8-401
• Insurer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Investigational device: means a device that:
       (3)(a) meets the definition of "investigational device" in Utah Code 58-85-102
• Investigational drug: means a drug that:
       (4)(a) meets the definition of "investigational new drug" in Utah Code 58-85-102
• IV-D child support services: means the same as child support services. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• IV-D services: means services provided pursuant to Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, Utah Code 26B-9-201 v2
• IV-D services: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-201. See Utah Code 26B-9-301 v2
• 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.
• Know: means to have actual knowledge. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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
• mailing: means deposit, deposited, or depositing in the United States mail, properly addressed, first class postage prepaid, and includes registered or certified mail for which the proper fee is paid. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Medical examiner: means the state medical examiner appointed pursuant to Section 26B-8-202 or a deputy appointed by the medical examiner. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• Medical examiner record: means :
       (6)(a) all information that the medical examiner obtains regarding a decedent;
       (6)(b) reports that the medical examiner makes regarding a decedent; and
       (6)(c) all administrative forms and correspondence related to a decedent's case. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• Minor: means an individual who is under 18 years of age. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mother: means a parent who is of the female sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• New hire registry: means the centralized new hire registry created in Section 35A-7-103. See Utah Code 26B-9-101
• Notice: is a s provided in Section 16-10a-103. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Notice of agency action: means the notice required to commence an adjudicative proceeding in accordance with Section 63G-4-201. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• 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
• Obligee: means an individual, this state, another state, or other comparable jurisdiction to whom a duty of child support is owed, or who is entitled to reimbursement of child support or public assistance. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Obligee: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-201. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• 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
• Obligor: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-201. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• 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
• Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• Organ procurement organization: means a person designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement organization. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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 parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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.
• Past-due support: means the same as support debt. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Payor: means an employer or any person who is a source of income to an obligor. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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
• Physician: means an individual who is licensed under:
       (6)(a) Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or
       (6)(b) Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Plan: means the plan developed and adopted by the department under this part. See Utah Code 26B-8-501
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• 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}
• Principal office: means the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing the information, including:
       (25)(a) an annual report;
       (25)(b) an application for a certificate of authority; or
       (25)(c) a notice of change of principal office. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Probate: Proving a will
• Proceeding: includes :
       (26)(a) a civil suit;
       (26)(b) arbitration or mediation; and
       (26)(c) a criminal, administrative, or investigatory action. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Procurement organization: means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• Reasonably available: means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Recipient: means an individual into whose body a decedent's part has been or is intended to be transplanted. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Refusal: means a record created under Section 26B-8-306 that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual's body or part. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Regional pathologist: means an American Board of Pathology certified pathologist licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the state, appointed by the medical examiner pursuant to Subsection 26B-8-202(3). See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• 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
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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.
• Share: means the unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Shareholder: means :
            (34)(a)(i) the person in whose name a share is registered in the records of a corporation; or
            (34)(a)(ii) the beneficial owner of a share to the extent recognized pursuant to Section 16-10a-723. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Sign: means , with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
       (27)(a) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
       (27)(b) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Sudden death while in apparent good health: means apparently instantaneous death without obvious natural cause, death during or following an unexplained syncope or coma, or death during an acute or unexplained rapidly fatal illness. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• Sudden unexpected infant death: means the death of a child who was thought to be in good health or whose terminal illness appeared to be so mild that the possibility of a fatal outcome was not anticipated. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• Suicide: means death caused by an intentional and voluntary act of an individual who understands the physical nature of the act and intends by such act to accomplish self-destruction. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• 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
• Support order: means the same as child support order. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Support order: means the same as child support order. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
• 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
• Terminal illness: means a condition of a patient that:
       (7)(a) as determined by a physician:

            (7)(a)(i) is likely to pose a greater risk to the patient than the risk posed to the patient by treatment with an investigational drug or investigational device; and

            (7)(a)(ii) will inevitably lead to the patient's death; and
       (7)(b) presents the patient, after the patient has explored conventional therapy options, with no treatment option that is satisfactory or comparable to treatment with an investigational drug or device. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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
• Tissue: means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Tissue bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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.
• 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
• Unattended death: means a death that occurs more than 365 days after the day on which a health care professional examined or treated the deceased individual for any purpose, including writing a prescription. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• Unavailable for postmortem investigation: means that a dead body is:
            (12)(a)(i) transported out of state;
            (12)(a)(ii) buried at sea;
            (12)(a)(iii) cremated;
            (12)(a)(iv) processed by alkaline hydrolysis; or
            (12)(a)(v) otherwise made unavailable to the medical examiner for postmortem investigation or autopsy. See Utah Code 26B-8-201
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Unprofessional conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection 58-1-501(2). See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of:
       (47)(a) the state;
       (47)(b) a court; or
       (47)(c) a judicial officer. 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