Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 34A > Chapter 6 > Part 2 - Duties and Standards

• Administrator: means the director of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Adult: means an individual who is:
       (1)(a) at least 18 years old; or
       (1)(b) an emancipated minor. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• Agent: means an adult designated in an advance health care directive to make health care decisions for the declarant. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• 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.
• Application: means a written request to the registrar for an order of informal probate or appointment under Chapter 3, Part 3, Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
• Commission: means the Labor Commission. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• 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.
• Declarant: means an adult who has completed and signed or directed the signing of an advance health care directive. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Employee: includes any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Employer: means :
            (1)(f)(i) the state;
            (1)(f)(ii) a county, city, town, and school district in the state; and
            (1)(f)(iii) a person, including a public utility, having one or more workers or operatives regularly employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• 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.
• Health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to improve, maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• Hearing: means a proceeding conducted by the commission. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Incapacitated: means a judicial determination after proof by clear and convincing evidence that an adult's ability to do the following is impaired to the extent that the individual lacks the ability, even with appropriate technological assistance, to meet the essential requirements for financial protection or physical health, safety, or self-care:
       (24)(a) receive and evaluate information;
       (24)(b) make and communicate decisions; or
       (24)(c) provide for necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, health care, or safety. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
• 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.
• Minor: means an individual who:
       (18)(a) is under 18 years old; and
       (18)(b) is not an emancipated minor. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• National consensus standard: means any occupational safety and health standard or modification:
            (1)(m)(i) adopted by a nationally recognized standards-producing organization under procedures where it can be determined by the administrator and division that persons interested and affected by the standard have reached substantial agreement on its adoption;
            (1)(m)(ii) formulated in a manner which affords an opportunity for diverse views to be considered; and
            (1)(m)(iii) designated as such a standard by the secretary of the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Person: means an individual or an organization. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
• Person: means the general public, one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, receivers, and the state and its political subdivisions. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Publish: means publication in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Secretary: means the secretary of the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Standard: means an occupational health and safety standard or group of standards which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary to provide safety and healthful employment and places of employment. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or a Native American tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
• 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
• Surrogate: means a health care decision maker who is:
       (23)(a) an appointed agent;
       (23)(b) a default surrogate under the provisions of Section 75-2a-108; or
       (23)(c) a guardian. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• Variance: means a special, limited modification or change in the code or standard applicable to the particular establishment of the employer or person petitioning for the modification or change. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Workplace: means any place of employment. See Utah Code 34A-6-103