Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53 > Chapter 2d > Part 4 - Certificates, Designations, Permits, and Licenses

• Ambulance: means a ground, air, or water vehicle that:
       (2)(a) transports patients and is used to provide emergency medical services; and
       (2)(b) is required to obtain a permit under Section 53-2d-404 to operate in the state. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Behavioral emergency services: means delivering a behavioral health intervention to a patient in an emergency context within a scope and in accordance with guidelines established by the department. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Bureau: means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section 53-2d-102. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Committee: means the Trauma System and Emergency Medical Services Committee created by Section 53-2d-104. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety created in Section 53-1-103. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Direct medical observation: means in-person observation of a patient by a physician, registered nurse, physician's assistant, or individual licensed under Section 26B-4-116. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Emergency medical condition: means :
       (11)(a) a medical condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in:

            (11)(a)(i) placing the individual's health in serious jeopardy;

            (11)(a)(ii) serious impairment to bodily functions; or

            (11)(a)(iii) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or
       (11)(b) a medical condition that in the opinion of a physician or the physician's designee requires direct medical observation during transport or may require the intervention of an individual licensed under Section 53-2d-402 during transport. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Emergency medical service personnel: includes a paramedic, medical director of a licensed emergency medical service provider, emergency medical service instructor, behavioral emergency services technician, other categories established by the committee, and a certified emergency medical dispatcher. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Emergency medical service providers: means :
       (14)(a) licensed ambulance providers and paramedic providers;
       (14)(b) a facility or provider that is required to be designated under Subsection 53-2d-403(1)(a); and
       (14)(c) emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Emergency medical services: means :
       (15)(a) medical services;
       (15)(b) transportation services;
       (15)(c) behavioral emergency services; or
       (15)(d) any combination of the services described in Subsections (15)(a) through (c). See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Medical control: means a person who provides medical supervision to an emergency medical service provider. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Nonemergency secured behavioral health transport: means an entity that:
       (22)(a) provides nonemergency secure transportation services for an individual who:

            (22)(a)(i) is not required to be transported by an ambulance under Section 53-2d-405; and

            (22)(a)(ii) requires behavioral health observation during transport between any of the following facilities:

                 (22)(a)(ii)(A) a licensed acute care hospital;

                 (22)(a)(ii)(B) an emergency patient receiving facility;

                 (22)(a)(ii)(C) a licensed mental health facility; and

                 (22)(a)(ii)(D) the office of a licensed health care provider; and
       (22)(b) is required to be designated under Section 53-2d-403. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Paramedic provider: means an entity that:
       (23)(a) employs emergency medical service personnel; and
       (23)(b) is required to obtain a license under Part 5, Ambulance and Paramedic Providers. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Patient: means an individual who, as the result of illness, injury, or a behavioral emergency condition, meets any of the criteria in Section 26B-4-119. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• Peace officer: means any officer certified in accordance with Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• 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
• 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.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. 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
• Trauma: means an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 53-1-102