Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 57 > Chapter 2 - Acknowledgments

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assisted living facility: means :
            (5)(a)(i) a type I assisted living facility, which is a residential facility that provides assistance with activities of daily living and social care to two or more residents who:

                 (5)(a)(i)(A) require protected living arrangements; and

                 (5)(a)(i)(B) are capable of achieving mobility sufficient to exit the facility without the assistance of another person; and
            (5)(a)(ii) a type II assisted living facility, which is a residential facility with a home-like setting that provides an array of coordinated supportive personal and health care services available 24 hours per day to residents who have been assessed under department rule to need any of these services. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Assisted living facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Committee: means the Health Facility Committee created in Section 26B-1-204. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Division: means the Division of Customer Experience. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• End stage renal disease facility: means a facility which furnishes staff-assisted kidney dialysis services, self-dialysis services, or home-dialysis services on an outpatient basis. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• 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 facility: means general acute hospitals, specialty hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, nursing care facilities, residential-assisted living facilities, birthing centers, ambulatory surgical facilities, small health care facilities, abortion clinics, facilities owned or operated by health maintenance organizations, end stage renal disease facilities, and any other health care facility which the committee designates by rule. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Home health agency: means an agency, organization, or facility or a subdivision of an agency, organization, or facility which employs two or more direct care staff persons who provide licensed nursing services, therapeutic services of physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, medical social services, or home health aide services on a visiting basis. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Hospice: means a program of care for the terminally ill and their families which occurs in a home or in a health care facility and which provides medical, palliative, psychological, spiritual, and supportive care and treatment. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:
       (16)(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and
       (16)(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Intermediate care facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-15-101. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• 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.
• Long-term care facility: means :
            (6)(a)(i) a skilled nursing facility;
            (6)(a)(ii) except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), an intermediate care facility;
            (6)(a)(iii) a nursing home;
            (6)(a)(iv) a small health care facility;
            (6)(a)(v) a small health care facility type N; or
            (6)(a)(vi) an assisted living facility. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• Nursing care facility: means a health care facility, other than a general acute or specialty hospital, constructed, licensed, and operated to provide patient living accommodations, 24-hour staff availability, and at least two of the following patient services:
       (17)(a) a selection of patient care services, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse, ranging from continuous medical, skilled nursing, psychological, or other professional therapies to intermittent health-related or paraprofessional personal care services;
       (17)(b) a structured, supportive social living environment based on a professionally designed and supervised treatment plan, oriented to the individual's habilitation or rehabilitation needs; or
       (17)(c) a supervised living environment that provides support, training, or assistance with individual activities of daily living. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Ombudsman: means the administrator of the long-term care ombudsman program, created pursuant to Section 26B-2-303. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• Ombudsman program: means the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, and the legal successor thereof. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• 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
• 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
• Resident: means a person 21 years old or older who:
       (19)(a) as a result of physical or mental limitations or age requires or requests services provided in an assisted living facility; and
       (19)(b) does not require intensive medical or nursing services as provided in a hospital or nursing care facility. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Skilled nursing facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-15-101. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• Small health care facility: means a four to 16 bed facility that provides licensed health care programs and services to residents. See Utah Code 26B-2-201
• Small health care facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-2-301
• 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
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testify: means to make an oral statement under oath or affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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