Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 31b - Nurse Practice Act

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Administrative penalty: means a monetary fine or citation imposed by the division for acts or omissions determined to be unprofessional or unlawful conduct in accordance with a fine schedule established by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and as a result of an adjudicative proceeding conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• 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.
• Applicant: means an individual who applies for licensure or certification under this chapter by submitting a completed application for licensure or certification and the required fees to the department. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Approved education program: means a nursing education program that is accredited by an accrediting body for nursing education that is approved by the United States Department of Education. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Board: means the Board of Nursing created in Section 58-31b-201. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• Commission: means the Utah Behavioral Health Commission created in Section 26B-5-702. See Utah Code 26B-5-701
• 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.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Diagnosis: means the identification of and discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and symptoms essential to the effective execution and management of health care. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Integrated Healthcare created in Section 26B-1-1202. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 for people with an intellectual disability: means an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, as defined in Title XIX of the Social Security Act. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Licensee: means an individual who is licensed or certified under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Local mental health authority: means a county legislative body. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Long-term care facility: means any of the following facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection:
       (8)(a) a nursing care facility;
       (8)(b) a small health care facility;
       (8)(c) an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability;
       (8)(d) an assisted living facility Type I or II; or
       (8)(e) a designated swing bed unit in a general hospital. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Master plan: means the Utah Behavioral Health Assessment and Master Plan. See Utah Code 26B-5-701
• Medication aide certified: means a certified nurse aide who:
       (9)(a) has a minimum of 2,000 hours experience working as a certified nurse aide;
       (9)(b) has received a minimum of 60 hours of classroom and 40 hours of practical training that is approved by the division in collaboration with the board, in administering routine medications to patients or residents of long-term care facilities; and
       (9)(c) is certified by the division as a medication aide certified. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Mental disorder: means the same as that term is defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 26B-5-701
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Office: means the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health created in Section 26B-5-102. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• 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.
• Practice of nursing: includes :
       (12)(a) initiating and maintaining comfort measures;
       (12)(b) promoting and supporting human functions and responses;
       (12)(c) establishing an environment conducive to well-being;
       (12)(d) providing health counseling and teaching;
       (12)(e) collaborating with health care professionals on aspects of the health care regimen;
       (12)(f) performing delegated procedures only within the education, knowledge, judgment, and skill of the licensee;
       (12)(g) delegating nursing tasks that may be performed by others, including an unlicensed assistive personnel; and
       (12)(h) supervising an individual to whom a task is delegated under Subsection (12)(g) as the individual performs the task. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Practice of registered nursing: means performing acts of nursing as provided in this Subsection (14) by an individual licensed under this chapter as a registered nurse within the generally recognized scope of practice of registered nurses as defined by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Registered nurse apprentice: means an individual licensed under Subsection 58-31b-301(2)(b) who is learning and engaging in the practice of registered nursing under the indirect supervision of an individual licensed under:
       (15)(a) Subsection 58-31b-301(2)(c), (e), or (f);
       (15)(b) Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or
       (15)(c) Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• 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.
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Substance use disorder: means the same as that term is defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 26B-5-701
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-31b-501. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Unlicensed assistive personnel: means any unlicensed individual, regardless of title, who is delegated a task by a licensed nurse as permitted by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and the standards of the profession. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Unprofessional conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-31b-502 and as may be further defined by division rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• 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