Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 31b > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• Board: means the Board of Nursing created in Section 58-31b-201. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• 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
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. 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