Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 31b > Part 3 - Licensing

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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