Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 31b > Part 4 - License Denial and Discipline

• 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
• Board: means the Board of Nursing created in Section 58-31b-201. See Utah Code 58-31b-102
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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