Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 46a > Part 5 - Unprofessional Conduct

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. 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
• hearing aid: means any device designed or offered to be worn on or by an individual to enhance human hearing, including the device's specialized parts, attachments, or accessories. See Utah Code 58-46a-102
• Hearing instrument intern: means a person licensed under this chapter who is obtaining education and experience in the practice of a hearing instrument specialist under the supervision of a supervising hearing instrument specialist. See Utah Code 58-46a-102
• Licensee: includes any holder of a license, certificate, registration, permit, student card, or apprentice card authorized under this title. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• 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 a hearing instrument specialist: means :
       (5)(a) establishing a place of business to practice as a hearing instrument specialist;
       (5)(b) testing the hearing of a human patient over the age of 17 for the sole purpose of determining whether a hearing loss will be sufficiently improved by the use of a hearing instrument to justify prescribing and selling the hearing instrument and whether that hearing instrument will be in the best interest of the patient;
       (5)(c) providing the patient a written statement of prognosis regarding the need for or usefulness of a hearing instrument for the patient's condition;
       (5)(d) prescribing an appropriate hearing instrument;
       (5)(e) making impressions or earmolds for the fitting of a hearing instrument;
       (5)(f) sale and professional placement of the hearing instrument on a patient;
       (5)(g) evaluating the hearing loss overcome by the installation of the hearing instrument and evaluating the hearing recovery against the representations made to the patient by the hearing instrument specialist;
       (5)(h) necessary intervention to produce satisfactory hearing recovery results from a hearing instrument; or
       (5)(i) instructing the patient on the use and care of the hearing instrument. See Utah Code 58-46a-102
• Supervising hearing instrument specialist: means a hearing instrument specialist who:
       (6)(a) is licensed by and in good standing with the division;
       (6)(b) has practiced full-time as a hearing instrument specialist for not less than two years; and
       (6)(c) is approved as a supervisor by the division. See Utah Code 58-46a-102
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• 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