Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 61b - Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• Certified nurse midwife: means an individual who:
       (3)(a) is licensed to practice as a certified nurse midwife under Title 58, Chapter 44a, Nurse Midwife Practice Act; and
       (3)(b) has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate of death developed by the department by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Custodial funeral service director: means a funeral service director who:
       (4)(a) is employed by a licensed funeral establishment; and
       (4)(b) has custody of a dead body. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dead body: means a human body or parts of a human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Dead fetus: means a product of human conception, other than those circumstances described in Subsection 76-7-301(1):
       (7)(a) of 20 weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery; and
       (7)(b) that was not born alive. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Decedent: means the same as a dead body. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Dispositioner: means :
       (9)(a) a person designated in a written instrument, under Subsection 58-9-602(1), as having the right and duty to control the disposition of the decedent, if the person voluntarily acts as the dispositioner; or
       (9)(b) the next of kin of the decedent, if:

            (9)(b)(i)

                 (9)(b)(i)(A) a person has not been designated as described in Subsection (9)(a); or

                 (9)(b)(i)(B) the person described in Subsection (9)(a) is unable or unwilling to exercise the right and duty described in Subsection (9)(a); and

            (9)(b)(ii) the next of kin voluntarily acts as the dispositioner. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• File: means the submission of a completed certificate or other similar document, record, or report as provided under this part for registration by the state registrar or a local registrar. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• 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.
• Funeral service director: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-9-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Health care professional: means a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Live birth: means the birth of a child who shows evidence of life after the child is entirely outside of the mother. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Local registrar: means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b). See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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
• Physician: means a person licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath in this state under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Physician assistant: means an individual who:
       (22)(a) is licensed to practice as a physician assistant under Title 58, Chapter 70a, Utah Physician Assistant Act; and
       (22)(b) has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate of death developed by the department by administrative rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• register: means acceptance by the local or state registrar of a certificate and incorporation of the certificate into the permanent records of the state. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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.
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State registrar: means the state registrar of vital records appointed under Section 26B-8-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.