Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 69 > Part 6 - Impaired Licensee

• 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.
• Board: means the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensing Board created in Section 58-69-201. See Utah Code 58-69-102
• 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.
• 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 dentistry: means the following, regarding humans:
       (8)(a) to offer, undertake, or represent that a person will undertake by any means or method, including teledentistry, to:

            (8)(a)(i) examine, evaluate, diagnose, treat, operate, or prescribe therapy for any disease, pain, injury, deficiency, deformity, or any other condition of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or adjacent hard and soft tissues and structures in the maxillofacial region;

            (8)(a)(ii) take an appropriate history and physical consistent with the level of professional service to be provided and the available resources in the facility in which the service is to be provided;

            (8)(a)(iii) take impressions or registrations;

            (8)(a)(iv) supply artificial teeth as substitutes for natural teeth;

            (8)(a)(v) remove deposits, accumulations, calculus, and concretions from the surfaces of teeth; and

            (8)(a)(vi) correct or attempt to correct malposition of teeth;
       (8)(b) to administer anesthetics necessary or proper in the practice of dentistry only as allowed by an anesthesia permit obtained from the division;
       (8)(c) to administer and prescribe drugs related to and appropriate in the practice of dentistry;
       (8)(d) to supervise the practice of a dental hygienist or dental assistant as established by division rule made in collaboration with the board; or
       (8)(e) to represent oneself by any title, degree, or in any other way that one is a dentist. See Utah Code 58-69-102
• 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