Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 70a - Utah Physician Assistant Act

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Board: means the Physician Assistant Licensing Board created in Section 58-70a-201. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Competence: means possessing the requisite cognitive, non-cognitive, and communicative abilities and qualities to perform effectively within the scope of practice of the physician assistant's practice while adhering to professional and ethical standards. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Decedent: means :
       (4)(a) a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift; and
       (4)(b) includes:

            (4)(b)(i) a stillborn infant; and

            (4)(b)(ii) subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this part, a fetus. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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
• Document of gift: means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Donor: means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Health care facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Hospital: means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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
• Mental health therapist: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Minor: means an individual who is under 18 years of age. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Part: means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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 an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Physician: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-67-102. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Physician assistant: means an individual who is licensed to practice under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Practice of mental health therapy: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• 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
• Procurement organization: means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Refusal: means a record created under Section 26B-8-306 that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual's body or part. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• 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: 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
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 26B-8-301
• Unlawful conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-70a-502. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• Unprofessional conduct: means "unprofessional conduct":
       (10)(a) as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-70a-503; and
       (10)(b) as further defined by the division by rule. See Utah Code 58-70a-102
• 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