Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 71 > Part 3 - Licensing

• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Diagnose: means :
       (4)(a) to examine in any manner another individual, parts of an individual's body, substances, fluids, or materials excreted, taken, or removed from an individual's body, or produced by an individual's body, to determine the source, nature, kind, or extent of a disease or other physical or mental condition;
       (4)(b) to attempt to conduct an examination or determination described under Subsection (4)(a);
       (4)(c) to hold oneself out as making or to represent that one is making an examination or determination as described in Subsection (4)(a); or
       (4)(d) to make an examination or determination as described in Subsection (4)(a) upon or from information supplied directly or indirectly by another individual, whether or not in the presence of the individual the examination or determination concerns. See Utah Code 58-71-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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: includes any holder of a license, certificate, registration, permit, student card, or apprentice card authorized under this title. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Naturopathic physician: means an individual licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of naturopathic medicine. See Utah Code 58-71-102
• 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 naturopathic medicine: means :
       (13)(a) a system of primary health care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human health conditions, injuries, and diseases that uses education, natural medicines, and natural therapies, to support and stimulate the patient's intrinsic self-healing processes by:

            (13)(a)(i) using naturopathic childbirth, but only if:

                 (13)(a)(i)(A) the licensee meets standards of the American College of Naturopathic Obstetricians (ACNO) or ACNO's successor as determined by the division in collaboration with the board; and

                 (13)(a)(i)(B) the licensee follows a written plan for naturopathic physicians practicing naturopathic childbirth approved by the division in collaboration with the board, which includes entering into an agreement with a consulting physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician, in cases where the scope of practice of naturopathic childbirth may be exceeded and specialty care and delivery is indicated, detailing the guidelines by which the naturopathic physician will:

                      (13)(a)(i)(B)(I) refer patients to the consulting physician; and

                      (13)(a)(i)(B)(II) consult with the consulting physician;

            (13)(a)(ii) using naturopathic mobilization therapy;

            (13)(a)(iii) using naturopathic physical medicine;

            (13)(a)(iv) using minor office procedures;

            (13)(a)(v) prescribing or administering natural medicine;

            (13)(a)(vi) prescribing medical equipment and devices, diagnosing by the use of medical equipment and devices, and administering therapy or treatment by the use of medical devices necessary and consistent with the competent practice of naturopathic medicine;

            (13)(a)(vii) prescribing barrier devices for contraception;

            (13)(a)(viii) using dietary therapy;

            (13)(a)(ix) taking and using diagnostic x-rays, electrocardiograms, ultrasound, and physiological function tests;

            (13)(a)(x) taking of body fluids for clinical laboratory tests and using the results of the tests in diagnosis;

            (13)(a)(xi) taking of a history from and conducting of a physical examination upon a human patient; and

            (13)(a)(xii) administering local anesthesia during the performance of a minor office procedure;
       (13)(b) to maintain an office or place of business for the purpose of doing any of the acts described in Subsection (13)(a), whether or not for compensation; or
       (13)(c) to use, in the conduct of any occupation or profession pertaining to the diagnosis or treatment of human diseases or conditions, in any printed material, stationery, letterhead, envelopes, signs, or advertisements, the designation "naturopathic physician" "naturopathic doctor" "naturopath" "doctor of naturopathic medicine" "doctor of naturopathy" "naturopathic medical doctor" "naturopathic medicine" "naturopathic health care" "naturopathy" "N. See Utah Code 58-71-102
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• 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
• 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