Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 85 - Utah Right to Try Act

• Adjudicative proceeding: means an action or proceeding of the office conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Administrative order: means an order that has been issued by the office, the department, or an administrative agency of another state or other comparable jurisdiction with similar authority to that of the office. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Assistance: means public assistance as defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Child: means :
       (6)(a) a son or daughter under the age of 18 years who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States;
       (6)(b) a son or daughter over the age of 18 years, while enrolled in high school during the normal and expected year of graduation and not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States; or
       (6)(c) a son or daughter of any age who is incapacitated from earning a living and is without sufficient means. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Child support: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-301. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Court order: means a judgment or order of a tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction of this state, another state, Native American tribe, the federal government, or any other comparable jurisdiction. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the director of the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Eligible patient: means an individual who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness by a physician. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Insurer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• Investigational device: means a device that:
       (3)(a) meets the definition of "investigational device" in Utah Code 58-85-102
• Investigational drug: means a drug that:
       (4)(a) meets the definition of "investigational new drug" in Utah Code 58-85-102
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Obligee: means an individual, this state, another state, or other comparable jurisdiction to whom a duty of child support is owed, or who is entitled to reimbursement of child support or public assistance. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Obligor: means a person, firm, corporation, or the estate of a decedent owing a duty of support to this state, to an individual, to another state, or other corporate jurisdiction in whose behalf this state is acting. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Parent: means a natural parent or an adoptive parent of a dependent child. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Past-due support: means the same as support debt. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Person: includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, department, or office. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Physician: means an individual who is licensed under:
       (6)(a) Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or
       (6)(b) Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• 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
• Public assistance: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• 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
• Support: includes past-due, present, and future obligations established by:
       (27)(a) a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and
       (27)(b) a tribunal for the financial support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the obligor's dependent child resides if the obligor also owes a child support obligation that is being enforced by the state. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
• Terminal illness: means a condition of a patient that:
       (7)(a) as determined by a physician:

            (7)(a)(i) is likely to pose a greater risk to the patient than the risk posed to the patient by treatment with an investigational drug or investigational device; and

            (7)(a)(ii) will inevitably lead to the patient's death; and
       (7)(b) presents the patient, after the patient has explored conventional therapy options, with no treatment option that is satisfactory or comparable to treatment with an investigational drug or device. See Utah Code 58-85-102
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of:
       (47)(a) the state;
       (47)(b) a court; or
       (47)(c) a judicial officer. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5