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Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-3-401. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part:

(1)(a) “Nursing care facility” means:

(i) a nursing care facility as defined in Section 26B-2-201;

(ii) a designated swing bed in:

(A) a general acute hospital as defined in Section 26B-2-201; and

(B) a critical access hospital which meets the criteria of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395i-4(c)(2)(1998); and

(iii) an intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability that is licensed under Section 26B-2-212.

(b) “Nursing care facility” does not include:

(i) the Utah State Developmental Center;

(ii) the Utah State Hospital;

(iii) a general acute hospital, specialty hospital, or small health care facility as those terms are defined in Section 26B-2-201; or

(iv) a Utah State Veterans Home.

(2) “Patient day” means each calendar day in which an individual patient is admitted to the nursing care facility during a calendar month, even if on a temporary leave of absence from the facility.

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