Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-9-301. Definitions

(1) “Department” means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201.

(2) “Health official” means an individual designated by a local health department from within the local health department to consult and counsel parents and licensed health care providers, in accordance with Subsection 53G-9-304(2)(a).

(3) “Health official designee” means a licensed health care provider designated by a local health department, in accordance with Subsection 53G-9-304(2)(b), to consult with parents, licensed health care professionals, and school officials.

(4) “Immunization” or “immunize” means a process through which an individual develops an immunity to a disease, through vaccination or natural exposure to the disease.

(5) “Immunization record” means a record relating to a student that includes:

(6) “Legally responsible individual” means:

(7) “Licensed health care provider” means a health care provider who is licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions, as:

(8) “Local health department” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102.

(9) “Required vaccines” means vaccines required by department rule described in Section 53G-9-305.

(11) “Student” means an individual who attends a school.

(12) “Vaccinating” or “vaccination” means the administration of a vaccine.

(13) “Vaccination exemption form” means a form, described in Section 53G-9-304, that documents and verifies that a student is exempt from the requirement to receive one or more required vaccines.

(14) “Vaccine” means the substance licensed for use by the United States Food and Drug Administration that is injected into or otherwise administered to an individual to immunize the individual against a communicable disease.