Utah Code Title 58. Occupations and Professions § 58-70a-102. Definitions

(1) “Board” means the Medical Licensing Board created in Section 58-67-201.

(2) “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.

(3) “Health care facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201.

(4) “Mental health therapist” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.

(5) “Physician” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-67-102.

(6) “Physician assistant” means an individual who is licensed to practice under this chapter.

(7) “Practice as a physician assistant” means the professional activities and conduct of a physician assistant, also known as a PA, in diagnosing, treating, advising, or prescribing for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or other condition under the provisions of this chapter.

(8) “Practice of mental health therapy” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.

(9) “Unlawful conduct” means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-70a-502.

(10) “Unprofessional conduct” means “unprofessional conduct”: