Title 58, Occupations and Professions

58-77-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Direct-entry Midwife Act."

58-77-102. Definitions. In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter: (1) "Certified nurse-midwife" means a person licensed under Title 58, Chapter 44a, Nurse Midwife Practice Act. (2) "Client" means a woman and her fetus or newborn baby under the c…

58-77-301. Licensure. The division shall issue to a person who qualifies under this chapter a license as a licensed direct-entry midwife.

58-77-302. Qualifications for licensure. Each applicant for licensure as a licensed direct-entry midwife shall: (1) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division; (2) pay a fee as determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504; (3) hold a Certified Professional…

58-77-303. Term of license -- Expiration -- Renewal. (1)(a) The division shall issue each license under this chapter in accordance with a two-year renewal cycle established by rule. (b) The division may by rule extend or shorten a renewal period by as much as one year to stagger …

58-77-304. Parents' rights. Nothing in this chapter abridges, limits, or changes in any way the right of parents to deliver their baby where, when, how, and with whom they choose, regardless of licensure under this chapter.

58-77-401. Grounds for denial of license -- Disciplinary proceedings. Grounds for refusing to issue a license to an applicant, for refusing to renew a license, for revoking, suspending, restricting, or placing on probation a license, for issuing a public or private reprimand, and…

58-77-501. Unlawful conduct. (1) In addition to the conduct that constitutes unlawful conduct under Subsection 58-1-501(1), it is unlawful conduct for an individual who is not licensed under this chapter to: (a) represent or hold out that the individual is a licensed direct-entry…

58-77-502. Unprofessional conduct. In addition to the definition in Subsection 58-1-501(2), "unprofessional conduct" includes: (1) failing to obtain informed consent as described in Subsection 58-77-601(1); (2) disregarding a client's dignity or right to privacy as to her person,…

58-77-503. Penalty for unlawful conduct. A person who violates the unlawful conduct provisions defined in this chapter is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

58-77-601. Standards of practice. (1)(a) Prior to providing any services, a licensed direct-entry midwife must obtain an informed consent from a client. (b) The consent must include: (i) the name and license number of the direct-entry midwife; (ii) the client's name, address, tel…

58-77-602. Immunity and liability. (1) If a direct-entry midwife seeks to consult with, refer, or transfer a client to a licensed health care provider or facility, the responsibility of the provider or facility for the client does not begin until the client is physically within t…

58-77-603. Prohibited practices. A direct-entry midwife may not: (1) administer a prescription drug to a client in a manner that violates this chapter; (2) effect any type of surgical delivery except for the cutting of an emergency episiotomy; (3) administer any type of epidural,…

58-80a-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Medical Language Interpreter Act."

58-80a-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Certified medical language interpreter" means a medical language interpreter who has received a certificate from the division under this chapter. (2) "Health care provider" means a person licensed under: (a) Title 58, Chapter…

58-80a-201. Certified Medical Language Interpreter Advisory Board. The division shall notify the Health and Human Services Interim Committee if it determines that there is a need to create, by statute, a Certified Medical Language Interpreter Advisory Board.

58-80a-301. Certification. (1) The division shall issue to a person who qualifies under this chapter a certificate as a certified medical language interpreter. (2) A certificate described in Subsection (1) shall specify the language that the person is certified for. (3) This chap…

58-80a-302. Certification is voluntary. (1) The certification provided under this chapter is voluntary. (2) This chapter does not prohibit a person from acting as a medical language interpreter, if the person does not have a certificate described in Subsection 58-80a-301(1).

58-80a-303. Qualifications for certification. (1) An individual qualifies as a tier 1 certified medical language interpreter if the individual: (a) acts as a medical language interpreter between English and at least one other language; (b) passes an oral and written examination: …

58-80a-304. Term of certification -- Expiration -- Renewal. (1) Notwithstanding Section 58-1-308, the division shall issue each certification under this chapter in accordance with a three-year renewal cycle established by rule. The division may by rule extend or shorten a renewal…

58-80a-305. Fees -- Rulemaking authority. (1) The division may charge a fee, established under Section 63J-1-504, to recover the costs of: (a) administering the examination described in Section 58-80a-303; and (b) issuing the certificate described in Subsection 58-80a-301(1). (2)…

58-80a-401. Grounds for denial of certification -- Disciplinary proceedings. Grounds for refusing to issue a certification to an applicant, for refusing to renew the certification of a certified medical language interpreter, for revoking, suspending, restricting, or placing on pr…

58-80a-501. Unlawful conduct. In addition to the definition in Subsection 58-1-501(1), "unlawful conduct" includes representing or holding oneself out as a certified medical language interpreter when not certified under this chapter.

58-80a-502. Penalty for unlawful conduct. A person who violates the unlawful conduct provisions described in Section 58-80a-501 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

58-80a-503. Unprofessional conduct. "Unprofessional conduct" includes: (1) conduct which is detrimental to the interests of the public; (2) willful or negligent betrayal or disclosure of confidential information about which the certified medical language interpreter becomes knowl…

58-80a-601. Priority for certified medical language interpreter. The Department of Health and Human Services may give priority to contracting with companies that use certified medical language interpreters.

58-81-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Retired Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Act."

58-81-102. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Board" means the state licensing board created for each of the health care practitioners included in Subsection (2). (2) "Health care practitioner" includes: (a) a podiatrist licensed under Chapter 5a, Podiatric Physician…

58-81-103. Eligibility for volunteer health care practitioner license -- Delegation of service agreement. (1) A health care practitioner is eligible to apply to the division and board for a volunteer health care practitioner license if the health care practitioner: (a) certifies …

58-81-104. Volunteer health care practitioner license -- Waiver of fees -- Rulemaking authority. (1) The division and board shall issue a volunteer health care practitioner license to an applicant who: (a) completes an application under Section 58-81-103; and (b) meets the requir…

58-81-105. Grounds for denial of license. The division may not refuse, revoke, suspend, or in any way restrict the license of a health care practitioner, as defined in Subsections 58-81-102(2)(c), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (l), under this chapter solely because the health care prac…

58-84-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "State Certification of Music Therapists Act."

58-84-102. Definitions. In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Behavioral Health Board created in Section 58-60-102.5. (2) "Practice of music therapy" means the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to a…

58-84-103. Rulemaking. When exercising rulemaking authority under this chapter, the division shall comply with the requirements of Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

58-84-201. Qualifications for state certification. (1) The division shall grant state certification to a person who qualifies under this chapter to engage in the practice of music therapy as a state certified music therapist. (2) Each applicant for state certification as a state …

58-84-202. Term of state certification. (1) The division shall grant state certification under this chapter in accordance with a two-year renewal cycle established by division rule. (2) At the time of renewal, an applicant for renewal shall provide satisfactory documentation that…

58-84-203. Limitation of state certification. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a person from lawfully engaging in the practice of music therapy without state certification.

58-84-301. Unlawful conduct. (1) It is unlawful for a person who is not a state certified music therapist to use the title state certified music therapist, or represent that the person is a state certified music therapist, in connection with the person's name or business. (2) It …

58-85-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Utah Right to Try Act."

58-85-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Eligible illness" means a condition of a patient that: (a) as determined by a physician, presents a substantial and severely debilitating or life-threatening risk to the patient; and (b) presents the patient, after the patient…

58-85-103. Right to request investigational drug or device. (1) An eligible patient may obtain an investigational drug through an agreement with the investigational drug's manufacturer and the eligible patient's physician that provides: (a) for the transfer of the investigational…

58-85-104. Standard of care -- Medical practitioners not liable -- No private right of action. (1) It is not a breach of the applicable standard of care for a physician, other licensed health care provider, or hospital to treat an eligible patient with an investigational drug or …

58-85-105. Insurance coverage. (1) This chapter does not: (a) require an insurer to cover the cost of: (i) administering an investigational drug under this chapter; or (ii) treating a patient with an investigational device under this chapter; or (b) prohibit an insurer from cover…

58-85-106. Use of investigational drugs and devices during a major public health emergency -- Limitations -- Immunity. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Declared major public health emergency" means a state of emergency declared by the governor under Section 53-2a-206 as the resu…

58-85-107. Report. (1) If a manufacturer of an investigational drug or investigational device provides an investigational drug or investigational device to a patient located in the state to treat an eligible illness, the manufacturer shall report the information described in Subs…

58-86-101. Title and scope. (1) This chapter is known as the "State Certification of Commercial Interior Designers Act." (2) Except for those practices specifically described in the definition of practice of commercial interior design in Section 58-86-102, this chapter does not r…