26-2-2 - Definitions.
26-2-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a person licensed to practice as anadvanced practice registered nurse in this state under Title 58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act.
(2) "Custodial funeral service director" means a funeral service director who:
(a) is employed by a licensed funeral establishment; and
(b) has custody of a dead body.
(3) "Dead body" or "decedent" means a human body or parts of the human body from thecondition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred.
(4) "Dead fetus" means a product of human conception:
(a) of 20 weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrualperiod began to the date of delivery; and
(b) that was not born alive.
(5) "Declarant father" means a male who claims to be the genetic father of a child, and,along with the biological mother, signs a voluntary declaration of paternity to establish thechild's paternity.
(6) "Dispositioner" means:
(a) a person designated in a written instrument, under Subsection 58-9-602(1), as havingthe right and duty to control the disposition of the decedent, if the person voluntarily acts as thedispositioner; or
(b) the next of kin of the decedent, if:
(i) (A) a person has not been designated as described in Subsection (6)(a); or
(B) the person described in Subsection (6)(a) is unable or unwilling to exercise the rightand duty described in Subsection (6)(a); and
(ii) the next of kin voluntarily acts as the dispositioner.
(7) "File" means the submission of a completed certificate or other similar document,record, or report as provided under this chapter for registration by the state registrar or a localregistrar.
(8) "Funeral service director" is as defined in Section 58-9-102.
(9) "Health care facility" is as defined in Section 26-21-2.
(10) "Health care professional" means a physician or nurse practitioner.
(11) "Licensed funeral establishment" means a funeral service establishment, as definedin Section 58-9-102, that is licensed under Title 58, Chapter 9, Funeral Services Licensing Act.
(12) "Live birth" means the birth of a child who shows evidence of life after the child isentirely outside of the mother.
(13) "Local registrar" means a person appointed under Subsection 26-2-3(2)(b).
(14) "Nurse practitioner" means an advanced practice registered nurse specializing as anurse practitioner who:
(a) has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate ofdeath developed by the department by administrative rule adopted in accordance with Title 63G,Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(b) is in independent practice or a group practice; and
(c) is not employed by a health care facility licensed under Chapter 21, Health CareFacility Licensing and Inspection Act.
(15) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath in this
state under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act or Chapter 68, Utah OsteopathicMedical Practice Act.
(16) "Presumed father" means the father of a child conceived or born during a marriageas defined in Section 30-1-17.2.
(17) "Registration" or "register" means acceptance by the local or state registrar of acertificate and incorporation of the certificate into the permanent records of the state.
(18) "State registrar" means the state registrar of vital records appointed underSubsection 26-2-3(1)(e).
(19) "Vital records" means:
(a) registered certificates or reports of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce,dissolution of marriage, or annulment;
(b) amendments to any of the registered certificates or reports described in Subsection(19)(a); and
(c) other similar documents.
(20) "Vital statistics" means the data derived from registered certificates and reports ofbirth, death, fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, divorce, dissolution ofmarriage, or annulment.
Amended by Chapter 66, 2009 General Session
Amended by Chapter 68, 2009 General Session