Utah Admin. Code R156-68-102 - Definitions
The following definitions supplement the definitions in Title 58, Chapter 1, Division of Professional Licensing Act, and Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act:
(1) "AAPS" means American Association of
Physician Specialists.
(2) "ABMS"
means American Board of Medical Specialties.
(3) "ACCME" means Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education.
(4)
"Alternate medical practices" as used in Section
R156-68-603, means treatment or
therapy that is determined in an adjudicative proceeding under Title 63G,
Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, to be:
(a) not generally recognized as standard in
the practice of medicine;
(b) not
shown by current generally accepted medical evidence to present a greater risk
to the health, safety or welfare of the patient than does prevailing treatment
considered to be the standard in the profession of medicine; and
(c) supported by a body of current generally
accepted written documentation demonstrating the treatment or therapy has
reasonable potential to be of benefit to the patient to whom the therapy or
treatment is to be given.
(5) "AMA" means the American Medical
Association.
(6) "AOA" means
American Osteopathic Association.
(7) "Collaborative practice arrangement
contract" means a written, signed contract between a collaborating physician
licensed and in good standing under Section
58-68-302, and an associate
physician holding a restricted license in accordance with Section 58-68-302.8,
that:
(b) is approved by the Division in accordance
with Section 58-68-807 and Section
R156-68-807.
(8) "COMLEX" means the Comprehensive
Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination.
(9) "FLEX" means the Federation of State
Medical Boards Licensure Examination.
(10) "FMGEMS" means the Foreign Medical
Graduate Examination in Medical Science.
(11) "FSMB" means the Federation of State
Medical Boards.
(12) "Homeopathic
medicine" means a system of medicine employing and limited to substances
prepared and prescribed in accordance with the principles of homeopathic
pharmacology as described in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United
States, its compendia, addenda, and supplements, as officially recognized by:
(a) the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act,
Public Law 717.21 U.S. Code Sec. 331 et seq.;
(b) the state of Utah's food and drug laws;
and
(c) Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah
Controlled Substances Act.
(13) "LMCC" means the Licentiate of the
Medical Council of Canada.
(14)
"NBME" means the National Board of Medical Examiners.
(15) "NBOME" means the National Board of
Osteopathic Medical Examiners.
(16)
"NPDB" means the National Practitioner Data Bank.
(17) "Unprofessional conduct" under
Subsection
58-1-203(1)(e) is
further defined in Section
R156-68-502.
(19) "USMLE" means the United States Medical
Licensing Examination.
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