Utah Admin. Code R434-40-3 - Definitions
The definitions as they appear in Section 26B-4-702 apply. In addition:
(1) "Applicant" means an
individual who submits a completed application and meets the application
requirements established by the Department for a loan repayment or scholarship
grant under Section 26B-4-702.
(2)
"Approved site" means a site approved by the Department which meets the
eligibility criteria established in this rule and is:
(a) within an underserved area where health
care is provided and the majority of patients served are medically underserved
due to lack of health care insurance, unwillingness of existing geriatric
professional and health care professionals to accept patients covered by
government health programs, or other economic, cultural, or language barriers
to health care access; or
(b) a
Utah nursing school or training institution that provides a nursing education
course of study to prepare persons for the practice of nursing under, Title 58,
Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act, or under, Title 58, Chapter 44a, Nurse Midwife
Practice Act; has a shortage of nurse educator faculty; and meets the criteria
established by the Department.
(3)
(a)
"Clinical-related administrative, management or other activities" means:
(i) charting;
(ii) administrative care coordination
activities;
(iii) training,
laboratory follow-up, patient correspondence, attending staff meetings,
activities related to maintaining professional licensure and other
non-treatment related activities pertaining to the participant's approved
practice.
(b) Any time
spent in a management role is also considered to be an administrative
activity.
(c) Clinical service
provided by award recipients while a student or resident observes should be
counted as patient care, not teaching, as the award recipient is treating the
patient.
(4) "Committee"
means the Utah Health Care Workforce Advisory Committee created by Section
26B-1-419.
(5) "Dental Hygiene" means the science and
practice of recognition, prevention, and treatment of oral diseases and
conditions as an integral component of total health.
(6) "Department" means the Utah Department of
Health and Human Services.
(7)
"Educational expenses" means the cost of education in a health care profession,
including books, education equipment, fees, materials, reasonable living
expenses, supplies, and tuition.
(8) "Educational loan" means a commercial,
government, or government-guaranteed loan taken to pay educational
expenses.
(9) "Forensic pathology"
means a subspecialty of pathology which investigates non-natural or suspicious
deaths, often referred to as reportable deaths.
(10) "Geriatric" means individuals 65 years
old and older.
(11) "Grant" means
an award of funds under a grant agreement.
(12) "Loan repayment" means a grant to defray
educational loans in exchange for service for a specified period at an approved
site.
(13) "Mental health
professional" means a mental health therapist, as defined in Subsection
58-60-102(5).
(14) "Nurse educator" means a nurse employed
by a Utah school of nursing providing nursing education to individuals leading
to licensure or certification as a nurse.
(15) "Postgraduate training" means
internship, practicum, preceptorship, or residency training required for
licensure of a geriatric, health care, or a mental health professional, and as
required by this rule.
(16)
"Publicly funded" means any facility which is either administered or run by a
state, local, or municipal government agency, contracted with a government
agency to provide services on behalf of the government agency, or receives a
substantial amount of state or federal funding, either state or
federal.
(17) "Recipient" means an
applicant selected to receive a loan repayment or scholarship grant under
Section 26B-4-702.
(18) "Scholarship" means a grant for
educational expenses awarded to an individual who agrees to become a nurse
educator in exchange for service for a specified period at an approved site
which is a Utah nursing school or training institution.
(19) "Service obligation" means professional
service provided at an approved site for a minimum of three years in exchange
for a scholarship or loan repayment grant.
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