Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 68 First Substitute (2018GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Bramble, C.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/16/2018

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• adds certain physician assistants to the list of individuals who can practice as a health care professional under the Utah Vital Statistics Act; and
• creates requirements that a physician assistant must meet in order to practice as a health care professional under the Utah Vital Statistics Act.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT VITAL STATISTICS ACT AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
House Sponsor: 
Timothy D. Hawkes
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill allows certain individuals who are licensed as a physician assistant to practice
as a health care professional under the Utah Vital Statistics Act.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ adds certain physician assistants to the list of individuals who can practice as a
health care professional under the Utah Vital Statistics Act; and
▸ creates requirements that a physician assistant must meet in order to practice as a
health care professional under the Utah Vital Statistics Act.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26-2-2
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapters 137 and 184
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
26-2-2
 is amended to read:
26-2-2.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Adoption document" means an adoption-related document filed with the office, a
petition for adoption, a decree of adoption, an original birth certificate, or evidence submitted
in support of a supplementary birth certificate.
[
(2) "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a person licensed to practice as an
advanced practice registered nurse in this state under Title 58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice
Act.
]
[
(3)
] 
(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.
[
(4)
] 
(3)
 "Dead body" or "decedent" means a human body or parts of the human body
from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred.
[
(5)
] 
(4)
 "Dead fetus" means a product of human conception, other than those
circumstances described in Subsection 
76-7-301
(1):
(a) of 20 weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual
period began to the date of delivery; and
(b) that was not born alive.
[
(6)
] 
(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 the
child's paternity.
[
(7)
] 
(6)
 "Dispositioner" means:
(a) a person designated in a written instrument, under Subsection 
58-9-602
(1), as
having the right and duty to control the disposition of the decedent, if the person voluntarily
acts as the dispositioner; or
(b) the next of kin of the decedent, if:
(i) (A) a person has not been designated as described in Subsection [
(7)
] 
(6)
(a); or
(B) the person described in Subsection [
(7)
] 
(6)
(a) is unable or unwilling to exercise
the right and duty described in Subsection [
(7)
] 
(6)
(a); and
(ii) the next of kin voluntarily acts as the dispositioner.
[
(8)
] 
(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 local registrar.
[
(9)
] 
(8)
 "Funeral service director" means the same as that term is defined in Section
58-9-102
.
[
(10)
] 
(9)
 "Health care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section
26-21-2
.
[
(11)
] 
(10)
 "Health care professional" means a physician
, physician assistant,
 or nurse
practitioner.
[
(12)
] 
(11)
 "Licensed funeral establishment" means a funeral service establishment, as
defined in Section 
58-9-102
, that is licensed under Title 58, Chapter 9, Funeral Services
Licensing Act.
[
(13)
] 
(12)
 "Live birth" means the birth of a child who shows evidence of life after the
child is entirely outside of the mother.
[
(14)
] 
(13)
 "Local registrar" means a person appointed under Subsection 
26-2-3
(3)(b).
[
(15)
] 
(14)
 "Nurse practitioner" means an [
advanced practice registered nurse
specializing as a nurse practitioner
] 
individual
 who
:
(a) is licensed to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse under Title 58,
Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act; and
(b)
 has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate of
death developed by the department by administrative rule [
adopted
] 
made
 in accordance with
Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
[
(16)
] 
(15)
 "Office" means the Office of Vital Records and Statistics within the
Department of Health, operating under Title 26, Chapter 2, Utah Vital Statistics Act.
[
(17)
] 
(16)
 "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 Title 58, Chapter 68,
Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act.
(17) "Physician assistant" means an individual who:
(a) is licensed to practice as a physician assistant under Title 58, Chapter 70a,
Physician Assistant Act; and
(b) has completed an education program regarding the completion of a certificate of
death developed by the department by administrative rule made in accordance with Title 63G,
Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
(18) "Presumed father" means the father of a child conceived or born during a marriage
as defined in Section 
30-1-17.2
.
(19) "Registration" or "register" means acceptance by the local or state registrar of a
certificate and incorporation of the certificate into the permanent records of the state.
(20) "State registrar" means the state registrar of vital records appointed under
Subsection 
26-2-3
(2)(e).
(21) "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
(21)(a);
(c) an adoption document; and
(d) other similar documents.
(22) "Vital statistics" means the data derived from registered certificates and reports of
birth, death, fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, divorce, dissolution of
marriage, or annulment.