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R156-62-101 Title.
These rules are known as the "Health Care Assistant Registration Act Rules."
R156-62-102 Definitions.
In addition to the definitions in Title 58, Chapters 1 and 62, as used in Title 58, Chapters 1 and 62 or these rules:
(1) "Activities of daily living" means those personal activities in which individuals normally engage or are required for an individual's well-being whether performed by them alone, by them with the help of others, or for them by others, including eating, dressing, mobilizing, toileting, bathing, and other acts or practices to which an individual is subjected while under care in a regulated facility or under the orders of a licensed health care practitioner in a private residence.
(2) "Personal assistance and care," as used in Subsection 58-62-102 (3), means acts or practices by an individual to personally assist or aid another individual in activities of daily living.
(3) "Unprofessional conduct," as defined in Title 58 Chapters 1 and 62, is further defined, in accordance with Subsection 58-1-203 (5), in Section R156-62-502.
R156-62-103 Authority - Purpose.
These rules are adopted by the division under the authority of Subsection 58-1-106 (1) to enable the division to administer Title 58, Chapter 62.
R156-62-104 Organization - Relationship to Rule R156-1.
The organization of this rule and its relationship to Rule R156-1 is as described in Section R156-1-107.
R156-62-302 Qualifications for Registration.
In accordance with Subsections 58-1-401 (2)(a) and 58-1-501 (2)(c), the standards for determining if a crime of moral turpitude, or any crime which bears a reasonable relationship to the safe practice as a health care assistant has been committed, shall be the same as for those individuals who function under Subsections R432-35-4(2) and (3), as effective August 28, 1998, which are incorporated by reference in this rule.
R156-62-303 Renewal Cycle - Procedures.
(1) In accordance with Subsection 58-1-308 (1), the renewal date for the two-year renewal cycle applicable to licensees under Title 58, Chapter 62 is established by rule in Section R156-1-308.
(2) Renewal procedures shall be in accordance with Section R156-1-308.
R156-62-502 Unprofessional Conduct.
"Unprofessional conduct" includes:
(1) gross immorality or conduct unbecoming a person registered under this chapter, which is a threat or potential threat to the public health, safety, and welfare;
(2) unauthorized disclosure of confidential information obtained as a result of practice as a health care assistant;
(3) theft, misappropriation, or conversion of an individual's property;
(4) engaging in any regulated health care practice for which the person is not registered, certified, or licensed;
(5) any conduct or practice contrary to the recognized standards or ethics of practice of those engaged in providing health care to the ill, injured, or infirm;
(6) physical, verbal, sexual, or emotional abuse of any individual; and
(7) gross negligence or a pattern of negligence in the care of an individual which does or could reasonably be expected to harm the individual physically, mentally, emotionally, or economically.
[Indexing]
KEY: licensing, health care assistant*
April 15, 1999
[Editor's note: Below are references
to the Utah Code that are listed by the
agency making this rule as authority
for the rule.]
58-1-106
(1)
58-1-202
(1)
58-62-101
Notice of Continuation August 26, 1999
