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  • (1) "Critical access hospital" means a critical access hospital that meets the criteria of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395i-4(c)(2) (1998).
  • (2) "Designated facility" means:
    • (a) a freestanding urgent care center;
    • (b) a general acute hospital; or
    • (c) a critical access hospital.
  • (3) "Emergency contraception" means the use of a substance, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, to prevent pregnancy after sexual intercourse.
  • (4) "Freestanding urgent care center" is as defined in Section 59-12-801.
  • (5) "General acute hospital" is as defined in Section 26-21-2.
  • (6) "Physician" means a person:
    • (a) licensed as a physician under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or
    • (b) licensed as a physician under Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act.
  • (7) "Practitioner" means:
    • (a) a physician; or
    • (b) any other person who is permitted by law to prescribe emergency contraception.
  • (8) "Sexual assault" means any criminal conduct described in Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses, that may result in a pregnancy.
  • (9) "Victim of sexual assault" means any person who presents to receive, or receives, medical care in consequence of being subjected to sexual assault.




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