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  • (1) "Board" means the Physician Assistant Licensing Board created in Section 58-70a-201.
  • (2) "Competence" means possessing the requisite cognitive, non-cognitive, and communicative abilities and qualities to perform effectively within the scope of practice of the physician assistant's practice while adhering to professional and ethical standards.
  • (3) "Health care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-21-2.
  • (4) "Mental health therapist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.
  • (5) "Physician" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-67-102.
  • (6) "Physician assistant" means an individual who is licensed to practice under this chapter.
  • (7) "Practice as a physician assistant" means the professional activities and conduct of a physician assistant, also known as a PA, in diagnosing, treating, advising, or prescribing for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or other condition under the provisions of this chapter.
  • (8) "Practice of mental health therapy" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.
  • (9) "Unlawful conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-70a-502.
  • (10) "Unprofessional conduct" means "unprofessional conduct":
    • (a) as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-70a-503; and
    • (b) as further defined by the division by rule.





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