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  3. Occupations and Professions
  4. Health Facility Administrator Act
  5. Definitions.

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Affected by 63I-1-258 on 7/1/2025

Effective 5/10/2016
58-15-2. Definitions.
  • (1) "Administrator" means a person who is charged with the general administration of a health facility, regardless of whether that person has an ownership interest in the facility and whether his functions and duties are shared with one or more persons.
  • (2) "Board" means the Health Facility Administrators Licensing Board created in Section 58-15-3.
  • (3) "Health facility" means a skilled nursing facility, an intermediate care facility, or an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability.
  • (4) "Intermediate care facility" means an institution that provides, on a regular basis, health care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care and treatment a hospital or skilled nursing facility provides, but who require health care and services in addition to room and board.
  • (5) "Intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability" means an institution that provides, on a regular basis, health-related care and service to individuals with intellectual disabilities as defined in Section 68-3-12.5 or individuals with related conditions, who do not require the degree of care and treatment a hospital or skilled nursing facility provides, but who require health-related care and services above the need for room and board.
  • (6) "Skilled nursing facility" means an institution primarily providing inpatients with skilled nursing care and related services on a continuing basis for patients who require mental, medical, or nursing care, or service for the rehabilitation of an injured individual, a sick individual, or an individual with a disability.
  • (7) "Unprofessional conduct" as defined in Section 58-1-501 and as may be further defined by rule includes:
    • (a) intentionally filing a false report or record, intentionally failing to file a report or record required by state or federal law, or wilfully impeding or obstructing the filing of a required report. These reports or records only include those which are signed in the capacity of a licensed health facility administrator; and
    • (b) acting in a manner inconsistent with the health and safety of the patients of the health facility in which he is the administrator.




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