1. (1) "Administer" means the direct application of a prescription drug, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or by any other means, to the body of a human patient.
2. (2) "Controlled Substance" means the same as defined in Section 58-37-2.
3. (3) "Declaration of Emergency" means the declaration of a national emergency pursuant to federal law, a state emergency pursuant to Section 53-2a-206, a local emergency pursuant to Section 53-2a-208 or a public health emergency pursuant to Section 26B-7-317.
4. (4) "Department" means the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.
5. (5) "Dispense" means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order or device or nonprescription drug or device under a lawful order of a practitioner in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration or use.
6. (6) "Distribute" means to deliver a drug or device other than by administering or dispensing.
7. (7) "Health care resource" means the same as defined in Section 26B-1-219.
8. (8) "Public health emergency" means the same as defined in Subsection 26B-7-301(9).
9. (9) "Scarce health care resource" means the same as defined in Section 26B-1-219.
10. (10) "Strategic National Stockpile" means a national repository of antibiotics, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, life- support medications, IV administration, airway maintenance supplies, and medical or surgical items.

KEY: public health emergency, medication protocols, standing orders, distribution of medication

Date of Last Change: November 5, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 58-1-307; 26B-1-202; 26B-7-317; 26B-5-612