As used in this part:
- (1) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section 53-2d-102.
- (2) "Committee" means the Primary Care Grant Committee described in Section 26B-1-410.
(3) "Community based organization":
- (a) means a private entity; and
- (b) includes for profit and not for profit entities.
- (4) "Cultural competence" means a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or profession and enables that system, agency, or profession to work effectively in cross-cultural situations.
- (5) "Health literacy" means the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, process, and understand health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
- (6) "Institutional capacity" means the ability of a community based organization to implement public and private contracts.
- (7) "Medically underserved population" means the population of an urban or rural area or a population group that the committee determines has a shortage of primary health care.
(8) "Pregnancy support services" means services that:
- (a) encourage childbirth instead of voluntary termination of pregnancy; and
- (b) assist pregnant women, or women who may become pregnant, to choose childbirth whether they intend to parent or select adoption for the child.
- (9) "Primary care grant" means a grant awarded by the department under Subsection 26B-4-310(1).
(10)
(a) "Primary health care" means:
- (i) basic and general health care services given when a person seeks assistance to screen for or to prevent illness and disease, or for simple and common illnesses and injuries; and
- (ii) care given for the management of chronic diseases.
(b) "Primary health care" includes:
- (i) services of physicians, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, and dentists licensed to practice in this state under Title 58, Occupations and Professions;
- (ii) diagnostic and radiologic services;
- (iii) preventive health services including perinatal services, well-child services, and other services that seek to prevent injury, disease, or the consequences of injury or disease;
- (iv) emergency medical services;
- (v) preventive dental services; and
- (vi) pharmaceutical services.
Amended by Chapter 69, 2026 General Session