Utah Code Ann. § 58-81-103

Eligibility for volunteer health care practitioner license -- Delegation of service agreement.

Effective Jul 1, 2026Amended by Chapter 64, 2026 General Session
  1. (1) A health care practitioner is eligible to apply to the division and board for a volunteer health care practitioner license if the health care practitioner:

    1. (a) certifies to the division and board that the applicant will be engaged exclusively in volunteer health care services; and
    2. (b) completes an application for a volunteer health care practitioner license, which includes documentation:

      1. (i) of professional education, exams passed, and graduation;
      2. (ii) of practice history;
      3. (iii) of a qualified location for which the health care practitioner will be practicing;
      4. (iv) identifying the supervising health care practitioner and the supervising health care practitioner's delegation of service agreement with the volunteer practitioner; and
      5. (v) that the applicant has:

        1. (A) previously been issued an unrestricted license to practice in Utah, another state of the United States, or a district or territory of the United States;
        2. (B) never been the subject of any significant disciplinary action in any jurisdiction; and
        3. (C) is in good health and does not have a condition which would impair the health care practitioner's ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety to patients.
  2. (2) A health care provider who has agreed to be a supervising professional for a volunteer at a qualified location shall:

    1. (a) enter into a delegation of service agreement with the volunteer health care practitioner;
    2. (b) agree to provide the level of supervision required in Subsection 58-81-102(6);
    3. (c) determine with the volunteer whether the volunteer's scope of practice or ability to prescribe controlled substances will be limited by the delegation of service agreement;
    4. (d) include in the delegation of service agreement that the volunteer may not prescribe a controlled substance to the volunteer, the volunteer's family, or a staff member of the qualified location; and
    5. (e) forward the delegation of service agreement to the division.

Amended by Chapter 64, 2026 General Session

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