2012 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Article 53 - Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Act
Section 102 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Agent" means a coach, teacher, employee, representative, or volunteer.

(2) (a) "Amateur sports organization" means, except as provided in Subsection (2)(b):

(i) a sports team;

(ii) a public or private school;

(iii) a public or private sports league;

(iv) a public or private sports camp; or

(v) any other public or private organization that organizes, manages, or sponsors a sporting event for its members, enrollees, or attendees.

(b) "Amateur sports organization" does not include a professional:

(i) team;

(ii) league; or

(iii) sporting event.

(3) "Child" means an individual who is under the age of 18.

(4) "Qualified health care provider" means a health care provider who:

(a) is licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions; and

(b) may evaluate and manage a concussion within the health care provider's scope of practice.

(5) (a) "Sporting event" means any of the following athletic activities that is organized, managed, or sponsored by an organization:

(i) a game;

(ii) a practice;

(iii) a sports camp;

(iv) a physical education class;

(v) a competition; or

(vi) a tryout.

(b) "Sporting event" does not include:

(i) the issuance of a lift ticket or pass by a ski resort, the use of the ticket or pass, or a ski or snowboarding class or school at a ski resort, unless the skiing or snowboarding is part of a camp, team, or competition that is organized, managed, or sponsored by the ski resort;

(ii) as applied to a government entity, merely making available a field, facility, or other location owned, leased, or controlled by the government entity to an amateur sports organization or a child, regardless of whether the government entity charges a fee for the use; or

(iii) free play or recess taking place during school hours.

(6) "Traumatic head injury" means an injury to the head arising from blunt trauma, an acceleration force, or a deceleration force, with one of the following observed or self-reported conditions attributable to the injury:

(a) transient confusion, disorientation, or impaired consciousness;

(b) dysfunction of memory;

(c) loss of consciousness; or

(d) signs of other neurological or neuropsychological dysfunction, including:

(i) seizures;

(ii) irritability;

(iii) lethargy;

(iv) vomiting;

(v) headache;

(vi) dizziness; or

(vii) fatigue.

Amended by Chapter 18, 2013 General Session