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2020 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 53 - Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Act
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 102 - Definitions.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 26-53-102 (2020)
26-53-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Amended by Chapter 18, 2013 General Session
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.
- (a) "Amateur sports organization" means, except as provided in Subsection (2)(b):
- (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.
- (a) "Sporting event" means any of the following athletic activities that is organized, managed, or sponsored by an organization:
- (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
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