§ 58-81-103. Eligibility for volunteer health care practitioner license -- Delegation of service agreement. (Effective 5/13/2014)

(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:

(a) certifies to the division and board that the applicant will be engaged exclusively in volunteer health care services; and

(b) completes an application for a volunteer health care practitioner license, which includes documentation:

(i) of professional education, exams passed, and graduation;

(ii) of practice history;

(iii) of a qualified location for which the health care practitioner will be practicing;

(iv) identifying the supervising health care practitioner and the supervising health care practitioner's delegation of service agreement with the volunteer practitioner; and

(v) that the applicant has:

(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;

(B) never been the subject of any significant disciplinary action in any jurisdiction; and

(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) A health care provider who has agreed to be a supervising professional for a volunteer at a qualified location shall:

(a) enter into a delegation of service agreement with the volunteer health care practitioner;

(b) agree to provide the level of supervision required in Subsection 58-81-102(6);

(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;

(d) include in the delegation of service agreement that the volunteer may not prescribe a controlled substance to himself, the volunteer's family, or a staff member of the qualified location; and

(e) forward the delegation of service agreement to the division.

Amended by Chapter 49, 2014 General Session