Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R380 - Administration
Rule R380-60 - Local Health Department Emergency Protocols
Section R380-60-2 - Definitions

(1) Administer - means the direct application of a drug or device, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or by any other means, to the body of a human by another person.

(2) Controlled Substance - as defined in Utah Code Annotated Title 58-37-2.

(3) Closed Point of Dispensing (Closed POD)- A closed POD is a private location where medications are dispensed to a specific group of people.

(4) Declaration of Emergency - means the declaration of a national, state ( Utah Code Annotated Title 53-2a-206 ), local ( Utah Code Annotate Title 53-2a-208 ) or public health emergency ( Utah Code Annotated Title 26-23b-102(6) ).

(5) Department - means the Utah Department of Health.

(6) Dispense - means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order or device or nonprescription drug or device under a lawful order of a practitioner in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration or use.

(7) Distribute - means to deliver a drug or device other than by administering or dispensing.

(8) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) - means the authority of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the emergency use of drugs, devices, and medical products (including diagnostics) that were not previously approved, cleared, or licensed by FDA (hereafter, "unapproved") or the off-label use of approved products in certain well-defined emergency situations.

(9) Local Health Department - means a county or multicounty local health department established under Utah Code Title 26A.

(10) Receiving Facility - means a facility that is designated by the local health department to receive medications or supplies.

(11) Strategic National Stockpile - means a national repository of antibiotics, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, life-support medications, IV administration, airway maintenance supplies, and medical/surgical items.

(12) Triage - for purposes of this rule means the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients according to priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors and optimize the use of available resources.