Utah Health Code
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act
Section 204
No effect on credentialing and privileging.
     26-49-204.   No effect on credentialing and privileging.
     (1) For purposes of this section:
     (a) "Credentialing" means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services.
     (b) "Privileging" means the authorizing by an appropriate authority of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.
     (2) This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility, and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.

Enacted by Chapter 242, 2008 General Session
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