26-49-204 - No effect on credentialing and privileging. - Utah Statutes

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 ahealth practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services.
(b) "Privileging" means the authorizing by an appropriate authority of a healthpractitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limitsbased 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 anemergency declaration is in effect.

Enacted by Chapter 242, 2008 General Session