administer. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Authorizing medical professional" means a practitioner: (i) who is licensed under Section 58-37-105; (ii) who is acting within the scope of the license described in Section 58-37-105; and (iii) whose scope of practice under the license described in Section 58-37-105, as described in this title and rules the division makes, includes the ability to provide verbal orders. (b) "Emergency medical service personnel" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101. (c) "Emergency medical services" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101. (d) (i) "Emergency medical services agency" means an organization that provides emergency medical services. (ii) "Emergency medical services agency" includes emergency medical service providers as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101. (e) "Emergency medical service vehicle" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101. (f) "Licensee" means a registered agency that is issued a controlled substance license in accordance with this section. (g) "Medical director" means a physician who: (i) is registered under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 823(g); (ii) provides oversight to an emergency medical services agency; and (iii) is an authorizing medical professional. (h) "Physician" means an individual licensed under: (i) Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or (ii) Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. (i) "Registered agency" means an emergency medical services agency that is registered under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 823(k). (j) "Registered location" means a location on a United States Drug Enforcement Administration certificate of registration issued to an emergency medical services agency where the agency receives controlled substances from a distributor. (k) "Standing order" means a written medical protocol that: (i) a medical director issues; (ii) establishes the medical criteria that shall be met before controlled substances are administered to an individual who needs emergency medical services; and (iii) authorizes emergency medical service personnel to administer a controlled substance in Schedules II through V to an individual who needs emergency medical services outside the physical presence of the medical director or other authorizing medical professional. (l) "Stationhouse" means an enclosed structure that: (i) houses one or more emergency medical service vehicles of a registered agency; and (ii) the registered agency is actively using for emergency response. (m) "Verbal order" means an oral directive that is given through any method of communication directly to emergency medical service personnel to contemporaneously administer a controlled substance to an individual who needs emergency medical services outside the physical presence of the medical director or other authorizing medical professional. (2) (a) The division may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, relating to the licensing and control of the distribution, dispensing, and administration of controlled substances within this state by a registered agency. (b) In making the rules described in this Subsection (2), the division shall consult with the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section 53-2d-102. (c) The rules the division makes under this section shall include rules addressing: (i) the storage of controlled substances by a registered agency; (ii) restocking controlled substances in a registered agency's emergency medical service vehicle at a hospital; (iii) creating and maintaining records and inventories of controlled substances distributed, dispensed, and administered by a registered agency and emergency medical service personnel; (iv) procedures for proceedings, not inconsistent with this section and substantially similar to the procedures described in Chapter 1, Division of Professional Licensing Act, to: (A) deny, revoke, or suspend a license; and (B) appeal a decision to deny, revoke, or suspend a license; and (v) procedures for adjudication of violations of this section in accordance with Sections
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