R156-78B-16d. Affidavits of Merit - Health Care Provider Affiant or Affiants

  The health care provider who signs an affidavit of merit under Subsection 78B-3-423(4) and R156-78B-16c is clarified as follows. The health care provider shall:

  (1) if none of the respondents is a physician or an osteopathic physician, be one or more health care providers who hold an active and in good standing license in Utah or another state in the same specialty or the same class of license as the respondents; or

  (2) if at least one of the respondents is a physician or an osteopathic physician, be exclusively a physician who is licensed and in good standing in Utah or another state to practice medicine in all of its branches.