Full text of Utah Utah Code § 17-72-101 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-72-101. Definitions.
Effective 7/1/2026 17-72-101.
Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Commissary account" means an account from which a prisoner may withdraw money, deposited by the prisoner or another individual, to purchase discretionary items for sale by a correctional facility.
(2)
"Commissary purchase" means a transaction initiated by a prisoner by which the prisoner obtains an item or items offered for sale by the correctional facility in exchange for money withdrawn from the prisoner's commissary account.
(3)
"Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-16b-102.
(4)
"County inmate" means an inmate who is sentenced to a county jail.
(5)
"Cross-sex hormone treatment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001.
(6)
"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice created in Section 75E-2-102.
(7)
(a)
"In-custody death" means a prisoner death that occurs while the prisoner is in the custody of a county jail.
(b)
"In-custody death" includes a prisoner death that occurs while the prisoner is:
(i)
being transported for health care; or
(ii)
receiving health care outside of a county jail.
(8)
"Inmate" means a prisoner who is in the custody of a correctional facility following a criminal conviction.
(9)
"Medication assisted treatment plan" means a prescription plan to use prescribed medication approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone to treat substance use withdrawal symptoms or an opioid use disorder.
(10)
"Notice" means all papers and orders, except process, required to be served in any proceeding before any court, board, commission, or officer, or when required by law to be served independently of a court proceeding.
(11)
"Opiate" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-101.
(12)
"Primary sex characteristic surgical procedure" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001.
(13)
"Prisoner" means an individual who is:
(a)
in custody of a peace officer in accordance with a lawful arrest; or
(b)
confined in a county jail.
(14)
"Police interlocal entity" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 17-76-201 and 17-76-301.
(15)
"Police special district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-76-201.
(16)
"Probationer" means an individual on probation under the supervision of the county sheriff.
(17)
"Process" means all writs, warrants, summonses and orders of the courts of justice or judicial officers.
(18)
(a)
"Qualifying domestic violence offense" means, except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), the same as that term is defined in Section 77-36-1.1.
(b)
"Qualifying domestic violence offense" does not include criminal mischief as that term is defined in Section 76-6-106.
(19)
"State inmate" means an inmate who is sentenced to the Department of Corrections, created in Section 64-13-2, even if the inmate is in the custody of a county jail.
(20)
"Secondary sex characteristic surgical procedure" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001.
(21)
"Violent felony" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-3-203.5.
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