Full text of Utah Utah Code § 13-53-102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-53-102. Definitions.
Effective 5/7/2025 13-53-102.
Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection.
(2)
"Human services program" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-101.
(3)
"Participant" means an individual who:
(a)
resides at a residential vocational or life skills program facility;
(b)
receives from the residential vocational or life skills program:
(i)
vocational training; or
(ii)
life skills training; and
(c)
does not receive monetary compensation from the residential vocational or life skills program.
(4)
"Postsecondary school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-34-101.
(5)
"Residential vocational or life skills program" means a program that:
(a)
is operated by a nonprofit corporation, as defined in Section 16-6a-102;
(b)
does not accept local, state, or federal government funding, government grant money, or any other form of government assistance to operate or provide services or training;
(c)
operates on a mutually voluntary basis with each participant;
(d)
houses at a program facility in this state participants who are unrelated to an owner or a manager of the program facility without charging money for lodging, food, clothing, or training;
(e)
may house transitional graduates for a fee;
(f)
provides vocational or life skills training to participants;
(g)
maintains a director or senior staff member at a program facility at all times when the facility is in use;
(h)
does not provide mental health services;
(i)
does not provide substance use disorder treatment;
(j)
does not accept payment from an insurance provider for a participant;
(k)
does not award a degree, diploma, or other educational credential commensurate with a degree or diploma;
(l)
does not hold itself out as a human services program; and
(m)
does not hold itself out as a postsecondary school.
(6)
"Transitional graduate" means an individual who:
(a)
graduated from a residential vocational or life skills program;
(b)
continues to reside at the residential vocational or life skills program facility; and
(c)
is employed by an entity not directly affiliated with the residential vocational or life skills program.
(7)
"Vocational training entity" is a commercial entity where a participant receives vocational training.
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