Utah Code § 13-53-102

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session

Section 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 and life skills program facility;

(b) receives from the residential, vocational and life skills program:

(i) vocational training; or

(ii) life skills training; and

(c) does not receive monetary compensation from the residential, vocational and life skills program.

(4) "Postsecondary school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-34-101.

(5) "Residential, vocational and 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 training to participants;

(g) provides life skills training to participants;

(h) maintains a director or senior staff member at a program facility at all times when the facility is in use;

(i) does not provide mental health services;

(j) does not provide substance use disorder treatment;

(k) does not accept payment from an insurance provider for a participant;

(l) does not award a degree, diploma, or other educational credential commensurate with a degree or diploma;

(m) does not hold itself out as a human services program; and

(n) does not hold itself out as a postsecondary school.

(6) "Transitional graduate" means an individual who:

(a) graduated from a residential, vocational and life skills program;

(b) continues to reside at the residential, vocational and life skills program facility; and

(c) is employed by an entity not directly affiliated with the residential, vocational and life skills program.

(7) "Vocational training entity" is a commercial entity where a participant receives vocational training.

Utah Code § 13-53-102

Amended by Chapter 458, 2023 General Session ,§ 23, eff. 1/1/2024.

Added by Chapter 252, 2018 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/8/2018.