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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 13. Commerce and Trade § 13-53-102. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-13-commerce-and-trade/ut-code-sect-13-53-102/
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