2022 Utah Code
Title 58 - Occupations and Professions
Chapter 50 - Private Probation Provider Licensing Act
Section 9 - Standards of conduct for private probation providers -- Contracts -- Reports.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 58-50-9 (2022)
Effective 5/4/2022
58-50-9. Standards of conduct for private probation providers -- Contracts -- Reports.
  • (1) The private probation provider:
    • (a) shall maintain impartiality toward all parties;
    • (b) shall ensure that all parties understand the nature of the process, the procedure, the particular role of the private probation provider, and the parties' relationship to the private probation provider;
    • (c) shall maintain confidentiality or, in cases where confidentiality is not protected, the private probation provider shall so advise the parties;
    • (d) shall disclose any circumstance that may create or give the appearance of a conflict of interest and any circumstance that may reasonably raise a question as to the private probation provider's impartiality; if the contract probation supervisor perceives or believes a conflict of interest to exist, the contract probation supervisor shall refrain from entering into those probation services;
    • (e) shall adhere to the standards regarding private probation services adopted by the licensing board;
    • (f) shall comply with orders of court and perform services as directed by judges in individual cases;
    • (g) shall perform duties established under Section 77-18-105, as ordered by the court;
    • (h) beginning July 1, 2022, may not provide private probation in a county where an agency of local government provides probation services unless the private probation provider has entered into a contract with the agency of local government; and
    • (i) shall provide a report each month to each county sheriff where the private probation provider provides private probation identifying:
      • (i) each individual currently supervised in the county by the private probation provider;
      • (ii) the crimes each individual supervised committed;
      • (iii) the level of supervision that is being provided for each individual; and
      • (iv) any other information related to the provision of private probation that the county sheriff determines is relevant.
  • (2) A contract described in Subsection (1)(h) shall include a description of the fees the private probation provider will charge a defendant who is supervised by the private probation provider.


Amended by Chapter 115, 2022 General Session
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