2006 Utah Code - 78-30-1.1 — Definitions.

     78-30-1.1.   Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:
     (1) "Adoption service provider" means a:
     (a) child-placing agency; or
     (b) licensed counselor who has at least one year of experience providing professional social work services to:
     (i) adoptive parents; or
     (ii) birth parents.
     (2) "Child-placing agency" means an agency licensed to place children for adoption under Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Part 6, Child Placing.
     (3) "Division" means the Division of Child and Family Services, within the Department of Human Services, created in Section 62A-4a-103.
     (4) "Licensed counselor" means a person who is licensed by the state, or another state, district, or territory of the United States as a:
     (a) certified social worker;
     (b) clinical social worker;
     (c) psychologist;
     (d) marriage and family therapist;
     (e) professional counselor; or
     (f) an equivalent licensed professional of another state, district, or territory of the United States.
     (5) "Parent," for purposes of Section 78-30-3.3, means any person described in Subsections 78-30-4.14(1)(b) through (f) from whom consent for adoption or relinquishment for adoption is required under Section 78-30-4.14.
     (6) "Unmarried biological father" means a person who:
     (a) is the biological father of a child; and
     (b) was not married to the biological mother of the child described in Subsection (6)(a) at the time of the child's:
     (i) conception; or
     (ii) birth.

Amended by Chapter 186, 2006 General Session