2019 Utah Code
Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 53 - Residential, Vocational and Life Skills Program Act
Section 102 - Definitions.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 13-53-102 (2019)
Effective 5/8/2018
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 62A-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) "Proprietary school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-34-102.
  • (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 proprietary 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.


Enacted by Chapter 252, 2018 General Session
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