2021 Utah Code
Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 23 - Health Spa Services Protection Act
Section 2 - Definitions.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 13-23-2 (2021)
Effective 5/5/2021
13-23-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
  • (1) "Business enterprise" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity used in carrying on a business.
  • (2) "Consumer" means a purchaser of health spa services for consideration.
  • (3) "Consumer's primary location" means the health spa facility that a health spa designates in a contract for health spa services as the health spa facility the consumer will primarily use for health spa services.
  • (4) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection.
  • (5)
    • (a) "Health spa" means a business enterprise that provides access to a facility:
      • (i) for a charge or a fee; and
      • (ii) for the development or preservation of physical fitness or well-being, through exercise, weight control, or athletics.
    • (b) "Health spa" does not include:
      • (i) a licensed physician who operates a facility at which the physician engages in the practice of medicine;
      • (ii) a hospital, intermediate care facility, or skilled nursing care facility;
      • (iii) a public or private school, college, or university;
      • (iv) the state or a political subdivision of the state;
      • (v) the United States or a political subdivision of the United States;
      • (vi) a person offering instruction if the person does not:
        • (A) utilize an employee or independent contractor; or
        • (B) grant a consumer the use of a facility containing exercise equipment;
      • (vii) a business enterprise, the primary operation of which is to teach self-defense or a martial art, including kickboxing, judo, or karate;
      • (viii) a business enterprise, the primary operation of which is to teach or allow an individual to develop a specific skill rather than develop or preserve physical fitness, including gymnastics, tennis, rock climbing, or a winter sport;
      • (ix) a business enterprise, the primary operation of which is to teach or allow an individual to practice yoga or Pilates;
      • (x) a private employer who owns and operates a facility exclusively for the benefit of the employer's employees, retirees, or family members, if the operation of the facility:
        • (A) is only incidental to the overall function and purpose of the employer's business; and
        • (B) is offered on a nonprofit basis;
      • (xi) an individual providing professional services within the scope of the individual's license with the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing;
      • (xii) a country club;
      • (xiii) a nonprofit religious, ethnic, or community organization;
      • (xiv) a residential weight reduction center;
      • (xv) a business enterprise that only offers virtual services;
      • (xvi) a business enterprise that only offers a credit for a service that a separate business enterprise offers;
      • (xvii) the owner of a lodging establishment, as defined in Section 29-2-102, if the owner only provides access to the lodging establishment's facility to:
        • (A) a guest, as defined in Section 29-2-102; or
        • (B) an operator or employee of the lodging establishment;
      • (xviii) an association, declarant, owner, lessor, or developer of a residential housing complex, planned community, or development, if at least 80% of the individuals accessing the facility reside in the housing complex, planned community, or development; or
      • (xix) a person offering a personal training service exclusively as an employee or independent contractor of a health spa.
  • (6) "Health spa facility" means a facility to which a business entity provides access:
    • (a) for a charge or a fee; and
    • (b) for the development or preservation of physical fitness or well-being, through exercise, weight control, or athletics.
  • (7)
    • (a) "Health spa service" means instruction, a service, a privilege, or a right that a health spa offers for sale.
    • (b) "Health spa service" includes a personal training service.
  • (8) "Personal training service" means the personalized instruction, training, supervision, or monitoring of an individual's physical fitness or well-being, through exercise, weight control, or athletics.


Amended by Chapter 266, 2021 General Session
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