13-53-102. Definitions.

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Effective 5/7/2025

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 or life skills program facility;

(b)receives from the residential vocational or life skills program:

(i)vocational training; or

(ii)life skills training; and

(c)does not receive monetary compensation from the residential vocational or life skills program.

(4)"Postsecondary school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-34-101 .

(5)"Residential vocational or 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 or life skills training to participants;

(g)maintains a director or senior staff member at a program facility at all times when the facility is in use;

(h)does not provide mental health services;

(i)does not provide substance use disorder treatment;

(j)does not accept payment from an insurance provider for a participant;

(k)does not award a degree, diploma, or other educational credential commensurate with a degree or diploma;

(l)does not hold itself out as a human services program; and

(m)does not hold itself out as a postsecondary school.

(6)"Transitional graduate" means an individual who:

(a)graduated from a residential vocational or life skills program;

(b)continues to reside at the residential vocational or life skills program facility; and

(c)is employed by an entity not directly affiliated with the residential vocational or life skills program.

(7)"Vocational training entity" is a commercial entity where a participant receives vocational training.

Amended by Chapter 51 , 2025 General Session