{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-13-53-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 13-53-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Division\" means the Division of Consumer Protection.\n(2) \"Human services program\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-101.\n(3) \"Participant\" means an individual who:\n(a) resides at a residential vocational or life skills program facility;\n(b) receives from the residential vocational or life skills program:\n(i) vocational training; or\n(ii) life skills training; and\n(c) does not receive monetary compensation from the residential vocational or life skills program.\n(4) \"Postsecondary school\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-34-101.\n(5) \"Residential vocational or life skills program\" means a program that:\n(a) is operated by a nonprofit corporation, as defined in Section 16-6a-102;\n(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;\n(c) operates on a mutually voluntary basis with each participant;\n(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;\n(e) may house transitional graduates for a fee;\n(f) provides vocational or life skills training to participants;\n(g) maintains a director or senior staff member at a program facility at all times when the facility is in use;\n(h) does not provide mental health services;\n(i) does not provide substance use disorder treatment;\n(j) does not accept payment from an insurance provider for a participant;\n(k) does not award a degree, diploma, or other educational credential commensurate with a degree or diploma;\n(l) does not hold itself out as a human services program; and\n(m) does not hold itself out as a postsecondary school.\n(6) \"Transitional graduate\" means an individual who:\n(a) graduated from a residential vocational or life skills program;\n(b) continues to reside at the residential vocational or life skills program facility; and\n(c) is employed by an entity not directly affiliated with the residential vocational or life skills program.\n(7) \"Vocational training entity\" is a commercial entity where a participant receives vocational training.","path":["Title 13 Commerce and Trade","Chapter 13-53 Residential Vocational Or Life Skills Program Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter53/13-53-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"4f96e6f76e7382acbfd6156ebcaaa6ff97efeca43e0c41e92404999d5f8e70d1","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-13-52-501","next":"us-ut/utah-code-13-53-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}