{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-15-4-6.7","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 15-4-6.7","heading":"Medical and miscellaneous expenses of a child -- Collection and billing pursuant to court or administrative order of child support.","body":"(1) When a court or an administrative agency enters an order that provides for the payment of medical and dental expenses of a child as described in Section 26B-9-224 or 81-6-202, a provider who receives a copy of the order:\n(a) at or before the time the provider renders medical or dental services to the child, and upon request from a parent, shall separately bill each parent for the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order; or\n(b) within 30 days after the day on which the provider renders the medical or dental service to the child, may not:\n(i) make a claim for unpaid medical and dental expenses against a parent who has paid in full the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order; or\n(ii) make a negative credit report under Section 70C-7-107, or a report of the debtor's repayment practices or credit history under Title 7, Chapter 14, Credit Information Exchange, regarding a parent who has paid in full the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order.\n(2)\n(a) When a court enters an order that provides for the payment of school fees of a child in a separate maintenance action under Section 81-4-204 or in a divorce action under Section 81-4-406:\n(i) a provider, who receives a copy of the order before the day on which the provider first issues a bill for a school fee and upon request from a parent, shall separately bill each parent for the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order;\n(ii) a provider, who receives a copy of the order, regardless of whether the provider receives the copy before, on, or after the day on which the provider first issues a bill for the school fee, may not make a negative credit report under Section 70C-7-107, or report of the debtor's repayment practices or credit history under Title 7, Chapter 14, Credit Information Exchange, regarding a parent who has paid in full the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order; and\n(iii) each parent is liable only for the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order.\n(b) A provider may bill a parent for the parent's share of a child's school fee under an order described in Subsection (2)(a) regardless of whether the provider grants the other parent a waiver for all or a portion of the other parent's share of the child's school fee.","path":["Title 15 Contracts and Obligations in General","Chapter 15-4 Joint Obligations"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15/Chapter4/15-4-S6.7.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"0cf8e6a2252976f40cc3deda8ebc821417b76d277d0fb339e3622d6a41e458f2","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-15-4-6.5","next":"us-ut/utah-code-15-4-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}