{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-5-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 63G-5-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Agency\" is defined in Section 63G-4-103.\n(2) \"Alternative dispute resolution\" or \"ADR\" means a process other than litigation used to resolve disputes including mediation, arbitration, facilitation, regulatory negotiation, fact-finding, conciliation, early neutral evaluation, and policy dialogues.\n(3) \"ADR organization\" is defined in Section 78B-6-202.\n(4)\n(a) \"ADR provider\" means a neutral person who:\n(i) meets the qualifications established by Judicial Council rules authorized under Section 78B-6-205; and\n(ii) conducts an ADR procedure.\n(b) \"ADR provider\" includes an arbitrator, mediator, and early neutral evaluator and may be an employee or an independent contractor.\n(5) \"Arbitration\" means a private hearing before an ADR provider or panel of ADR providers who hear the evidence, consider the contentions of the parties, and enter a written award to resolve the issues presented.\n(6) \"Mediation\" is defined in Section 78B-6-202.\n(7) \"Neutral\" means a person who holds himself out to the public as a qualified person trained to use alternative dispute resolution techniques to resolve conflicts.","path":["Title 63G General Government","Chapter 63G-5 Governmental Dispute Resolution Act","Part 63G-5-1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter5/63G-5-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"f2037bcb67deed40a11ae2e93dfdfe7cc66e703e486503a776942718168bc971","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-5-101","next":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-5-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}