{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-10-103","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 78B-10-103","heading":"Scope.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2) or (3), this chapter applies to a mediation in which:\n(a) the mediation parties are required to mediate by statute, court, or administrative agency rule or referred to mediation by a court, administrative agency, or arbitrator;\n(b) the mediation parties and the mediator agree to mediate in a record that demonstrates an expectation that mediation communications will be privileged against disclosure; or\n(c) the mediation parties use as a mediator an individual who holds himself or herself out as a mediator or the mediation is provided by an entity that holds itself out as providing mediation.\n(2) The chapter does not apply to a mediation:\n(a) relating to the establishment, negotiation, administration, or termination of a collective bargaining relationship;\n(b) relating to a dispute that is pending under or is part of the processes established by a collective bargaining agreement, except that the chapter applies to a mediation arising out of a dispute that has been filed with an administrative agency or court;\n(c) conducted by a judge as a part of the judge's official judicial duties; or\n(d) conducted under the auspices of:\n(i) a primary or secondary school if all the parties are students; or\n(ii) a correctional institution for youths if all the parties are residents of that institution.\n(3) If the parties agree in advance in a signed record, or a record of proceeding reflects agreement by the parties, that all or part of a mediation is not privileged, the privileges under Sections 78B-10-104 through 78B-10-106 do not apply to the mediation or part agreed upon. However, Sections 78B-10-104 through 78B-10-106 apply to a mediation communication made by a person that has not received actual notice of the agreement before the communication is made.","path":["Title 78B Judicial Code","Chapter 78B-10 Utah Uniform Mediation Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter10/78B-10-S103.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"23d503268256a9c2458ff8413fed993ab43339859845d17fbce64f0cd533fdc9","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-10-102","next":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-10-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}