Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 23 > Part 6 – Disability Benefit
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§ 49-23-601 | Long-term disability coverage |
§ 49-23-602 | Benefit protection contract |
Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 23 > Part 6 - Disability Benefit
- Compensation: includes performance-based bonuses and cost-of-living adjustments. See Utah Code 49-23-102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Firefighter service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
(i) a firefighter service employee trained in firefighter techniques and assigned to a position of hazardous duty with a regularly constituted fire department; (ii) the state fire marshal appointed under Section 53-7-103 or a deputy state fire marshal; or (iii) a firefighter service employee who is: (A) hired on or after July 1, 2021; (B) trained in firefighter techniques; (C) assigned to a position of hazardous duty; and (D) employed by the state as a participating employer. See Utah Code 49-23-102 - Firefighter service employee: means an employee of a participating employer who provides firefighter service under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-23-102
- Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Participating employer: means an employer that meets the participation requirements of:
(a) Sections 49-14-201 and 49-14-202; (b) Sections 49-15-201 and 49-15-202; (c) Sections 49-16-201 and 49-16-202; or (d) Sections 49-23-201 and 49-23-202. See Utah Code 49-23-102 - Program: means the Public Employees' Insurance Program created under Chapter 20, Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act, or the Public Employees' Long-Term Disability program created under Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Public safety service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
(i) a law enforcement officer in accordance with Section 53-13-103; (ii) a correctional officer in accordance with Section 53-13-104; (iii) a special function officer approved in accordance with Sections 49-15-201 and 53-13-105; (iv) a dispatcher who is certified in accordance with Section 53-6-303; (v) a full-time member of the Board of Pardons and Parole created under Section 77-27-2; (vi) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety; or (vii) the executive director of the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 49-23-102 - Public safety service employee: means an employee of a participating employer who performs public safety service under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-23-102
- Volunteer firefighter: means any individual who is not regularly employed as a firefighter service employee, but who:
(i) has been trained in firefighter techniques and skills; (ii) continues to receive regular firefighter training; and (iii) is on the rolls of a legally organized volunteer fire department that provides ongoing training and serves a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 49-23-102