Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17 > Chapter 26 - County Hospitals

• Consumer: means an individual who is not a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Consumer reporting agency: means a person who, for fees, dues, or on a cooperative basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information concerning a consumer's credit or other information for the purpose of furnishing a credit report to another person. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Consumer who is subject to a protected consumer security freeze: means an individual:

  (a)	for whom a credit reporting agency placed a security freeze under Section 13-45-503; and

  (b)

  who, on the day on which a request for the removal of the security freeze is submitted under Section 13-45-504, is not a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to: (a)  the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and (b)  those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101 Protected consumer: means an individual who, at the time a request for a security freeze is made, is: (a)  less than 16 years of age; (b)  an incapacitated person; or (c)  a protected person. See Utah Code 13-45-102 Record: means a compilation of information that: (a)  identifies a protected consumer; (b)  is created by a consumer reporting agency solely for the purpose of complying with this section; and (c)  may not be created or used to consider the protected consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living. See Utah Code 13-45-102 Representative: means a person who provides to a consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of authority to act on behalf of a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102 security freeze: means : (1)  if a consumer reporting agency does not have a file that pertains to a protected consumer, a restriction that: (a)  is placed on the protected consumer's record in accordance with this part; and (b)  except as otherwise provided in this part, prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing the protected consumer's record; or (2)  if a consumer reporting agency has a file that pertains to the protected consumer, a restriction that: (a)  is placed on the protected consumer's credit report in accordance with this part; and (b)  except as otherwise provided in this part, prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing the protected consumer's credit report or any information derived from the protected consumer's credit report. See Utah Code 13-45-502