(1)  Before accepting a participant, a residential, vocational and life skills program shall provide to the prospective participant a written disclosure.

Terms Used In Utah Code 13-53-106

  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-53-102
  • Participant: means an individual who:
(a) resides at a residential, vocational and life skills program facility;
(b) receives from the residential, vocational and life skills program:
(i) vocational training; or
(ii) life skills training; and
(c) does not receive monetary compensation from the residential, vocational and life skills program. See Utah Code 13-53-102
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Vocational training entity: is a commercial entity where a participant receives vocational training. See Utah Code 13-53-102
  • (2)  The written disclosure shall include:

    (a)  a statement that the program is a registered residential, vocational and life skills program, but that the residential, vocational and life skills program is not endorsed by the state or the division;

    (b)  a statement that the prospective participant’s continuation in the program is voluntary and that a participant may leave at any time;

    (c)  the conditions under which a participant is removed from the residential, vocational and life skills program or required to leave a program facility;

    (d)  a statement that the residential, vocational and life skills program will contact Adult Probation and Parole, if required by law; and

    (e)  a description of:

    (i)  the lodging, food, clothing, and other resources that are available to a participant;

    (ii)  the nature and scope of the residential, vocational and life skills program, including any activities or work that a participant is required to perform;

    (iii)  the scope and substance of peer-led activities;

    (iv)  the types of vocational training available to a participant, including the limitations on availability;

    (v)  the nature and extent of possible exposure to profanity, accusation, confrontation, nonphysical threats, or nonphysical corrective interaction;

    (vi)  the terms of any prohibition from contact with a participant’s family, friends, or associates; and

    (vii)  any crimes committed within the previous two years at the residential, vocational and life skills program facility or at a vocational training entity affiliated with the residential, vocational and life skills program.

    Enacted by Chapter 252, 2018 General Session