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