§ 64-13-1 Definitions
§ 64-13-2 Creation of department
§ 64-13-3 Executive director
§ 64-13-6 Department duties
§ 64-13-7 Offenders in custody of department
§ 64-13-7.5 Persons in need of mental health services — Contracts
§ 64-13-8 Designation of employee powers
§ 64-13-10 Department duties — Rulemaking authority
§ 64-13-10.4 Entry of an inmate — Identification application requests
§ 64-13-10.6 Transition and reentry of an inmate at termination of incarceration
§ 64-13-12 Assistance to sheriffs
§ 64-13-13 Administrators
§ 64-13-14 Secure correctional facilities
§ 64-13-14.5 Limits of confinement place — Release status — Work release
§ 64-13-14.7 Victim notification of offender’s release
§ 64-13-15 Property of offender — Storage and disposal
§ 64-13-16 Inmate employment
§ 64-13-17 Visitors to correctional facilities — Correspondence
§ 64-13-18 Copy of sentence of incarceration
§ 64-13-19 Labor at correctional facilities
§ 64-13-20 Investigative services — Presentence investigation reports
§ 64-13-21 Supervision of sentenced offenders placed in community — Rulemaking — POST certified parole or probation officers and peace officers — Duties — Supervision fee
§ 64-13-21.2 Offender supervision dedicated credits
§ 64-13-21.5 Powers of correctional officers and POST certified correctional enforcement or investigation officers
§ 64-13-23 Offender’s income and finances
§ 64-13-24 Standards for staff training
§ 64-13-25 Standards for programs — Audits
§ 64-13-26 Private providers of services
§ 64-13-27 Records — Access
§ 64-13-29 Violation of parole or probation — Detention — Hearing
§ 64-13-30 Expenses incurred by offenders — Payment to department or county jail — Medical care expenses and copayments
§ 64-13-30.5 Payment by inmate for postsecondary educational tuition
§ 64-13-31 Emergencies
§ 64-13-32 Discipline of offenders — Use of force
§ 64-13-33 Fines for violation of department rules — Debt collection
§ 64-13-34 Safety of offenders
§ 64-13-36 Testing of prisoners for AIDS and HIV infection — Medical care — Department authority
§ 64-13-37 Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease
§ 64-13-38 Emergency release due to overcrowding
§ 64-13-39 Standards for health care facilities
§ 64-13-39.5 Definitions — Health care for chronically or terminally ill offenders — Notice to health care facility
§ 64-13-39.6 Penalty
§ 64-13-40 Worship for native American inmates
§ 64-13-41 Limitations on offender access to sexually explicit material
§ 64-13-42 Prison Telephone Surcharge Account — Funding inmate and offender education and training programs
§ 64-13-43 Use of state vehicles by department personnel
§ 64-13-44 Posthumous organ donations by inmates
§ 64-13-45 Department reporting requirements
§ 64-13-46 Pregnant inmates
§ 64-13-46.5 Correctional facility nursery
§ 64-13-47 Prison Sexual Assault Prevention Program
§ 64-13-48 Educational and career-readiness programs
§ 64-13-49 Inmate medical notification

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 64 > Chapter 13 - Department of Corrections - State Prison

  • Actuarial certification: means a written statement by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries or other individual approved by the commissioner that a covered carrier is in compliance with this chapter, based upon the examination of the covered carrier, including review of the appropriate records and of the actuarial assumptions and methods used by the covered carrier in establishing premium rates for applicable health benefit plans. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Administrator: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection (182). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Affiliate: is a s defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Affiliate: means a person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • affiliated: means a person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified person. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Agency: means :
    (a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
    (b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Application: means a document:
    (a) 
    (i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and
    (ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:
    (A) insure the risk under:
    (I) the coverage as originally offered; or
    (II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
    (B) decline to insure the risk; or
    (b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Association: means the Utah Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association continued under Section 31A-28-106. See Utah Code 31A-28-105
  • Association account: means the Utah Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Account created by Section 31A-28-205. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bail bond: means a bail bond insurance product for a specified monetary amount that is:
    (a) executed by a bail bond producer licensed in accordance with Section 31A-35-401; and
    (b) issued to a court, magistrate, or authorized officer to secure:
    (i) the release of a person from incarceration; and
    (ii) the appearance of the released person at court hearings the person is required to attend. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Bail bond agency: means any sole proprietor or entity that:
    (a) is licensed under Subsection 31A-35-404(1) or (2);
    (b) 
    (i) is the agent of a surety insurer that sells a bail bond in connection with judicial proceedings;
    (ii) pledges the assets of a letter of credit from a Utah depository institution for a bail bond in connection with judicial proceedings; or
    (iii) pledges personal or real property, or both, as security for a bail bond in connection with judicial proceedings; and
    (c) receives or is promised money or other things of value for a service described in Subsection (2)(b). See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Bail bond insurance: means a guarantee that a person will attend court when required, up to and including surrender of the person in execution of a sentence imposed under Subsection 77-20-501(1), as a condition to the release of that person from confinement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Bail bond producer: means an individual who:
    (a) is appointed by:
    (i) a surety insurer that sells bail bonds; or
    (ii) a bail bond agency licensed under this chapter;
    (b) is appointed to execute or countersign undertakings of bail in connection with judicial proceedings; and
    (c) receives or is promised money or other things of value for engaging in an act described in Subsection (3)(b). See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Base premium rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period, the lowest premium rate charged or that could have been charged under a rating system for that class of business by the covered carrier to covered insureds with similar case characteristics for health benefit plans with the same or similar coverage. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Behavioral health transition facility: means a nonsecure correctional facility operated by the department for the purpose of providing a therapeutic environment for offenders receiving mental health services. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Board: means the Bail Bond Oversight Board created in Section 31A-35-201. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Board of directors: means the board of directors established under Section 31A-28-107. See Utah Code 31A-28-105
  • board of directors: means the group of persons with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Bona fide employer association: means an association of employers:
    (i) that meets the requirements of Section 31A-22-505;
    (ii) in which the employers of the association, either directly or indirectly, exercise control over the plan;
    (iii) that is organized:
    (A) based on a commonality of interest between the employers and their employees that participate in the plan by some common economic or representation interest or genuine organizational relationship unrelated to the provision of benefits; and
    (B) to act in the best interests of its employers to provide benefits for the employer's employees and their spouses and dependents, and other benefits relating to employment; and
    (iv) whose association sponsored health plan complies with 45 C. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • business of insurance: includes :
    (a) providing health care insurance by an organization that is or is required to be licensed under this title;
    (b) providing a benefit to an employee in the event of a contingency not within the control of the employee, in which the employee is entitled to the benefit as a right, which benefit may be provided either:
    (i) by a single employer or by multiple employer groups; or
    (ii) through one or more trusts, associations, or other entities;
    (c) providing an annuity:
    (i) including an annuity issued in return for a gift; and
    (ii) except an annuity provided by a person specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
    (d) providing the characteristic services of a motor club;
    (e) providing another person with insurance;
    (f) making as insurer, guarantor, or surety, or proposing to make as insurer, guarantor, or surety, a contract or policy offering title insurance;
    (g) transacting or proposing to transact any phase of title insurance, including:
    (i) solicitation;
    (ii) negotiation preliminary to execution;
    (iii) execution of a contract of title insurance;
    (iv) insuring; and
    (v) transacting matters subsequent to the execution of the contract and arising out of the contract, including reinsurance;
    (h) transacting or proposing a life settlement; and
    (i) doing, or proposing to do, any business in substance equivalent to Subsections (95)(a) through (h) in a manner designed to evade this title. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Captive insurance company: means :
    (a) an insurer:
    (i) owned by a parent organization; and
    (ii) whose purpose is to insure risks of the parent organization and other risks as authorized under:
    (A) Chapter 37, Captive Insurance Companies Act; and
    (B) Chapter 37a, Special Purpose Financial Captive Insurance Company Act; or
    (b) in the case of a group or association, an insurer:
    (i) owned by the insureds; and
    (ii) whose purpose is to insure risks of:
    (A) a member organization;
    (B) a group member; or
    (C) an affiliate of:
    (I) a member organization; or
    (II) a group member. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Carrier: means a person that provides health insurance in this state including:
    (a) an insurance company;
    (b) a prepaid hospital or medical care plan;
    (c) a health maintenance organization;
    (d) a multiple employer welfare arrangement; and
    (e) another person providing a health insurance plan under this title. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Case action plan: means a document developed by the Department of Corrections that identifies:
    (a) the program priorities for the treatment of the offender, including the criminal risk factors as determined by risk, needs, and responsivity assessments conducted by the department; and
    (b) clearly defined completion requirements. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • case characteristics: means demographic or other objective characteristics of a covered insured that are considered by the carrier in determining premium rates for the covered insured. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Casualty insurance: means liability insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Certificate: means a certificate of authority issued under this chapter to allow an insurer to operate as a surety insurer. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
    (a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
    (b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Claimant: means :
    (i) an insured making a first-party claim; or
    (ii) a person instituting a liability claim. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Class of business: means all or a separate grouping of covered insureds that is permitted by the commissioner in accordance with Section 31A-30-105. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Community correctional center: means a nonsecure correctional facility operated by the department, but does not include a behavioral health transition facility for the purposes of Section 64-13f-103. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • consultant: means a person who:
    (a) advises another person about insurance needs and coverages;
    (b) is compensated by the person advised on a basis not directly related to the insurance placed; and
    (c) except as provided in Section 31A-23a-501, is not compensated directly or indirectly by an insurer or producer for advice given. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • contract owner: means a person who:
    (i) is identified as the legal owner under the terms of the policy or contract; or
    (ii) is otherwise vested with legal title to the policy or contract through a valid assignment:
    (A) completed in accordance with the terms of the policy or contract; and
    (B) properly recorded as the owner on the books of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-28-105
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
    (i) a corporation doing business:
    (A) as:
    (I) an insurance producer;
    (II) a surplus lines producer;
    (III) a limited line producer;
    (IV) a consultant;
    (V) a managing general agent;
    (VI) a reinsurance intermediary;
    (VII) a third party administrator; or
    (VIII) an adjuster; and
    (B) under:
    (I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;
    (II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
    (III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
    (ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Correctional facility: means any facility operated to house offenders in a secure or nonsecure setting:
    (a) by the department; or
    (b) under a contract with the department. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Covered carrier: means an individual carrier or small employer carrier subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Covered claim: means an unpaid claim, including an unpaid claim under a personal lines policy for unearned premiums submitted by a claimant, if:
    (i) the claim arises out of the coverage;
    (ii) the claim is within the coverage;
    (iii) the claim is not in excess of the applicable limits of an insurance policy to which this part applies;
    (iv) the insurer who issued the policy becomes an insolvent insurer; and
    (v) 
    (A) the claimant or insured is a resident of this state at the time of the insured event; or
    (B) the claim is a first-party claim for damage to property that is permanently located in this state. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Covered individual: means an individual who is covered under a health benefit plan subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Covered insureds: means small employers and individuals who are issued a health benefit plan that is subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Creditor: means a person, including an insured, having a claim, whether:
    (a) matured;
    (b) unmatured;
    (c) liquidated;
    (d) unliquidated;
    (e) secured;
    (f) unsecured;
    (g) absolute;
    (h) fixed; or
    (i) contingent. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Criminal risk factors: means an individual's characteristics and behaviors that:
    (a) affect the individual's risk of engaging in criminal behavior; and
    (b) are diminished when addressed by effective treatment, supervision, and other support resources, resulting in a reduced risk of criminal behavior. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Direct supervision: means a housing and supervision system that is designed to meet the goals described in Subsection 64-13-14(5) and has the elements described in Subsection 64-13-14(6). See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Emergency: means any riot, disturbance, homicide, inmate violence occurring in any correctional facility, or any situation that presents immediate danger to the safety, security, and control of the department. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Employee: means :
    (a) an individual employed by an employer; or
    (b) an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection (53)(b). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Enrollee: includes an insured. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Evidence-based: means a program or practice that has had multiple randomized control studies or a meta-analysis demonstrating that the program or practice is effective for a specific population or has been rated as effective by a standardized program evaluation tool. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Evidence-informed: means a program or practice that is based on research and the experience and expertise of the department. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Exclusion: means for the purposes of accident and health insurance that an insurer does not provide insurance coverage, for whatever reason, for one of the following:
    (a) a specific physical condition;
    (b) a specific medical procedure;
    (c) a specific disease or disorder; or
    (d) a specific prescription drug or class of prescription drugs. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Filed: means that a filing is:
    (i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
    (ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
    (iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
    (A) Section 31A-3-103; or
    (B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
    (a) a policy;
    (b) a rate;
    (c) a form;
    (d) a document;
    (e) a plan;
    (f) a manual;
    (g) an application;
    (h) a report;
    (i) a certificate;
    (j) an endorsement;
    (k) an actuarial certification;
    (l) a licensee annual statement;
    (m) a licensee renewal application;
    (n) an advertisement;
    (o) a binder; or
    (p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Form: means one of the following prepared for general use:
    (i) a policy;
    (ii) a certificate;
    (iii) an application;
    (iv) an outline of coverage; or
    (v) an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Health benefit plan: means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered or issued by an insurer to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care, including major medical expense coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Health care: means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment:
    (a) a professional service;
    (b) a personal service;
    (c) a facility;
    (d) equipment;
    (e) a device;
    (f) supplies; or
    (g) medicine. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • health insurance: means insurance providing:
    (i) a health care benefit; or
    (ii) payment of an incurred health care expense. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Impaired insurer: means a member insurer that is not an insolvent insurer and:
    (a) is considered by the commissioner to be hazardous pursuant to this title; or
    (b) is placed under an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a court of competent jurisdiction. See Utah Code 31A-28-105
  • Index rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period for covered insureds with similar case characteristics, the arithmetic average of the applicable base premium rate and the corresponding highest premium rate. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Individual carrier: means a carrier that provides coverage on an individual basis through a health benefit plan regardless of whether:
    (a) coverage is offered through:
    (i) an association;
    (ii) a trust;
    (iii) a discretionary group; or
    (iv) other similar groups; or
    (b) the policy or contract is situated out-of-state. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Inmate: means an individual who is:
    (a) committed to the custody of the department; and
    (b) housed at a correctional facility or at a county jail at the request of the department. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • insolvent: means that:
    (a) an insurer is unable to pay the insurer's obligations as the obligations are due;
    (b) an insurer's total adjusted capital is less than the insurer's mandatory control level RBC under Subsection 31A-17-601(8)(c); or
    (c) an insurer's admitted assets are less than the insurer's liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insolvent insurer: means a member insurer that is placed under an order of liquidation by a court of competent jurisdiction with a finding of insolvency. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Insurance: includes :
    (i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
    (ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
    (iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • insurance company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
    (i) a fraternal benefit society;
    (ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
    (iii) a motor club;
    (iv) an employee welfare plan;
    (v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
    (vi) a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes:
    (i) a policyholder;
    (ii) a subscriber;
    (iii) a member; and
    (iv) a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Liability insurance: includes :
    (i) vehicle liability insurance;
    (ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
    (iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Limited lines producer: means a person who sells, solicits, or negotiates limited lines insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Liquid assets: means financial holdings that can be converted into cash in a timely manner without the loss of principal. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Member insurer: includes an insurer whose license or certificate of authority in this state may have been:
    (i) suspended;
    (ii) revoked;
    (iii) not renewed; or
    (iv) voluntarily withdrawn. See Utah Code 31A-28-105
  • Member insurer: means any person who:
    (a) writes any kind of insurance to which this part applies under Section 31A-28-202, including the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; and
    (b) is licensed to transact insurance in this state. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Net direct written premiums: means direct gross premiums written in this state on insurance policies that this part applies to, less return premiums and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on the direct business. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • New business premium rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period, the lowest premium rate charged or offered, or that could have been charged or offered, by the carrier to covered insureds with similar case characteristics for newly issued health benefit plans with the same or similar coverage. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Offender: means an individual who has been convicted of a crime for which the individual may be committed to the custody of the department and is at least one of the following:
    (a) committed to the custody of the department;
    (b) on probation; or
    (c) on parole. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: includes :
    (a) an individual;
    (b) a partnership;
    (c) a corporation;
    (d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
    (e) a joint stock company;
    (f) a trust;
    (g) a limited liability company;
    (h) a reciprocal;
    (i) a syndicate; or
    (j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Personal lines policy: means an insurance policy issued to an individual that:
    (a) insures a motor vehicle used for personal purposes and not used in trade or business; or
    (b) insures a residential dwelling. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Plan year: means :
    (a) the year that is designated as the plan year in:
    (i) the plan document of a group health plan; or
    (ii) a summary plan description of a group health plan;
    (b) if the plan document or summary plan description does not designate a plan year or there is no plan document or summary plan description:
    (i) the year used to determine deductibles or limits;
    (ii) the policy year, if the plan does not impose deductibles or limits on a yearly basis; or
    (iii) the employer's taxable year if:
    (A) the plan does not impose deductibles or limits on a yearly basis; and
    (B) 
    (I) the plan is not insured; or
    (II) the insurance policy is not renewed on an annual basis; or
    (c) in a case not described in Subsection (144)(a) or (b), the calendar year. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Policy: includes a service contract issued by:
    (i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;
    (ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and
    (iii) a corporation licensed under:
    (A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or
    (B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Policyholder: means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by ownership, premium payment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • PPACA: means the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Premium: means money paid by covered insureds and covered individuals as a condition of receiving coverage from a covered carrier, including fees or other contributions associated with the health benefit plan. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Premium: includes , however designated:
    (i) an assessment;
    (ii) a membership fee;
    (iii) a required contribution; or
    (iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Principal: means a person that:
    (a) guarantees the performance of a bail bond; or
    (b) owns not less than 10% of the bail bond agency. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Rate: means :
    (i) the cost of a given unit of insurance; or
    (ii) for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:
    (A) a single number; or
    (B) a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:
    (I) expenses;
    (II) profit; and
    (III) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Rating period: means the calendar period for which premium rates established by a covered carrier are assumed to be in effect, as determined by the carrier. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • Rebate: means a licensee paying, allowing, giving, or offering to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly:
    (i) a refund of premium or portion of premium;
    (ii) a refund of commission or portion of commission;
    (iii) a refund of all or a portion of a consultant fee; or
    (iv) providing services or other benefits not specified in an insurance or annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Recidivism: means a return to criminal activity after a previous criminal conviction. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Residence: means , for entities other than a natural person, the state where the principal place of business of a claimant, insured, or policyholder is located at the time of the insured event. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
  • Restitution: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-38b-102. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Rider: means an endorsement to:
    (a) an insurance policy; or
    (b) an insurance certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Risk and needs assessment: means an actuarial tool validated on criminal offenders that determines:
    (a) an individual's risk of reoffending; and
    (b) the criminal risk factors that, when addressed, reduce the individual's risk of reoffending. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Secondary medical condition: means a complication related to an exclusion from coverage in accident and health insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Secure correctional facility: means any prison, penitentiary, or other institution operated by the department or under contract for the confinement of offenders, where force may be used to restrain an offender if the offender attempts to leave the institution without authorization. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Security: means a:
    (i) note;
    (ii) stock;
    (iii) bond;
    (iv) debenture;
    (v) evidence of indebtedness;
    (vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
    (vii) collateral-trust certificate;
    (viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
    (ix) transferable share;
    (x) investment contract;
    (xi) voting trust certificate;
    (xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
    (xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
    (xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
    (xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (171)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
    (xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Sell: means to exchange a contract of insurance:
    (a) by any means;
    (b) for money or its equivalent; and
    (c) on behalf of an insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Serious illness: means , as determined by the inmate's physician, an illness that substantially impairs the inmate's quality of life. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Serious injury: means , as determined by the inmate's physician, bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death, prolonged unconsciousness, prolonged and obvious disfigurement, or prolonged loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Small employer: means , in connection with a health benefit plan and with respect to a calendar year and to a plan year, an employer who:
    (i) 
    (A) employed at least one but not more than 50 eligible employees on business days during the preceding calendar year; or
    (B) if the employer did not exist for the entirety of the preceding calendar year, reasonably expects to employ an average of at least one but not more than 50 eligible employees on business days during the current calendar year;
    (ii) employs at least one employee on the first day of the plan year; and
    (iii) for an employer who has common ownership with one or more other employers, is treated as a single employer under 26 U. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Small employer carrier: means a carrier that provides health benefit plans covering eligible employees of one or more small employers in this state, regardless of whether:
    (a) coverage is offered through:
    (i) an association;
    (ii) a trust;
    (iii) a discretionary group; or
    (iv) other similar grouping; or
    (b) the policy or contract is situated out-of-state. See Utah Code 31A-30-103
  • State-issued driver license: means a driver license issued in accordance with 2, or an equivalent issued by another state. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • State-issued identification card: means an identification card issued in accordance with 8, or an equivalent issued by another state. See Utah Code 64-13-1
  • Surety insurer: means an insurer that:
    (a) is licensed under Chapter 4, Insurers in General, Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers;
    (b) receives a certificate under this title; and
    (c) sells bail bonds in connection with judicial proceedings. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • under common control: means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Utah depository institution: means a depository institution, as defined in Section 7-1-103, that:
    (a) has Utah as its home state; or
    (b) operates a branch in Utah. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Victim Impact Statement: A written or spoken statement by the victim or his or her representative about the physical, emotional, and financial impact of a crime on the victim. The statement is given to the court before sentencing.