53H-14-401. General provisions -- Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Certified advocate" means an individual who: is employed by or volunteers at a qualified institutional victim services provider; has completed at least 40 hours of training in counseling and assisting victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking; and acts under the supervision of the director or director's designee of a qualified institutional victim services provider.
(2) "Confidential communication" means information that is communicated by a victim, in the course of the victim seeking an institutional advocacy service, to: a certified advocate; a qualified institutional victim services provider; a person reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information; an individual who is present at the time the information is transmitted for the purpose of furthering the victim's interests; or another individual, in the context of group counseling at a qualified institutional victim services provider. "Confidential communication" includes a record that is created or maintained as a result of the communication described in Subsection. (2)(a)
(3) "Institution" means a Utah institution that is a private postsecondary educational institution or a public institution, including an institution of higher education listed in Section. 53H-1-102
(4) "Institutional advocacy service" means a safety planning, counseling, psychological, support, advocacy, medical, or legal service that: addresses issues involving: sexual harassment; sexual assault; rape; domestic violence; dating violence; or stalking; and is provided by a qualified institutional victim services provider.
(5) "Qualified institutional victim services provider" means an organization that: is affiliated with an institution; employs or provides volunteer opportunities for certified advocates; provides an institutional advocacy service to victims or families of victims; and is designated by the affiliated institution as a qualified institutional victim services provider. "Qualified institutional victim services provider" may include an institution's: sexual assault center; victim advocacy center; women's center; health center; or counseling service center.
(6) "Record" means a book, letter, document, paper, map, plan, photograph, film, card, tape, recording, electronic data, or other documentary material regardless of physical form or characteristics.
(7) "Victim" means an individual who seeks an institutional advocacy service.