58-92-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the Security Services Licensing Board created in Section. 58-63-201
(2) "Conviction" means an adjudication of guilt by a federal, state, or local court resulting from trial or plea. "Conviction" includes the following, regardless of whether the imposition of a sentence was suspended: a plea of no contest; a plea in abeyance; or an Alford plea.
(3) "D.B.A." means the same as that term is defined in Section. 42-2-101
(4) "DOD civilian" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 53H-11-202
(5) "Private investigation" means engaging in business or accepting employment to conduct an investigation for the purpose of obtaining information about: crime, wrongful acts, or threats against the United States or a state or territory of the United States; the identity, reputation, character, habits, conduct, business occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity, movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, or transactions of an individual or group of individuals; the credibility of witnesses or other individuals; the whereabouts of a missing person or the owner of abandoned property; the causes and origin of, or responsibility for: a fire; libel; slander; a loss; an accident; or damage or an injury to real or personal property; the business of securing evidence to be used: before investigating committees or boards; or in a civil trial or criminal trial and in the preparation for the civil trial or criminal trial; the prevention, detection, and removal of installed devices for eavesdropping or observation; the business of "skip tracing" a person that has become delinquent in the person's lawful debts, either when hired by an individual, collection agency, or through the direct purchase of the debt from a financial institution or entity owning the debt or judgment; or serving civil process. "Private investigation" does not include: a person engaging in activities that are exempt under Section; 58-92-306 a person operating as a collection agency; a person operating as a credit reporting agency; a person or an employee conducting an investigation on the person's or employee's behalf or on behalf of an employer if the employer is not a private investigator under this chapter; an employee of an attorney licensed to practice law in this state; or a currently licensed certified public accountant as that term is defined in Section. 58-26a-102
(6) "Private investigation agency" means an entity: under the control of a private investigator agent; and created by a private investigator agent to manage the private investigator agent's or the private investigator agent's employee's clients and cases. "Private investigation agency" includes an entity that contracts with or employs a private investigator agent, a private investigator registrant, or a private investigator apprentice.
(7) "Private investigator agent" means an individual that holds a private investigator agent license under Section. 58-92-303
(8) "Private investigator apprentice" means an individual who holds a private investigator apprentice license under Section. 58-92-305
(9) "Private investigator registrant" means an individual who holds a private investigator registrant license under Section. 58-92-304