Definitions.

Utah Code § 78B-5-902, under Part 78B-5-9: Public Safety Peer Counseling and Behavioral Emergency Services Technicians.

Utah Code § 78B-5-902

78B-5-902. Definitions.

As used in this part:

(1) "Behavioral emergency services technician" means an individual who is licensed under Sectionas: 53-2d-402 a behavioral emergency services technician; or an advanced behavioral emergency services technician.

(2) "Communication" means an oral statement, written statement, note, record, report, or document made during, or arising out of, a meeting between a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, or rescue provider and a peer support team member.

(3) "Emergency medical service provider or rescue unit peer support team member" means an individual who is: an emergency medical service provider as defined in Section, a regular or volunteer member of a rescue unit acting as an emergency responder as defined in Section, or another individual who has been trained in peer support skills; and 53-2d-101 53-2a-502 designated by the chief executive of an emergency medical service agency or the chief of a rescue unit as a member of an emergency medical service provider's peer support team or as a member of a rescue unit's peer support team.

(4) "Law enforcement or firefighter peer support team member" means an individual who is: a peace officer, dispatcher as defined in Section, civilian employee, or volunteer member of a law enforcement agency, a regular or volunteer member of a fire department, or another individual who has been trained in peer support skills; and 53-6-102 designated by the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, the executive director of the Department of Corrections, a sheriff, a police chief, a dispatch executive director, or a fire chief as a member of a law enforcement agency's peer support team or a fire department's peer support team.

(5) "Public Safety answering point peer support team member" means an individual who is: employed by a public safety answering point as defined in Section; and 63H-7a-103 designated by the chief executive of a public safety answering point as a member of a public safety answering point's peer support team.

(6) "Trained" means a person who has successfully completed a peer support training program approved by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Division, the State Fire Marshal's Office, or the Department of Health and Human Services, as applicable.