Title 53, Title 53: Public Safety Code

53-10-407. DNA Specimen Restricted Account. (1) There is created the DNA Specimen Restricted Account, which is referred to in this section as "the account." (2) The sources of money for the account are: DNA collection fees paid under Section; 53-10-404 any appropriations made to …

53-10-501. Bureau of Communications -- Creation -- Bureau Chief appointment, qualifications, and compensation. (1) There is created within the division the Bureau of Communications. (2) The bureau shall be managed by a bureau chief selected by the division director, with the appr…

53-10-502. Bureau duties. The bureau: (1) maintains dispatch and communications services for regional public safety consolidated communications centers; (2) provides facilities and acts as a public safety answering point to answer and respond to 911 calls from a region; (3) provi…

53-10-701. Title -- Creation. (1) This part is known as the "Utah Silver Alert Act." (2) There is created the Utah Silver Alert Notification System (Silver Alert) for missing and endangered adults to be administered by the department.

53-10-702. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Dementia" means a person has a form of cognitive decline that significantly affects the person's ability to make decisions and provide for health, safety, or self care. This term includes Alzheimer's disease and other forms of de…

53-10-703. Silver Alert Notification System -- Law enforcement and department responsibilities. (1) The department shall develop a quick response system designed to issue and coordinate alerts following the report of a missing endangered adult. The system shall utilize the same c…

53-10-704. Rulemaking authority. The department shall make rules in accordance with, establishing policies, procedures, and a timeline for the: (1) request for a Silver Alert by a law enforcement officer or agency; (2) activation of the Silver Alert Notification System; (3) durat…

53-10-801. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Alleged sexual offender" means an individual or a minor regarding whom an indictment, petition, or an information has been filed or an arrest has been made alleging the commission of a sexual offense or an attempted sexual offens…

53-10-801. Definitions. For purposes of this part: (1) "Alleged sexual offender" means an individual or a minor regarding whom an indictment, petition, or an information has been filed or an arrest has been made alleging the commission of a sexual offense or an attempted sexual o…

53-10-802. Request for testing -- Mandatory testing -- Liability for costs. (1) An alleged victim of a sexual offense, the parent or guardian of an alleged victim who is a minor, or the guardian of an alleged victim who is a vulnerable adult as defined in Sectionmay request that …

53-10-803. Voluntary testing -- Victim to request -- Costs paid by Office for Victims of Crime. (1) A victim or minor victim of a sexual offense may request a test for the HIV infection. (2) The local health department shall obtain the blood specimen from the victim and forward t…

53-10-804. Victim notification and counseling. (1) The Department of Health of Human Services shall provide the victim who requests testing of the alleged sexual offender's human immunodeficiency virus status counseling regarding HIV disease and referral for appropriate health ca…

53-10-901. Title. This part is known as the "Sexual Assault Kit Processing Act."

53-10-902. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Collecting facility" means a hospital, health care facility, or other facility that performs sexual assault examinations. (2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety. (3) "Restricted kit" means a sexual assault kit: th…

53-10-903. All sexual assault kits to be submitted. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, beginning July 1, 2018, all sexual assault kits received by law enforcement agencies shall be submitted to the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services in accordance with the provisions of this part…

53-10-904. Sexual assault kit processing -- Restricted kits. (1) Unless the health care provider designates a sexual assault kit as a restricted kit, the collecting facility shall enter the required victim information into the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system, defined…

53-10-905. Sexual assault kit retention and disposal -- Notification. (1) As used in this section: "Agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 77-11a-101 "Agency" includes an evidence collecting or retaining entity as defined in Section. 77-11c-101 (2) An agency w…

53-10-906. Victim notification of rights -- Notification of law enforcement. (1) Collecting facility personnel who conduct sexual assault examinations shall inform each victim of a sexual assault of: available services for treatment of sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, …

53-10-907. Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system. (1) The department shall develop and implement a statewide tracking system that contains the following information for all sexual assault kits collected by law enforcement: the submission status of sexual assault kits by la…

53-10-908. Law enforcement -- Training -- Sexual assault, sexual abuse, and human trafficking. (1) The department and the Utah Prosecution Council shall develop training in trauma-informed responses and investigations of sexual assault and sexual abuse, which include, but are not…

53-10-909. Rulemaking authority. After consultation with the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services and in accordance with, the department shall make rules, consistent with this part, regarding: (1) the procedures for the submission and testing of all sexual assault kits collected by l…

53-10-910. Reporting requirement. The Department of Public Safety and the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services shall report by July 31 of each year to the Department of Criminal Justice, the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee, and the Criminal Justice Appropriatio…