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Section 2 | Definitions. |
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67-20-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means: (a) a department, institution, office, college, university, authority, division, board, bureau, commission, council, or other agency of the state; (b) a county, city, town, school district, or special improvement or taxing district; or (c) any other political subdivision. (2) "Compensatory service worker" means a person who performs a public service with or without compensation for an agency as a condition or part of the person's: (a) incarceration; (b) plea; (c) sentence; (d) diversion; (e) probation; or (f) parole. (3) (a) "Volunteer" means a person who donates service without pay or other compensation except expenses actually and reasonably incurred as approved by the supervising agency. (b) "Volunteer" does not include: (i) a person participating in human subjects research to the extent that the participation is governed by federal law or regulation inconsistent with this chapter; or (ii) a compensatory service worker. (c) "Volunteer" includes a juror or potential juror appearing in response to a summons for a trial jury or grand jury. (4) "Volunteer safety officer" means an individual who: (a) provides services as a volunteer under the supervision of an agency; and (b) at the time the individual provides the services to the supervising agency described in Subsection (4)(a), the individual is: (i) exercising peace officer authority as provided in Section 53-13-102; or (ii) if the supervising agency described in Subsection (4)(a) is a fire department: (A) on the rolls of the supervising agency as a firefighter; (B) not regularly employed as a firefighter by the supervising agency; and (C) acting in a capacity that includes the responsibility for the extinguishment of fire. (5) "Volunteer search and rescue team member" means an individual who: (a) provides services as a volunteer under the supervision of a county sheriff; and (b) at the time the individual provides the services to the county sheriff described in Subsection (5)(a), is: (i) certified as a member of the county sheriff's search and rescue team; and (ii) acting in the capacity of a member of the search and rescue team of the supervising county sheriff.
Amended by Chapter 248, 2011 General Session |
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