H.B. 92 Enrolled

SEXUAL OFFENSES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
VICTIM
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Katherine Bryson
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL CODE; PROVIDING THAT SEXUAL OFFENSES
COMMITTED BY A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OR RELIGIOUS COUNSELOR ARE
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE VICTIM UNDER SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
76-5-406, as last amended by Chapter 137, Laws of Utah 1996
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 76-5-406 is amended to read:
76-5-406. Sexual offenses against the victim without consent of victim --
Circumstances.
An act of sexual intercourse, rape, attempted rape, rape of a child, attempted rape of a child,
object rape, attempted object rape, object rape of a child, attempted object rape of a child, sodomy,
attempted sodomy, forcible sodomy, attempted forcible sodomy, sodomy upon a child, attempted
sodomy upon a child, forcible sexual abuse, attempted forcible sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a
child, attempted sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, attempted aggravated
sexual abuse of a child, or simple sexual abuse is without consent of the victim under any of the
following circumstances:
(1) the victim expresses lack of consent through words or conduct;
(2) the actor overcomes the victim through the actual application of physical force or
violence;
(3) the actor is able to overcome the victim through concealment or by the element of
surprise;
(4) (a) (i) the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to retaliate in the immediate
future against the victim or any other person, and the victim perceives at the time that the actor has

the ability to execute this threat; or
(ii) the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to retaliate in the future against the
victim or any other person, and the victim believes at the time that the actor has the ability to execute
this threat;
(b) as used in this subsection "to retaliate" includes but is not limited to threats of physical
force, kidnaping, or extortion;
(5) the victim has not consented and the actor knows the victim is unconscious, unaware that
the act is occurring, or physically unable to resist;
(6) the actor knows that as a result of mental disease or defect, the victim is at the time of
the act incapable either of appraising the nature of the act or of resisting it;
(7) the actor knows that the victim submits or participates because the victim erroneously
believes that the actor is the victim's spouse;
(8) the actor intentionally impaired the power of the victim to appraise or control his or her
conduct by administering any substance without the victim's knowledge;
(9) the victim is younger than 14 years of age;
(10) the victim is younger than 18 years of age and at the time of the offense the actor was
the victim's parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, or legal guardian or occupied a position of special
trust in relation to the victim as defined in Subsection 76-5-404.1 (3)(h); [or]
(11) the victim is 14 years of age or older, but not older than 17, and the actor is more than
three years older than the victim and entices or coerces the victim to submit or participate, under
circumstances not amounting to the force or threat required under Subsection (2) or (4)[.]; or
(12) the actor is a health professional or religious counselor, as those terms are defined in
this Subsection (12), the act is committed under the guise of providing professional diagnosis,
counseling, or treatment, and at the time of the act the victim reasonably believed that the act was
for medically or professionally appropriate diagnosis, counseling, or treatment to the extent that
resistance by the victim could not reasonably be expected to have been manifested. For purposes
of this Subsection (12):
(a) "health professional" means an individual who is licensed or who holds himself out to

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be licensed, or who otherwise provides professional physical or mental health services, diagnosis,
treatment, or counseling including, but not limited to, a physician, osteopathic physician, nurse,
dentist, physical therapist, chiropractor, mental health therapist, social service worker, clinical social
worker, certified social worker, marriage and family therapist, professional counselor, psychiatrist,
psychologist, psychiatric mental health nurse specialist, or substance abuse counselor; and
(b) "religious counselor" means a minister, priest, rabbi, bishop, or other recognized member
of the clergy.

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