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2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 16 - Institutional Programs Generally › Part 3 - Restricted Records › Section 304 - Business confidentiality claims.

53B-16-304.
Business confidentiality claims.
(1)
(a) Any person who provides to a public institution of higher education a record that the person believes should be protected under a provision listed in Subsection 63G-2-309(1)(b)(i), restricted under Section 53B-16-302, or both protected under a provision listed in Subsection 63G-2-309(1)(b)(i) and restricted under Section 53B-16-302, shall provide the public institution of higher education:
(i) a written claim of business confidentiality; and
(ii) a concise statement of reasons supporting the claim of business confidentiality.
(b) The person described in Subsection (1)(a) shall make the filing at the commencement of:
(i) the sponsored research project; or
(ii) the technology transfer process.
(c) A claim of business confidentiality submitted under this Subsection (1) shall cover all protected and restricted records exchanged during the:
(i) sponsored research project; or
(ii) technology transfer process.
(2) The inadvertent failure to make a legally adequate claim of business confidentiality at the time required by Subsection (1) does not prejudice the claimant's right to make a legally adequate claim at a different time before disclosure of the record.
Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 16 - Institutional Programs Generally › Part 3 - Restricted Records › Section 305 - Applicability of the Government Records Access and Management Act.

53B-16-305.
Applicability of the Government Records Access and Management Act.
Except as otherwise provided by this part, the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, will apply to restricted technology transfer or sponsored research records as defined in this part, as if the records were protected records as defined by Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 16 - Institutional Programs Generally › Part 4 - Internships › Section 401 - Definitions.

Effective 5/3/2023
53B-16-401.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Cooperating employer" means a public or private entity which, as part of a work experience and career exploration program offered through an institution of higher education, provides interns with training and work experience in activities related to the entity's ongoing business activities.
(2) "Institution of higher education" means any component of the state system of higher education as defined under Section 53B-1-102 that is authorized by the board to offer internship programs, and any private institution of higher education which offers internship programs under this part.
(3) "Intern" means a student enrolled in a work experience and career exploration program under Section 53B-16-402 that is sponsored by an institution of higher education, involving both classroom instruction and work experience with a cooperating employer, regardless of whether the student receives compensation.
(4) "Internship" means the work experience segment of an intern's work experience and career exploration program sponsored by an institution of higher education, performed under the direct supervision of a cooperating employer.
Amended by Chapter 350, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 16 - Institutional Programs Generally › Part 4 - Internships › Section 402 - Higher education internships.

Effective 7/1/2020
53B-16-402.
Higher education internships.
An institution of higher education may offer internships in connection with work experience and career exploration programs operated in accordance with rules of the board.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 16 - Institutional Programs Generally › Part 4 - Internships › Section 403 - Interns -- Workers' compensation medical benefits -- Risk management.

Effective 5/3/2023
53B-16-403.
Interns -- Workers' compensation medical benefits -- Risk management.
(1) An intern participating in an internship under Section 53B-16-402 is considered to be a volunteer worker of the sponsoring institution of higher education solely for purposes of:
(a) receiving workers' compensation medical benefits; and
(b) coverage by the Risk Management Fund created in Section 63A-4-201.
(2) Receipt of medical benefits under Subsection (1) shall be the exclusive remedy against the institution and the cooperating employer for all injuries and occupational diseases as provided under Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.
Amended by Chapter 350, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 16 - Institutional Programs Generally › Part 4 - Internships › Section 404 - Internship programs -- Criminal background checks.

Effective 3/22/2018
53B-16-404.
Internship programs -- Criminal background checks.
An institution of higher education shall require an officer or employee of the institution or a cooperating employer, who will be given significant unsupervised access to a minor student in connection with the student's activities as an intern, to submit to a criminal background check on the same basis as a volunteer under Section 53G-11-402.
Amended by Chapter 415, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 16 - Institutional Programs Generally › Part 4 - Internships › Section 405 - Recognition of participation in internship program.

53B-16-405.
Recognition of participation in internship program.
A cooperating employer may be given appropriate recognition by an institution of higher education, including the posting of the employer's name and a short description of the employer's business in an appropriate location on the institution's property, or publication of that information in official publications of the institution.
Enacted by Chapter 73, 1996 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 1 - Educational Telecommunications › Section 101 - Legislative findings on public broadcasting and telecommunications for education.

Effective 7/1/2020
53B-17-101.
Legislative findings on public broadcasting and telecommunications for education.
The Legislature finds and determines the following:
(1) The University of Utah's Dolores Dore' Eccles Broadcast Center is the statewide public broadcasting and telecommunications facility for education in Utah.
(2) The center shall provide services to citizens of the state in cooperation with higher and public education, state and local government, and private industry.
(3) Distribution services provided through the center shall include KUED - TV, KUER - FM, and KUEN - TV.
(4) KUED - TV and KUER - FM are licensed to the University of Utah.
(5) The Utah Education and Telehealth Network's broadcast entity, KUEN - TV, is licensed to the Utah Board of Higher Education and, together with UETN, is operated on behalf of the state's systems of public and higher education.
(6) All the entities referred to in Subsection (3) are under the administrative supervision of the University of Utah, subject to the authority and governance of the Utah Board of Higher Education.
(7) This section neither regulates nor restricts a privately owned company in the distribution or dissemination of educational programs.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 1 - Educational Telecommunications › Section 101.5 - Definitions.

Effective 5/5/2021
53B-17-101.5.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Board" means the Utah Education and Telehealth Network Board.
(2) "Education Advisory Council" means the Utah Education Network Advisory Council created in Section 53B-17-107.
(3) "Digital resource" means a digital or online library resource, including a database.
(4) "Digital resource provider" means an entity that offers a digital resource to customers for license or sale.
(5) "Obscene or pornographic material" means material that:
(a) an average person, applying contemporary community standards, finds that, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest in sex;
(b) is patently offensive in the description or depiction of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse, or excretion; and
(c) taken as a whole does not have serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
(6) "Telehealth" means the electronic transfer, exchange, or management of related data for diagnosis, treatment, and consultation, and educational, public health, or other related purposes.
(7) "Telehealth Advisory Council" means the Utah Telehealth Advisory Council created in Section 53B-17-106.
(8) "Utah Education and Telehealth Network," or "UETN," means a consortium and partnership between public and higher education, the Utah Department of Health, and health care providers, that is created in Section 53B-17-105.
Amended by Chapter 86, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 1 - Educational Telecommunications › Section 103 - General powers of University of Utah related to public broadcasting and telecommunication for education.

Effective 7/1/2020
53B-17-103.
General powers of University of Utah related to public broadcasting and telecommunication for education.
(1) Subject to applicable rules of the Federal Communications Commission and the Utah Board of Higher Education, the University of Utah shall:
(a) serve as the state's provider of public television services, with programming from the Public Broadcasting Service and other syndicated and locally produced programs;
(b) serve as the state's primary provider of public radio services, with programming from National Public Radio and other syndicated and locally produced programs; and
(c) subject to Section 53B-7-103, accept and use gifts and apply for and receive funds from federal and other sources to carry out the purposes of this part.
(2) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall provide an annual appropriation to operate KUED - TV.
(3) This section neither regulates nor restricts a privately owned company in the distribution or dissemination of educational programs.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 1 - Educational Telecommunications › Section 106 - Utah Telehealth Advisory Council.

Effective 5/13/2014
53B-17-106.
Utah Telehealth Advisory Council.
(1) There is created the Utah Telehealth Advisory Council, which may, at the discretion of the board, and after July 1, 2015, be combined with the Utah Education Advisory Council created in Section 53B-17-107.
(2) The Utah Telehealth Advisory Council members shall be appointed by the board.
(3)
(a) The Telehealth Advisory Council shall annually elect a chairperson from its membership. The chair shall set the agendas for the meetings of the advisory council and shall report to the board.
(b) The Telehealth Advisory Council shall hold meetings at least once every three months. Meetings may be held from time to time on the call of the chair or a majority of the board members.
(4) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but, at the executive director's discretion, may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:
(a) Section 63A-3-106;
(b) Section 63A-3-107; and
(c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
(5) The board shall provide staff support to the council.
(6) The council shall:
(a) advise and make recommendations on telehealth service issues to the board and other state entities;
(b) advise and make recommendations on telehealth-related patient privacy to the board;
(c) promote collaborative efforts to establish technical compatibility, uniform policies, and privacy features to meet legal, financial, commercial, and other societal requirements;
(d) identify, address, and seek to resolve the legal, ethical, regulatory, financial, medical, and technological issues that may serve as barriers to telehealth service;
(e) explore and encourage the development of telehealth as a means of reducing health care costs and increasing health care quality and access, with emphasis on assisting rural health care providers and special populations with access to or development of electronic medical records; and
(f) seek public input on telehealth issues.
Enacted by Chapter 63, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 1 - Educational Telecommunications › Section 107 - Utah Education Advisory Council.

Effective 5/13/2014
53B-17-107.
Utah Education Advisory Council.
(1)
(a) There is created the Utah Education Advisory Council which may, at the discretion of the board, and after July 1, 2015, be combined with the Utah Telehealth Advisory Council created in Section 53B-17-106.
(b) The Utah Education Advisory Council members shall be appointed by the board.
(c) The Utah Education Advisory Council shall annually elect a chairperson from its membership. The chair shall set the agenda for Utah Education Advisory Council meetings and report to the board.
(d) The Utah Education Advisory Council shall hold meetings at least once every three months. Meetings may be held from time to time on the call of the chair or a majority of the board members.
(2) A member of the Utah Education Advisory Council may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but at the executive director's discretion may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:
(a) Section 63A-3-106;
(b) Section 63A-3-107; and
(c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
(3) The Utah Education Advisory Council shall:
(a) advise the board and other public entities regarding:
(i) the coordination of the various telecommunications technology initiatives of public and higher education;
(ii) how to provide high-quality, cost-effective Internet access and appropriate interface equipment for schools and school systems;
(iii) recommendations for the procurement, installation, and maintenance of telecommunication services and equipment on behalf of public and higher education; and
(iv) the development or implementation of other programs or services for the delivery of distance learning and digital health services as directed by law; and
(b) seek public input on the development and operation of a coordinated, statewide, multi-option telecommunications system to assist in the delivery of educational services and digital health services throughout the state.
(4) The board shall provide staff to the council.
Enacted by Chapter 63, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 1 - Educational Telecommunications › Section 109 - Digital resource standards.

Effective 5/5/2021
53B-17-109.
Digital resource standards.
(1) A digital resource purchased or licensed by UETN and offered to students in public schools must have safety policies and technology protection measures that:
(a) prohibit and prevent a public school student using the resource from sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading obscene or pornographic material; and
(b) filter or block access to obscene or pornographic material.
(2)
(a) Regardless of any contract provision to the contrary, if UETN discovers a digital resource does not meet the requirements described in Subsection (1), UETN:
(i) shall notify the digital resource provider; and
(ii) may withhold future payments pending the digital resource provider's compliance with Subsection (1).
(b) A digital resource provider is in breach of contract if the digital resource provider fails to verify compliance with Subsection (1) within 90 days after the day on which UETN provides the notice described in Subsection (2)(a)(i).
(c) Beginning June 1, 2021, a contract UETN enters into for a digital resource shall contain provisions that comply with this section.
(3) Before November 30 of each year, UETN shall submit a report to the Education Interim Committee detailing all instances of a digital resource provider's failure to comply with the provisions of this section.
Enacted by Chapter 86, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 2 - Rehabilitation Building › Section 201 - Proceeds from federal land grants for a Miners' Hospital for Disabled Miners -- Reporting requirements.

53B-17-201.
Proceeds from federal land grants for a Miners' Hospital for Disabled Miners -- Reporting requirements.
(1) There is appropriated to the University of Utah all funds, assets, and revenues which have been, or will be, derived from the sale or other disposition of those lands conveyed to the state of Utah by those federal grants for a Miners' Hospital for Disabled Miners contained in Section 12 of the Enabling Act and in Chapter 280, Public Laws of the Seventieth Congress, 2nd Session (Act of February 20, 1929) which funds, assets, and revenues now are, or in the future will be, in the custody and control of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees.
(2) The University of Utah shall report annually to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee and the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee the following information regarding the administration and operation of the Miners' Hospital for Disabled Miners described in Subsection (1):
(a) for each of the five previous fiscal years:
(i) an income statement showing all revenue sources and expense categories;
(ii) total number of patients served; and
(iii) the types of service or care given to patients; and
(b) how the University of Utah plans to administer and operate the Miners' Hospital for Disabled Miners in the future.
Amended by Chapter 457, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 2 - Rehabilitation Building › Section 202 - Use of funds -- Rehabilitation building.

53B-17-202.
Use of funds -- Rehabilitation building.
The funds, assets, and revenues shall be used for the construction, equipment, furnishings, and operation, or either or any of the same, on the campus of the university of a rehabilitation building, either as a separate structure or as an integrated unit in the University of Utah Medical Center.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 3 - Use of Dead Bodies for Medical Purposes › Section 301 - Unclaimed dead bodies -- Notice to school of medicine at the University of Utah -- Preservation of dead bodies.

Effective 5/3/2023
53B-17-301.
Unclaimed dead bodies -- Notice to school of medicine at the University of Utah -- Preservation of dead bodies.
(1) A county shall, within 24 hours after assuming custody of an unclaimed body for which the county is required to provide burial under Section 26B-8-225, provide notice of the county's custody of the body to the dean of the school of medicine at the University of Utah.
(2) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall specify the body's probable cause of death.
(3) Subject to Section 26B-8-225, the county shall, at the request of the dean of the school of medicine at the University of Utah, forward the body to the university, at the university's expense, within 24 hours of receiving the dean's request.
(4) The school of medicine at the University of Utah shall, for a body it receives under Subsection (3):
(a) properly embalm and preserve the body for at least 60 days; and
(b) upon request, release the body to a person with priority to control the disposition of the body under Section 58-9-602.
Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 3 - Use of Dead Bodies for Medical Purposes › Section 302 - Receipt for dead body -- Records.

53B-17-302.
Receipt for dead body -- Records.
(1) A person delivering a body to the university under Section 53B-17-301 shall receive a receipt for the body.
(2) The School of Medicine is responsible for records kept on any body received under this section.
(3) The records shall include all facts necessary for proper identification of the body.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 3 - Use of Dead Bodies for Medical Purposes › Section 303 - Use of unclaimed dead bodies for promotion of science.

53B-17-303.
Use of unclaimed dead bodies for promotion of science.
(1) A body unclaimed after 60 days under Section 53B-17-301 may be used for the following purposes:
(a) to promote medical and surgical science; and
(b) for instruction and study by physicians and students of anatomy and embalming.
(2) Once these purposes are accomplished, the remains are properly cremated or receive a decent burial.
Amended by Chapter 22, 1989 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 3 - Use of Dead Bodies for Medical Purposes › Section 304 - Failure to comply with chapter is a misdemeanor.

Effective 5/8/2018
53B-17-304.
Failure to comply with chapter is a misdemeanor.
A person who commits the following violations is guilty of a class B misdemeanor:
(1) failure or neglect to give notice required under Subsection 53B-17-301(1); or
(2) failure or neglect to forward a body upon request under Subsection 53B-17-301(3).
Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 4 - College of Mines and Earth Sciences - Engineering Experiment Station › Section 401 - College of Mines and Earth Sciences -- Beneficiary of land grants -- Courses of study.

53B-17-401.
College of Mines and Earth Sciences -- Beneficiary of land grants -- Courses of study.
(1) There is established a College of Mines and Earth Sciences at the University of Utah.
(2) The college is the beneficiary of all land grants and appropriations made or to be made by the United States to the state for the establishment and maintenance of a school of mines.
(3) The college may offer courses in and related to mining, metallurgical and electrical engineering, and other branches of engineering that pertain to mining.
Amended by Chapter 32, 1988 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 4 - College of Mines and Earth Sciences - Engineering Experiment Station › Section 402 - Utah Engineering Experiment Station.

53B-17-402.
Utah Engineering Experiment Station.
(1) There is established a Utah Engineering Experiment Station in conjunction with the College of Mines and Earth Sciences.
(2) The station is controlled and managed by the University of Utah.
Amended by Chapter 22, 1989 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 4 - College of Mines and Earth Sciences - Engineering Experiment Station › Section 403 - Functions of the station.

53B-17-403.
Functions of the station.
(1) The station has the following functions:
(a) to conduct experiments and investigations on matters that have the potential to benefit the state's industrial interests or would be for the public good; and
(b) to inform the public of the results of the experiments and investigations conducted by the station.
(2) The station is not to conduct experiments or investigations on those matters that more properly relate to the functions of Utah State University's experiment station.
(3) The University of Utah makes an annual report on the engineering experiment station to the governor at a time designated by the governor.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 5 - Research Park › Section 501 - Research park authorized.

53B-17-501.
Research park authorized.
The Legislature determines that it is in the public interest of the state of Utah, its citizens, and commerce to develop a research park in Salt Lake County upon property conveyed to the University of Utah under patent from the United States of America dated October 18, 1968.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 5 - Research Park › Section 502 - Definitions.

53B-17-502.
Definitions.
As used in Sections 53B-17-501 through 53B-17-506:
(1) "Patent" means the patent covering the land acquired by the University of Utah from the United States of America dated October 18, 1968.
(2) "Research park" means research and development facilities, research institutes, testing laboratories, related business and government installations, and similar facilities, together with land, including all necessary appurtenances, rights, and franchises acquired and developed by the University of Utah which are suitable or necessary to promote the social welfare of the state of Utah through the advancement of education, science, research, economic development, and related purposes. The acquisition and provision of any one or more of the following facilities may be included as part of the development of land for the research park: water, sewage, drainage, street, road, sidewalk, curb, gutter, street lighting, electrical distribution, and docking, but only to the extent that the facilities are incidental to the use of the land as a research park.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 5 - Research Park › Section 503 - Administration through nonprofit corporations or foundations -- Control -- Authority of corporations or foundations -- Personnel considered employees of university.

Effective 7/1/2020
53B-17-503.
Administration through nonprofit corporations or foundations -- Control -- Authority of corporations or foundations -- Personnel considered employees of university.
(1) The University of Utah may establish, develop, and administer through nonprofit corporations or foundations controlled by the president and the board a research park upon the land acquired by the university under the patent.
(2) The nonprofit corporations or foundations may receive and administer legislative appropriations, government grants, contracts, and private gifts to carry out their public purposes.
(3) All salaried employees, agents, officers, faculty, and staff of the nonprofit corporation or foundation are for the purpose of employee benefits, employees, agents, officers, faculty, and staff of the University of Utah.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 5 - Research Park › Section 504 - Powers of university as related to research park.

53B-17-504.
Powers of university as related to research park.
The University of Utah has the following powers:
(1) to establish, acquire, develop, maintain, and operate a research park, including the acquisition of all necessary or suitable buildings, facilities, and improvements, and to acquire, purchase, construct, reconstruct, improve, remodel, add to, extend, maintain, equip, and furnish the research park or any building or facility, including research and service facilities and areas intended for the common use of the research park tenants;
(2) to form nonprofit corporations or foundations to aid and assist the University of Utah to attain its charitable, scientific, literary, and educational objectives, including the acquisition, construction, financing, operation, and management of a research park;
(3) to lease to the nonprofit corporation or foundation all or part of the land and facilities included in the research park upon terms and conditions established by the University of Utah, and to enter into any other contract or agreement with the nonprofit corporation or foundation as necessary for the construction, financing, operation, and management of the research park;
(4) to lease, either directly or through a nonprofit corporation or foundation, to any person, firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in business for a profit any part or all of the land, buildings, or facilities of the research park under guidelines established by the university;
(5) to allow a lessee to acquire or construct necessary or suitable buildings, facilities, and improvements upon the leased property. Any improvements acquired or constructed upon the premises during the term of the lease reverts to and becomes the property of the university at the termination of the lease, its renewal, or extension; and
(6) to finance all or part of the cost of the research park including the purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, addition to, extension, maintenance, equipment, and furnishing as permitted by law for the financing of self-liquidating projects by institutions of higher education.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 5 - Research Park › Section 505 - City to provide services and facilities to research park -- Fees and charges -- Disallowance of special improvement district or special taxes.

Effective 7/1/2020
53B-17-505.
City to provide services and facilities to research park -- Fees and charges -- Disallowance of special improvement district or special taxes.
(1) The Salt Lake City Council shall provide police and fire protection and furnish, install, and maintain customary municipal services and facilities for street lighting, traffic control, sidewalks, curb, gutter, drainage, sewage disposal, and water supply to all areas of the research park established upon lands conveyed to the University of Utah under the patent.
(2) The services and facilities are to be furnished and provided as needed and determined by the board subject to connection fees, use charges, and other service fees customarily assessed against similar persons, companies, or properties within the territorial limits of Salt Lake City.
(3) No special improvement district may be created or special taxes imposed with respect to the services and facilities provided under this section.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 5 - Research Park › Section 506 - Agreements with Department of Transportation regarding research park roads.

53B-17-506.
Agreements with Department of Transportation regarding research park roads.
The Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with the University of Utah between regular sessions of the Legislature designating all or part of the roads within or adjacent to the research park as part of the state highway system.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 6 - State Museum of Natural History › Section 601 - Utah Museum of Natural History -- Traveling exhibits and Outreach Programs.

53B-17-601.
Utah Museum of Natural History -- Traveling exhibits and Outreach Programs.
(1) There is established at the University of Utah the Utah Museum of Natural History, where tangible objects reflecting the past, present, and continuing development of our natural history may be collected and displayed for educational and cultural purposes.
(2)
(a) The museum shall make available to people throughout the state, through traveling exhibits and outreach programs, archeological and paleontological objects retrieved from the state of Utah.
(b) The museum shall provide professional expertise and assistance in the proper care of the archeological and paleontological collections from state lands as they are housed throughout the state.
(3) The museum shall submit an annual request to the Legislature to fund the ongoing costs of the programs authorized under Subsection (2) as part of its base budget.
Amended by Chapter 318, 1997 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 6 - State Museum of Natural History › Section 602 - Acceptance of gifts.

53B-17-602.
Acceptance of gifts.
The University of Utah is authorized to receive gifts, contributions, and donations of all kinds, including tangible objects and specimens for the development of or display in the museum.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 7 - Utah Museum of Fine Arts › Section 701 - Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

53B-17-701.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
(1) There is established at the University of Utah the Utah Museum of Fine Arts as:
(a) a state general and multicultural art museum; and
(b) a state institution charged with the broad responsibility of collecting and exhibiting, for the education and enrichment of its citizens, art and related objects from around the world from prehistoric times to the present.
(2) The museum shall:
(a) serve as a repository in Utah of the objects referred to in Subsection (1);
(b) collect and display tangible art objects that reflect the past, present, and continuing development of the visual arts in America and throughout the rest of the world;
(c) provide professional expertise and assistance in the proper care of the tangible art objects displayed at the museum; and
(d) engage visitors to the museum in discovering meaningful connections with the artistic expressions of the world's cultures by:
(i) acting as a responsible steward of the material legacy of the visual arts located at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts for the people of Utah;
(ii) serving as a teaching, learning, and research resource for the University of Utah, the state's greater educational community, and the general public;
(iii) promoting an open dialogue with visitors and the community about the role of visual arts in our society;
(iv) fostering and celebrating the diverse artistic expressions and accomplishments of the people of Utah and around the world;
(v) cultivating community partnerships and collaborations to ensure that the visual arts reach a broad spectrum of the general public; and
(vi) offering a wide range of experiences that will enable visitors to the museum to explore the variety of ways the arts can inform and enhance the human experience.
Enacted by Chapter 97, 2005 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 7 - Utah Museum of Fine Arts › Section 702 - Acceptance of gifts.

53B-17-702.
Acceptance of gifts.
The University of Utah may receive gifts, contributions, and donations of all kinds, including tangible objects for the development of or display in the museum.
Enacted by Chapter 97, 2005 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 9 - Health Sciences and School of Medicine › Section 901 - Admissions -- Increase authorized.

Effective 7/1/2020
53B-17-901.
Admissions -- Increase authorized.
(1) Beginning with the 2013-14 school year and subject to Subsection (2), the University of Utah School of Medicine may increase the number of students admitted by 40 students for a total of 122 students admitted annually.
(2) Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, no fewer than 82% of the students admitted annually shall:
(a) meet the qualifications of a resident student for the purpose of tuition in accordance with:
(i) Section 53B-8-102;
(ii) board policy on determining resident status; and
(iii) University of Utah policy on determining resident status;
(b) have graduated from a public or private college or university located in Utah; or
(c) have graduated from a public or private high school located in Utah.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 9 - Health Sciences and School of Medicine › Section 902 - Health Sciences -- Psychiatry medical residents selection -- Grant program.

Effective 5/12/2020
53B-17-902.
Health Sciences -- Psychiatry medical residents selection -- Grant program.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Psychiatry resident" means a medical resident practicing in any type of psychiatry specialty or subspecialty, as determined by the university.
(b) "University" means the University of Utah Health Sciences.
(2)
(a) Subject to legislative appropriations, beginning with the 2020-21 academic year, the university shall annually select up to four more first-year psychiatry residents than the number of first-year psychiatry residents the university selected for the 2018-19 academic year.
(b) Subject to legislative appropriations, beginning with the 2021-22 academic year, the university shall annually select up to two more first-year psychiatry residents than the number of first-year psychiatry residents the university selected for the 2019-2020 academic year.
(c) Nothing in this section prohibits the university from using money from a source other than legislative appropriations to select more than the total number of psychiatry residents described in Subsection (2)(a) or (b).
(d) The university may not use money appropriated for the purposes described in this Subsection (2) to supplant existing money used for psychiatry residents.
(3)
(a) Subject to legislative appropriations, the university shall award a grant to produce a certification in child and adolescent behavioral health primary care for primary care physicians and medical professionals, school counselors, social workers, and other professionals who work with children and adolescents.
(b) The university shall ensure that the amount of the grant awarded under Subsection (3)(a) is matched, at a minimum, by private gifts, grants, and bequests of personal property made to the grant.
Amended by Chapter 431, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 9 - Health Sciences and School of Medicine › Section 903 - Education in pain treatment.

Effective 5/3/2023
53B-17-903.
Education in pain treatment.
The University of Utah School of Medicine shall ensure that any licensed physicians who oversee fellowship training to specialize in pain treatment are qualified medical providers, as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.
Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 10 - Clinics and Programs › Section 1001 - Reading clinics -- Purpose.

Effective 1/24/2018
53B-17-1001.
Reading clinics -- Purpose.
(1) The Legislature recognizes the critical importance of identifying, assessing, and assisting students with reading difficulties at an early age in order for them to have successful and productive school and life experiences.
(2) In order to help accomplish this, there is established a reading clinic, hereafter referred to as the "clinic," based at the University of Utah, College of Education, to assist educators and parents of students statewide in:
(a) assessing elementary school students who do not demonstrate satisfactory progress in reading;
(b) providing instructional intervention to enable the students to overcome reading difficulties; and
(c) becoming better prepared to help all students become successful readers by providing them with professional development programs in reading that are based on best practices and the most current, scientific research available through nationally and internationally recognized reading researchers and instructional specialists.
(3)
(a) The clinic shall focus primarily on students in grades 1 through 3 since research shows the need for students to become successful readers by the end of grade 3.
(b) The clinic shall make assessment and instructional intervention services available to public education students of all ages.
(4) The clinic shall provide these services at a base site in Salt Lake County and through remote access interactive technology to reach educators, parents, and students throughout the state.
(5) The clinic shall provide:
(a) instruction to teachers in the use of technology and blended learning in providing individualized reading instruction and reading remediation; and
(b) access to students for reading remediation and instruction services through distance learning technology if a student is unable to regularly access a reading clinic location.
(6) The clinic shall integrate both the usage of and instruction on the use of technology-based reading assessment tools as part of the clinic's services.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 11 - USTAR Researchers › Section 1101 - Definitions.

Affected by 63I-1-253 on 7/1/2028
Effective 7/1/2020
53B-17-1101.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Researcher" means an individual who:
(a) on May 8, 2018, is employed, alone or as part of a research team, by the university;
(b) before May 8, 2018, received funding from USTAR for some or all of the researcher's startup costs or salary;
(c) was recruited to become a member of the university's faculty; and
(d) after May 8, 2018, receives some or all of the researcher's start up costs or salary from a legislative appropriation to the university for that purpose.
(2) "University" means the University of Utah.
(3) "USTAR" means the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative, which was repealed in 2020.
Amended by Chapter 360, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 11 - USTAR Researchers › Section 1102 - Researcher reporting requirements.

Affected by 63I-1-253 on 7/1/2028
Effective 5/8/2018
53B-17-1102.
Researcher reporting requirements.
(1) On or before September 1 each year, the university shall submit a written report to the governor, the Legislature, and the Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee.
(2) A report under Subsection (1) shall contain:
(a) the amount and sources of funding expended on a researcher's research program, including:
(i) university funds and other state funds;
(ii) legislative appropriations;
(iii) federal funds;
(iv) philanthropic or nonprofit funds; and
(v) industry funds;
(b) a copy of each:
(i) technology disclosure that a researcher files with the university;
(ii) license agreement that the university enters into with respect to a technology developed by a researcher, including any current, expired, or breached license; and
(iii) patent filed by the university based on technology developed by a researcher;
(c) publications in which a researcher participated, including a citation for each peer reviewed publication;
(d) the number of jobs maintained by a researcher's research program and average wages paid to those holding those jobs;
(e) expenses paid by legislative appropriations for each researcher, including:
(i) salary and benefits for a researcher or staff;
(ii) operational expenses;
(iii) capital equipment expenses; and
(iv) travel; and
(f) compensation, including salary and benefits, that a researcher received from a publicly funded source other than legislative appropriations under this part.
Enacted by Chapter 453, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 12 - SafeUT Crisis Line › Section 1201 - Definitions.

Effective 5/14/2019
53B-17-1201.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Commission" means the SafeUT and School Safety Commission established in Section 53B-17-1203.
(2) "University Neuropsychiatric Institute" means the mental health and substance abuse treatment institute within the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 446, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 12 - SafeUT Crisis Line › Section 1202 - SafeUT Crisis Line established.

Effective 5/14/2019
53B-17-1202.
SafeUT Crisis Line established.
The University Neuropsychiatric Institute shall:
(1) establish a SafeUT Crisis Line to provide:
(a) a means for an individual to anonymously report:
(i) unsafe, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of such activities at or near a public school;
(ii) incidents of bullying, cyber-bullying, harassment, or hazing; and
(iii) incidents of physical or sexual abuse committed by a school employee or school volunteer; and
(b) crisis intervention, including suicide prevention, to individuals experiencing emotional distress or psychiatric crisis;
(2) provide the services described in Subsection (1) 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and
(3) when necessary, or as required by law, promptly forward a report received under Subsection (1)(a) to appropriate:
(a) school officials; and
(b) law enforcement officials.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 446, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 17 - University of Utah › Part 12 - SafeUT Crisis Line › Section 1203 - SafeUT and School Safety Commission established -- Members.

Affected by 63I-1-253 on 1/1/2025
Effective 5/3/2023
53B-17-1203.
SafeUT and School Safety Commission established -- Members.
(1) There is created the SafeUT and School Safety Commission composed of the following members:
(a) one member who represents the Office of the Attorney General, appointed by the attorney general;
(b) one member who represents the Utah public education system, appointed by the State Board of Education;
(c) one member who represents the Utah system of higher education, appointed by the board;
(d) one member who represents the Department of Health and Human Services, appointed by the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services;
(e) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(f) one member of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate;
(g) one member who represents the University Neuropsychiatric Institute, appointed by the chair of the commission;
(h) one member who represents law enforcement who has extensive experience in emergency response, appointed by the chair of the commission;
(i) one member who represents the Department of Health and Human Services who has experience in youth services or treatment services, appointed by the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services; and
(j) two members of the public, appointed by the chair of the commission.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), members of the commission shall be appointed to four-year terms.
(b) The length of the terms of the members shall be staggered so that approximately half of the committee is appointed every two years.
(c) When a vacancy occurs in the membership of the commission, the replacement shall be appointed for the unexpired term.
(3)
(a) The attorney general's designee shall serve as chair of the commission.
(b) The chair shall set the agenda for commission meetings.
(4) Attendance of a simple majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of official commission business.
(5) Formal action by the commission requires a majority vote of a quorum.
(6)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), a member may not receive compensation, benefits, per diem, or travel expenses for the member's service.
(b) Compensation and expenses of a member who is a legislator are governed by Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Legislative Compensation and Expenses.
(7) The Office of the Attorney General shall provide staff support to the commission.
Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session