67-20-2 - Definitions.
67-20-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means:
(a) any department, institution, office, college, university, authority, division, board,bureau, commission, council, or other agency of the state;
(b) any county, city, town, school district, or special improvement or taxing district; or
(c) any other political subdivision.
(2) "Compensatory service worker" means any person who performs a public servicewith 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 any person who donates service without pay or othercompensation except expenses actually and reasonably incurred as approved by the supervisingagency.
(b) "Volunteer" does not include:
(i) any person participating in human subjects research to the extent that the participationis governed by federal law or regulation inconsistent with this chapter; or
(ii) compensatory service workers.
(c) "Volunteer" includes a juror or potential juror appearing in response to a summonsfor 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 inSubsection (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.
Amended by Chapter 300, 2010 General Session