R277-605-4. Coaches and School Activity Leaders as Supervisors and Role Models

(1) Coaches and other designated school leaders shall diligently supervise students at all times while on school-sponsored activities, including supervising students: (a) on the field, court, or other competition or performance sites; (b) in locker rooms, in seating areas, in eating establishments, and in lodging facilities; and (c) while traveling. (2) Coaches and designated school leaders are responsible for a student as long as a student remains on school grounds following a school-sponsored activity, subject to LEA policy, consistent with this rule. (3) A coach or other designated school leader shall be an exemplary role model and may not participate in promiscuous sexual relationships while on school-sponsored activities. (4) Coaches, assistants and advisors shall act consistent with Section 53G-8-209 and may not, while engaged in school-related activities: (a) use foul, abusive, or profane language; (b) use, possess, or distribute: (i) a controlled substance; (ii) a tobacco product, an electronic cigarette product, or a nicotine product as those terms are defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (iii) an alcoholic beverage; or (c) engage in or permit hazing, demeaning, or assaultive behavior, whether consensual or not, including language or behavior involving physical violence, restraint, improper touching, or inappropriate exposure of body parts not normally exposed in public settings, forced ingestion of any substance, or any act which would constitute a crime against a person or public order under Utah law.