§ 13-53-102. Definitions.

As used in this chapter: (1) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection. (2) "Human services program" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-101. (3) "Participant" means an individual who: (a) resides at a residential vocational or life skills program facility; (b) receives from the residential vocational or life skills program: (i) vocational training; or (ii) life skills training; and (c) does not receive monetary compensation from the residential vocational or life skills program. (4) "Postsecondary school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-34-101. (5) "Residential vocational or life skills program" means a program that: (a) is operated by a nonprofit corporation, as defined in Section 16-6a-102; (b) does not accept local, state, or federal government funding, government grant money, or any other form of government assistance to operate or provide services or training; (c) operates on a mutually voluntary basis with each participant; (d) houses at a program facility in this state participants who are unrelated to an owner or a manager of the program facility without charging money for lodging, food, clothing, or training; (e) may house transitional graduates for a fee; (f) provides vocational or life skills training to participants; (g) maintains a director or senior staff member at a program facility at all times when the facility is in use; (h) does not provide mental health services; (i) does not provide substance use disorder treatment; (j) does not accept payment from an insurance provider for a participant; (k) does not award a degree, diploma, or other educational credential commensurate with a degree or diploma; (l) does not hold itself out as a human services program; and (m) does not hold itself out as a postsecondary school. (6) "Transitional graduate" means an individual who: (a) graduated from a residential vocational or life skills program; (b) continues to reside at the residential vocational or life skills program facility; and (c) is employed by an entity not directly affiliated with the residential vocational or life skills program. (7) "Vocational training entity" is a commercial entity where a participant receives vocational training.