1. (1) Terms used in this rule are found in Section 63M-7-502.

2. (2) In addition:

   1. (a) "medical forensic sexual assault examination" means a medical and forensic examination of a victim to provide medical care and collect forensic evidence in a sexual assault investigation or prosecution;

   2. (b) "medical services" means medical treatment or services, described in Subsection 63M-7-511(4)(b), performed at an inpatient or outpatient medical facility by a licensed medical provider;

      1. (i) medical services include dental services;
      2. (ii) medical services do not include sexual assault forensic examinations or mental health therapy;
   3. (c) "PEHP" means the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program created in Section 49-20-103;
   4. (d) "primary victim" means a victim who has been directly injured by criminally injurious conduct;
   5. (e) "program" means the Victim Services Grant Program, authorized under Subsection 63M-7-506(l)(i), which allocates money for other victim services once a sufficient reserve has been established for reparations claims;

   6. (f) "qualified mental health professional" means a licensed:

      1. (i) advanced practice registered nurse specializing in psychiatric mental health nursing;
      2. (ii) master's level therapist;
      3. (iii) psychiatrist;
      4. (iv) psychologist; or
      5. (v) student intern;

   7. (g)(i) "secondary victim" means a victim who is not a primary victim but who has a relationship with the victim and was traumatically affected by the criminally injurious conduct that occurred to the victim;

      1. (ii) "secondary victim" includes an immediate family member of a victim such as a spouse, parent, stepparent, grandparent, child, sibling, stepchild, stepsibling, legal guardian, or other person who the reparations officer reasonably determines bears an equally significant relationship to the primary victim; and

   8. (h) "student intern" means a student:

      1. (i) who is enrolled in a recognized psychiatric mental health training program;
      2. (ii) whose activities are supervised by qualified faculty;
      3. (iii) whose educational activities are a defined part of the training program; and
      4. (iv) whose supervisor has signed the form created by the office attesting that the supervisor has overseen the student's work.

KEY: victim compensation, victims of crimes

Date of Last Change: December 8, 2023

Notice of Continuation: March 6, 2026

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: Title 63M, Chapter 7, Part 5