Utah Code Ann. § 53H-15-101 – General provisions -- Definitions. | Midpage
§ 53H-15-101
Utah Code Ann. § 53H-15-101
General provisions -- Definitions.
Effective May 6, 2026Amended by Chapter 355, 2026 General Session
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Advisory board" means the Utah Data Research Advisory Board created in Section 53H-15-203.
(2) "Center" means the Utah Data Research Center created in Section 53H-15-202.
(3) "Data" means any information about a person stored in a physical or electronic record.
(4) "Data research program" means the data maintained by the center in accordance with Section 53H-15-302.
(5) "De-identified data" means data about a person that cannot, without additional information, identify the person to another person or machine.
(6) "Director" means the director of the Utah Data Research Center created in Section 53H-15-202.
(7) "Office" means the Office of the Legislative Auditor General created in Section 36-12-15.
(8) "Participating entity" means:
(a) the State Board of Education, which includes the director as defined in Section 53E-10-701;
(b) the board;
(c) the Department of Workforce Services;
(d) the Department of Health and Human Services; and
(e) the Department of Commerce.
(9) "Participating state agency" means a department, division, office, entity, agency, or other unit of state government that provides data to the program described under Section 53H-15-305.
(10) "Personal data" means data as defined in Subsection 63A-19-101(24).
(11) "Unique student identifier" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-308.