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Utah Code § 13-23-101

Definitions

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 95, 2026 General Session

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Business enterprise" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity used in carrying on a business.

(2) "Consumer" means a purchaser of fitness center services for consideration.

(3) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection established under Section 13-2-102.

(4)

(a) "Fitness center" means a business enterprise that provides access to a facility:

(i) for a charge or a fee; and

(ii) for the development or preservation of physical fitness or well-being, through exercise, weight control, or athletics.

(b) "Fitness center" does not include:

(i) a licensed physician who operates a facility at which the physician engages in the practice of medicine;

(ii) a hospital, intermediate care facility, or skilled nursing care facility;

(iii) a public or private school, college, or university;

(iv) the state or a political subdivision of the state;

(v) the United States or a political subdivision of the United States;

(vi) a person offering instruction if the person does not:

(A) utilize an employee or independent contractor; or

(B) grant a consumer the use of a facility containing exercise equipment;

(vii) a business enterprise, the primary operation of which is to teach self-defense or a martial art, including kickboxing, judo, or karate;

(viii) a business enterprise, the primary operation of which is to teach or allow an individual to develop a specific skill rather than develop or preserve physical fitness, including gymnastics, tennis, rock climbing, or a winter sport;

(ix) a business enterprise, the primary operation of which is to teach or allow an individual to practice yoga or Pilates;

(x) a private employer who owns and operates a facility exclusively for the benefit of the employer's employees, retirees, or family members, if the operation of the facility:

(A) is only incidental to the overall function and purpose of the employer's business; and

(B) is offered on a nonprofit basis;

(xi) an individual providing professional services within the scope of the individual's license with the Division of Professional Licensing;

(xii) a country club;

(xiii) a nonprofit religious, ethnic, or community organization;

(xiv) a residential weight reduction center;

(xv) a business enterprise that only offers virtual services;

(xvi) a business enterprise that only offers a credit for a service that a separate business enterprise offers;

(xvii) the owner of a lodging establishment, as defined in Section 29-2-102, if the owner only provides access to the lodging establishment's facility to:

(A) a guest, as defined in Section 29-2-102; or

(B) an operator or employee of the lodging establishment;

(xviii) an association, declarant, owner, lessor, or developer of a residential housing complex, planned community, or development, if at least 80% of the individuals accessing the facility reside in the housing complex, planned community, or development; or

(xix) a person offering a personal training service exclusively as an employee or independent contractor of a fitness center.

(5) "Fitness center facility" means a facility to which a business entity provides access:

(a) for a charge or a fee; and

(b) for the development or preservation of physical fitness or well-being, through exercise or athletics.

(6)

(a) "Fitness center service" means instruction, a service, a privilege, or a right that a fitness center offers for sale.

(b) "Fitness center service" includes a personal training service.

(7) "Personal training service" means the personalized instruction, training, supervision, or monitoring of an individual's physical fitness or well-being, through exercise or athletics.

(8) "Primary location" means the fitness center facility that a fitness center designates in a contract for fitness center services as the fitness center facility the consumer in the contract will primarily use for fitness center services.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.