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Utah Code § 53H-15-101

General provisions -- Definitions

Amended 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.

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