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Terms Used In Utah Code 53B-16-404

  • Cooperating employer: means a public or private entity which, as part of a work experience and career exploration program offered through an institution of higher education, provides interns with training and work experience in activities related to the entity's ongoing business activities. See Utah Code 53B-16-401
  • Institution of higher education: means any:
         (2)(a) component of the state system of higher education, as defined under Section 53B-1-102, that is authorized by the board to offer internship programs; and
         (2)(b) private institution of higher education which offers internship programs under this part. See Utah Code 53B-16-401
  • Intern: means a student enrolled in a work experience and career exploration program under Section 53B-16-402:
         (3)(a) that an institution of higher education sponsors;
         (3)(b) involves both classroom instruction and work experience with a cooperating employer; and
         (3)(c) for which the student receives no compensation. See Utah Code 53B-16-401

     An institution of higher education shall require an officer or employee of the institution or a cooperating employer, who will be given significant unsupervised access to a minor student in connection with the student’s activities as an intern, to submit to a criminal background check on the same basis as a volunteer under Section 53G-11-402.