Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 23 > Part 6 - Disability Benefit

• Compensation: includes performance-based bonuses and cost-of-living adjustments. See Utah Code 49-23-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Firefighter service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
            (6)(a)(i) a firefighter service employee trained in firefighter techniques and assigned to a position of hazardous duty with a regularly constituted fire department;
            (6)(a)(ii) the state fire marshal appointed under Section 53-7-103 or a deputy state fire marshal;
            (6)(a)(iii) a firefighter service employee who is:

                 (6)(a)(iii)(A) hired on or after July 1, 2021;

                 (6)(a)(iii)(B) trained in firefighter techniques;

                 (6)(a)(iii)(C) assigned to a position of hazardous duty; and

                 (6)(a)(iii)(D) employed by the state as a participating employer; or
            (6)(a)(iv) an emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 49-23-102
• Firefighter service employee: means an employee of a participating employer who provides firefighter service under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-23-102
• Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Participating employer: means an employer that meets the participation requirements of:
       (9)(a) Sections 49-14-201 and 49-14-202;
       (9)(b) Sections 49-15-201 and 49-15-202;
       (9)(c) Sections 49-16-201 and 49-16-202; or
       (9)(d) Sections 49-23-201 and 49-23-202. See Utah Code 49-23-102
• Program: means the Public Employees' Insurance Program created under Chapter 20, Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act, or the Public Employees' Long-Term Disability program created under Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Public safety service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
            (10)(a)(i) a law enforcement officer in accordance with Section 53-13-103;
            (10)(a)(ii) a correctional officer in accordance with Section 53-13-104;
            (10)(a)(iii) a special function officer approved in accordance with Sections 49-15-201 and 53-13-105;
            (10)(a)(iv) a dispatcher who is certified in accordance with Section 53-6-303;
            (10)(a)(v) a full-time member of the Board of Pardons and Parole created under Section 77-27-2;
            (10)(a)(vi) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety; or
            (10)(a)(vii) the executive director of the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 49-23-102
• Public safety service employee: means an employee of a participating employer who performs public safety service under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-23-102
• Volunteer firefighter: means any individual who is not regularly employed as a firefighter service employee, but who:
            (14)(a)(i) has been trained in firefighter techniques and skills;
            (14)(a)(ii) continues to receive regular firefighter training; and
            (14)(a)(iii) is on the rolls of a legally organized volunteer fire department that provides ongoing training and serves a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 49-23-102