Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53 > Chapter 10 > Part 9 - Sexual Assault Kit Processing Act

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Bureau: means the Bureau of Criminal Identification within the department, created in Section 53-10-201. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Collecting facility: means a hospital, health care facility, or other facility that performs sexual assault examinations. See Utah Code 53-10-902
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 53-10-902
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division created in Section 53-10-103. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Forensic: means dealing with the application of scientific knowledge relating to criminal evidence. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Law enforcement agency: means an entity or division of:
            (1)(e)(i)

                 (1)(e)(i)(A) the federal government, a state, or a political subdivision of a state;

                 (1)(e)(i)(B) a state institution of higher education; or

                 (1)(e)(i)(C) a private institution of higher education, if the entity or division is certified by the commissioner under Title 53, Chapter 19, Certification of Private Law Enforcement Agency; and
            (1)(e)(ii) that exists primarily to prevent and detect crime and enforce criminal laws, statutes, and ordinances. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Peace officer: means any officer certified in accordance with Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Physical evidence: means something submitted to the bureau to determine the truth of a matter using scientific methods of analysis. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Restricted kit: means a sexual assault kit:
       (3)(a) that is collected by a collecting facility; and
       (3)(b) for which a victim who is 18 years old or older at the time of the sexual assault kit evidence collection declines:

            (3)(b)(i) to have his or her sexual assault kit processed; and

            (3)(b)(ii) to have the sexual assault examination form shared with any entity outside of the collection facility. See Utah Code 53-10-902
• Sexual assault kit: means a package of items that is used by medical personnel to gather and preserve biological and physical evidence following an allegation of a sexual offense. See Utah Code 53-10-902
• Sexual offense: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-37-2. See Utah Code 53-10-902
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Victim: means an individual against whom a sexual offense has been committed or allegedly been committed. See Utah Code 53-10-902
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5