Section 53B-16-401 - DefinitionsAs used in this part:
(1)(a) "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.(b) "Cooperating employer" also means an institution of higher education that provides the work experience segment of an intern's work experience and career exploration program.(2) "Institution of higher education" means any:(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(b) private institution of higher education which offers internship programs under this part.(3) "Intern" means a student enrolled in a work experience and career exploration program under Section 53B-16-402: (a) that an institution of higher education sponsors;(b) involves both classroom instruction and work experience with a cooperating employer; and(c) for which the student receives no compensation.(4) "Internship" means the work experience segment of an intern's work experience and career exploration program that: (a) an institution of higher education sponsors under a written agreement with a cooperating employer; and(b) an intern performs under the direct supervision of a cooperating employer.Amended by Chapter 68, 2024 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 350, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session ,§ 112, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by Chapter 382, 2017 General Session ,§ 51, eff. 7/1/2017.Enacted by Chapter 73, 1996 General Session