As used in this article 14.5, unless the context
otherwise clearly requires:
(1) Community member means a licensed health- care professional or
mental health professional who, through a direct professional relationship, provided
care to the respondent or the respondent's child within six months before
requesting the protection order or an educator who, through a direct professional
relationship, interacted with the respondent or the respondent's child within six
months before requesting the protection order.
(2) Educator means a teacher employed to instruct students or a school
administrator in a school district, private school, charter school institute, or an
individual charter school; or a faculty member at an institution of higher education.
(3) Extreme risk protection order means either a temporary order or a
continuing order granted pursuant to this article 14.5.
(4) Faculty member means a president, dean, professor, administrator,
instructor, or research worker at an institution of higher education.
(5) Family or household member means, with respect to a respondent, any:
(a) Person related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the respondent;
(b) Person who has a child in common with the respondent, regardless of
whether such person has been married to the respondent or has lived together with
the respondent at any time;
(c) Person who regularly resides or regularly resided with the respondent
within the last six months;
(d) Domestic partner of the respondent;
(e) Person who has a biological or legal parent-child relationship with the
respondent, including stepparents and stepchildren and grandparents and
grandchildren;
(f) Person who is acting or has acted as the respondent's legal guardian; and
(g) Person in any other relationship described in section 18-6-800.3 (2) with
the respondent.
(6) Firearm has the same meaning as in section 18-1-901 (3)(h).
(7) Law enforcement officer means a peace officer that is:
(a) Employed by a political subdivision of the state and certified by the
P.O.S.T. board pursuant to section 16-2.5-102;
(b) Authorized by section 16-2.5-113 when assistance is requested by an
individual or entity pursuant to section 24-33.5-412;
(c) Authorized by section 16-2.5-114 and who interacted with the respondent
in the scope of the law enforcement officer's official duties;
(d) Employed by a district attorney, designated by a district attorney, and
authorized by section 16-2.5-132 or 16-2.5-133;
(e) Employed by the department of law, designated by the attorney general,
and authorized by section 16-2.5-128, 16-2.5-129, or 16-2.5-130;
(f) Authorized by section 16-2.5-136, 16-2.5-137, or 16-2.5-138;
(g) Authorized by section 16-2.5-120; or
(h) Authorized by section 16-2.5-149.
(8) Licensed health-care professional means a school nurse who holds a
current nursing license through the department of regulatory agencies and who has
applied for or holds a special services license from the department of education
pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22 or a physician, physician assistant, or advanced
practice registered nurse who is a primary provider of health services to a
respondent; a psychiatrist; or a licensed emergency room medical care provider,
licensed pursuant to title 12.
(9) Mental health professional means a psychologist, licensed professional
social worker, marriage and family therapist, licensed professional counselor, or
addiction counselor licensed, registered, or certified pursuant to article 245 of title
12; a psychologist candidate, clinical social worker candidate, marriage and family
therapist candidate, licensed professional counselor candidate, or addiction
counselor candidate registered pursuant to section 12-245-304 (3), 12-245-404 (4),
12-245-504 (4), 12-245-604 (4), or 12-245-804 (3.7), respectively; a school
counselor who holds a special services provider license with a school counselor
endorsement issued pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22 or who is otherwise
endorsed or accredited by a national association to provide school counseling
services; school psychologist licensed pursuant to section 22-60.5-210; school
social worker who has obtained the special services license with social work
endorsement issued pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22; or an unlicensed
psychotherapist registered pursuant to section 12-245-703.
(10) Petitioner means the person who petitions for an extreme risk
protection order pursuant to this article 14.5.
(11) Respondent means the person who is identified as the respondent in a
petition filed pursuant to this article 14.5.