§ 53G-7-904 — Internship programs -- Criminal background checks.

(1) (1)(a) A public or private school may enter into an internship safety agreement with a cooperating employer.
(1)(b) The public or private school described in Subsection (1)(a) shall ensure that the internship safety agreement requires a cooperating employer to:
(1)(b)(i) ensure that an adult officer or employee of the cooperating employer is not intentionally alone with an intern for any significant amount of time during the intern's activities;
(1)(b)(ii) maintain compliance with all applicable state and federal laws relating to workplace and student safety, privacy, and welfare; and
(1)(b)(iii) provide a safe, educational, courteous, and welcoming professional environment that is free of harassment or discriminatory conduct that may result in a hostile, intimidating, abusive, offensive, or oppressive learning environment.
(2) (2)(a) If a public or private school has not entered into an internship safety agreement with a cooperating employer, officers and employees of the cooperating employer who will be given significant unsupervised access to a student in connection with the student's activities as an intern shall submit to criminal background checks under Section 53G-11-402.
(2)(b) If a public or private school has entered into an internship safety agreement with a cooperating employer, officers and employees of the cooperating employer are exempt from the criminal background check requirement described in Section 53G-11-402.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 374, 2020 General Session