R714-600-3. Definitions

(1) Definitions used in the rule are found in Sections 41-6a-102, 53-10-102, 69-2-2, and 72-9-102.

(2) In addition:

(a) "department dispatch center" means a dispatch center which is operated or maintained by the department;

(b) "department dispatcher" means an employee of a dispatch center operated or maintained by the department whose primary duties are to receive calls for emergency police, fire, and medical services, and to dispatch the appropriate personnel and equipment in response to the calls;

(c) "dispatch center" means a facility which acts as a public safety answering point and provides emergency dispatch and communications support to sworn officers;

(d) "sworn officer" means a peace officer who is employed by the department;

(e) "tow truck" means a motor vehicle constructed, designed, altered, or equipped primarily for the purpose of towing or removing damaged, disabled, abandoned, seized, repossessed or impounded vehicles from highway or other place by means of a crane, hoist, tow bar, tow line, dolly tilt bed, or other similar means of vehicle transfer without its own power or control;

(f) "tow truck motor carrier" means any company that provides for-hire, private, salvage, or repossession towing services and includes all of the company's agents, officers, representatives and employees; and

(g) "UHP" means the Department of Public Safety, Utah Highway Patrol.