45-5-501. Definitions. (1) (a) As used in 45-5-502, 45-5-503, and 45-5-508, the term "consent" means words or overt actions indicating a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact and is further defined but not limited by the following:
(i) an expression of lack of consent through words or conduct means there is no consent or that consent has been withdrawn;
(ii) a current or previous dating or social or sexual relationship by itself or the manner of dress of the person involved with the accused in the conduct at issue does not constitute consent; and
(iii) lack of consent may be inferred based on all of the surrounding circumstances and must be considered in determining whether a person gave consent.
(b) Subject to subsections (1)(c) through (1)(g), the victim is incapable of consent because the victim is:
(i) mentally disordered or incapacitated;
(ii) physically helpless;
(iii) overcome by deception, coercion, or surprise;
(iv) less than 16 years old;
(v) incarcerated in an adult or juvenile correctional, detention, or treatment facility or is on probation, conditional release, or parole and the perpetrator is an employee, contractor, or volunteer of the supervising authority and has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim, unless the act is part of a lawful search;
(vi) receiving services from a youth care facility, as defined in 52-2-602, and the perpetrator:
(A) has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim or is providing treatment to the victim; and
(B) is an employee, contractor, or volunteer of the youth care facility;
(vii) admitted to a mental health facility, as defined in 53-21-102, is admitted to a community-based facility or a residential facility, as those terms are defined in 53-20-102, or is receiving community-based services, as defined in 53-20-102, and the perpetrator:
(A) has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim or is providing treatment to the victim; and
(B) is an employee, contractor, or volunteer of the facility or community-based service;
(viii) a program participant, as defined in 52-2-802, in a private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor program, pursuant to Title 52, chapter 2, part 8, and the perpetrator is a person associated with the program, as defined in 52-2-802;
(ix) the victim is a client receiving psychotherapy services and the perpetrator:
(A) is providing or purporting to provide psychotherapy services to the victim; or
(B) is an employee, contractor, or volunteer of a facility that provides or purports to provide psychotherapy services to the victim and the perpetrator has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim;
(x) a student of an elementary, middle, junior high, or high school, whether public or nonpublic, and the perpetrator is not a student of an elementary, middle, junior high, or high school and is an employee, contractor, or volunteer of any school who has ever had instructional, supervisory, disciplinary, or other authority over the student in a school setting;
(xi) a witness in a criminal investigation or a person who is under investigation in a criminal matter and the perpetrator is a law enforcement officer who is involved with the case in which the victim is a witness or is being investigated; or
(xii) a parent or guardian involved in a child abuse or neglect proceeding under Title 41, chapter 3, and the perpetrator is:
(A) employed by the department of public health and human services for the purposes of carrying out the department's duties under Title 41, chapter 3; and
(B) directly involved in the parent or guardian's case or involved in the supervision of the case.
(c) Subsection (1)(b)(v) does not apply if the individuals are married to each other and one of the individuals involved is on probation, conditional release, or parole and the other individual is a probation or parole officer of a supervising authority.
(d) Subsections (1)(b)(vi) and (1)(b)(vii) do not apply if the individuals are married to each other and one of the individuals involved is a patient in or resident of a facility, is a recipient of community-based services, or is receiving services from a youth care facility and the other individual is an employee, contractor, or volunteer of the facility or community-based service.
(e) Subsection (1)(b)(viii) does not apply if the individuals are married to each other and one of the individuals involved is a program participant and the other individual is a person associated with the program.
(f) Subsection (1)(b)(ix) does not apply if the individuals are married to each other and one of the individuals involved is a psychotherapy client and the other individual is a psychotherapist or an employee, contractor, or volunteer of a facility that provides or purports to provide psychotherapy services to the client.
(g) Subsection (1)(b)(x) does not apply if the individuals are married to each other.
(2) As used in 45-5-508, the term "force" means:
(a) the infliction, attempted infliction, or threatened infliction of bodily injury or the commission of a forcible felony by the offender; or
(b) the threat of substantial retaliatory action that causes the victim to reasonably believe that the offender has the ability to execute the threat.
(3) As used in 45-5-502 and this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Conditional release", in the case of a youth offender, has the meaning provided in 41-5-103.
(b) "Parole", in the case of an adult offender, has the meaning provided in 46-1-202.
(c) "Probation" means:
(i) in the case of an adult offender, release without imprisonment of a defendant found guilty of a crime and subject to the supervision of a supervising authority; and
(ii) in the case of a youth offender, supervision of the youth by a youth court pursuant to Title 41, chapter 5.
(d) (i) "Psychotherapy services" means treatment, diagnosis, or counseling in a professional relationship to assist individuals or groups to alleviate behavioral or mental health disorders, understand unconscious or conscious motivation, resolve emotional, relationship, or attitudinal conflicts, or modify behaviors that interfere with effective emotional, social, or intellectual functioning regardless of whether the individual providing the psychotherapy services is licensed or unlicensed.
(ii) The term does not include a partner surrogate working with a social worker, a professional counselor, or a licensed clinical professional counselor as those professionals are licensed in Title 37, chapter 22 or 23.
(e) "Supervising authority" includes a court, including a youth court, a county, or the department of corrections.