Utah Code § 63G-31-301

(1) To preserve the individual privacy of male and female students in the public education system,
a student may only access an operational sex-designated privacy space within a public school
that is designated for student use if the student's sex corresponds with the sex designation of
the privacy space.
(2) For a student who makes a request to use a privacy space other than the sex-designated
privacy space that corresponds with the student's sex because of the student's gender identity,
as defined in Section 34A-5-102, or reasonable fear of bullying, the local education agency, as
defined in Section 53E-1-102, shall coordinate with the student's parent or legal guardian to
develop a privacy plan that provides the student with:
(a)
(i) reasonable access to a unisex or single-occupant facility; or
(ii) reasonable access to a faculty or staff restroom; or
(b) if the access described in Subsection (2)(a) is unavailable, reasonable access to private use
of an otherwise sex-designated privacy space through staggered scheduling or another policy
provision that provides for temporary private access.
(3) An LEA satisfies the LEA's duties regarding student use of a privacy space under this chapter if
the LEA:
(a) gives notice to students of the provisions of this section;
(b) takes administrative action to address violations of and promote compliance with this section;
and
(c) develops a privacy plan in accordance with Subsection (2).
(4) An individual may use, as a defense to an allegation that the student is not eligible to access
and use a sex-designated privacy space under Subsection (1), the student's unamended birth
certificate that corresponds with the sex designation of privacy space, which may be supported
with a review of any amendment history obtained under Section 26B-8-125.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
(a) a unisex or single-occupant facility; or
(b) an intersex individual.

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