Finding the Right Agency to Contact

Defining the physical location of where a rule might be applied can be helpful when trying to find the agency that wrote a rule.

For example, if the rule is in regards to an issue at a school, it might be the Utah State Board of Education that wrote the rule.

However, if the school were the University of Utah, contacting the Utah Board of Higher Education would be the correct agency to contact.

By including simple words like 'university', 'elementary', or 'secondary', to your 'school' search, the results will be more likely to help you find the correct rule and agency. 

Defining the service provider of an issue surrounding a rule can be helpful when trying to find the agency that wrote a rule.

For example, if the rule is in regards to a nursing professional (individual person), searching for 'nurse' would return results that cover nurse licensing through the Department of Commerce.

However, if the service provider is a nursing facility, searching for 'nursing facility' would return rules written by the  Department of Health and Human Services, Family Health and Preparedness, Licensing.

In the example, when you include simple words like 'licensing', 'testing', or 'facility' to your 'nurse' search, the results will be more likely to help you find the correct rule and agency. 

Defining the industry of an issue surrounding a rule can be helpful when trying to find the agency that wrote a rule.

For example, if the rule is in regards to a water company for your home water, the Public Service Commission writes rules for residential utility services (electric, gas, water and sewer).

However, if the product were a baked good produced at a business, the rule might be written by the Department of Health and Human Services, Disease Control and Prevention, Food Service Sanitation.

If you were to search for a rule regarding water,  including simple words like 'well', 'rates', or 'wastewater' to your 'water' search will return results that will be more likely to help you find the correct rule and agency.

Defining the product of an issue surrounding a rule can be helpful when trying to find the agency that wrote a rule.

For example, if the product is in regards to selling homemade baked goods from home (home produced cottage foods) the rule would be written by the Department of Agriculture, Regulatory Services.

However, if the product were a baked good produced at a business, the rule might be written by the Department of Health, Disease Control and Prevention, Food Service Sanitation.

If you were to search for a rule regarding food production,  including simple words like 'home', 'safety', or 'restaurant' to your 'bread' search will return results that will be more likely to help you find the correct rule and agency.