Box 11: What are “incorporated materials”?
“Incorporation by Reference” is a legal tool that permits an agency to make all or part of a document drafted by someone else part of the agency’s rule. The Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act permits you to incorporate certain types of documents into your rule by reference. These include: • a code, rule, or regulation adopted by: • a federal agency; • another state agency; • a political subdivision of Utah; • an agency of another state; or • a nationally recognized organization or association; • state implementation plans mandated by the federal government for participation in the federal program; • lists, tables, illustrations or similar materials that are: • subject to frequent change; • fully described in the rule; and • available for public inspection; or • lists, tables, illustrations or similar materials that are determined by the director of the Division of Administrative Rules to be too expensive to reproduce in the Utah Administrative Code. If the rule adds, or updates referen
