Utah Code 58-37c-19.5. Iodine solution greater than 1.5% — Prescription or permit required — Penalties
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(1) | As used in this section, “iodine matrix” means iodine at concentrations greater than 1.5% by weight in a matrix or solution. |
Class | Prison | Fine |
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class A misdemeanor | up to 364 days | up to $2,500 |
class B misdemeanor | up to 6 months | up to $1,000 |
Terms Used In Utah Code 58-37c-19.5
- Matrix: means something, as a substance, in which something else originates, develops, or is contained. See Utah Code 58-37c-3
- Person: means any individual, group of individuals, proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or organization of any type or kind. See Utah Code 58-37c-3
- Regulated transaction: means any actual, constructive or attempted:
(a) transfer, distribution, delivery, or furnishing by a person within the state to another person within or outside of the state of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical; or (b) purchase or acquisition by any means by a person within the state from another person within or outside the state of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical. See Utah Code 58-37c-3 - Retail distributor: means a grocery store, general merchandise store, drug store, or other entity or person whose activities as a distributor are limited almost exclusively to sales for personal use:
(a) in both number of sales and volume of sales; and (b) either directly to walk-in customers or in face-to-face transactions by direct sales. See Utah Code 58-37c-3 - State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) A person may offer to sell, sell, or distribute an iodine matrix only: (a) as a prescription drug, pursuant to a prescription issued by a veterinarian or physician licensed within the state; or (b) to a person who is actively engaged in the legal practice of animal husbandry of livestock, as defined in Section 4-1-109. (3) Prescriptions issued under this section: (a) shall provide for a specified number of refills; (b) may be issued by electronic means, in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act; and (c) may be filled by a person other than the veterinarian or physician issuing the prescription. (5) A person engaging in a regulated transaction under Subsection (2) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person, under circumstances not amounting to a violation of Subsection 58-37d-4(1)(c), offers to sell, sells, or distributes an iodine matrix to a person who: (a) does not present a prescription or is not engaged in animal husbandry, as required under Subsection (2); or (b) is not excepted under Subsection (7). (6) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor who, under circumstances not amounting to a violation of Subsection 58-37c-3(11)(k) or 58-37d-4(1)(a): (a) possesses an iodine matrix without proof of obtaining the solution in compliance with Subsection (2); or (b) offers to sell, sells, or distributes an iodine matrix in violation of Subsection (2). (7) Subsection (6)(a) does not apply to: (a) a chemistry or chemistry-related laboratory maintained by: (i) a public or private regularly established secondary school; or (ii) a public or private institution of higher education that is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; (b) a veterinarian licensed to practice under Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act; (c) a general acute hospital; or (d) a veterinarian, physician, pharmacist, retail distributor, wholesaler, manufacturer, warehouseman, or common carrier, or an agent of any of these persons who possesses an iodine matrix in the regular course of lawful business activities. Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
- Retail distributor: means a grocery store, general merchandise store, drug store, or other entity or person whose activities as a distributor are limited almost exclusively to sales for personal use: