4-41-103.1.  Authority to regulate production, sale, and testing of cannabinoid products and industrial hemp.

(1)  The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to:

Terms Used In Utah Code 4-41-103.1

  • Cannabinoid processor license: means a license that the department issues to a person for the purpose of processing a cannabinoid product. See Utah Code 4-41-102
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Industrial hemp: means any part of a cannabis plant, whether growing or not, with a concentration of less than 0. See Utah Code 4-41-102
  • Industrial hemp retailer permit: means a permit that the department issues to a retailer who sells any viable industrial hemp seed or cannabinoid product. See Utah Code 4-41-102
  • Licensee: means a person possessing a cannabinoid processor license that the department issues under this chapter. See Utah Code 4-41-102
  • Non-compliant material: means :
(a) a hemp plant that does not comply with this chapter, including a cannabis plant with a concentration of 0. See Utah Code 4-41-102
  • Permittee: means a person possessing a permit that the department issues under this chapter. See Utah Code 4-41-102
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • (a)  establish requirements for a cannabinoid processor license to process cannabinoid products;

    (b)  establish requirements for an industrial hemp retailer permit to market or sell industrial hemp products;

    (c)  establish the standards, methods, practices, and procedures a laboratory must use to qualify for a permit to test industrial hemp and cannabinoid products and to dispose of non-compliant material; and

    (d)  establish requirements for registration of processors of non-cannabinoid industrial hemp products.

    (2)  The department shall maintain a list of each licensee and permittee.

    Amended by Chapter 146, 2023 General Session