4-41a-102.  Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:

(1)  “Adulterant” means any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity that may be injurious to health, including:

Terms Used In Utah Code 4-41a-102

  • Advisory board: means the Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board created in Section 26B-1-435. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Agriculture: means the science and art of the production of plants and animals useful to man, including the preparation of plants and animals for human use and disposal by marketing or otherwise. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Artificially derived cannabinoid: means a chemical substance that is created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substance derived from the cannabis plant. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • board: means the Cannabis Production Establishment Licensing Advisory Board created in Section 4-41a-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis concentrate: means :
(a) the product of any chemical or physical process applied to naturally occurring biomass that concentrates or isolates the cannabinoids contained in the biomass; and
(b) any amount of a natural cannabinoid or artificially derived cannabinoid in an artificially derived cannabinoid's purified state. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis cultivation facility: means a person that:
    (a) possesses cannabis;
    (b) grows or intends to grow cannabis; and
    (c) sells or intends to sell cannabis to a cannabis cultivation facility, a cannabis processing facility, or a medical cannabis research licensee. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis cultivation facility agent: means an individual who:
         holds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with a cannabis cultivation facility designation. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis plant product: means any portion of a cannabis plant intended to be sold in a form that is recognizable as a portion of a cannabis plant. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis processing facility: means a person that:
    (a) acquires or intends to acquire cannabis from a cannabis production establishment;
    (b) possesses cannabis with the intent to manufacture a cannabis product;
    (c) manufactures or intends to manufacture a cannabis product from unprocessed cannabis or a cannabis extract; and
    (d) sells or intends to sell a cannabis product to a medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis research licensee. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis processing facility agent: means an individual who:
         holds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with a cannabis processing facility designation. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis product: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis production establishment: means a cannabis cultivation facility, a cannabis processing facility, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis production establishment agent: means a cannabis cultivation facility agent, a cannabis processing facility agent, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory agent. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis production establishment agent registration card: means a registration card that the department issues that:
    (a) authorizes an individual to act as a cannabis production establishment agent; and
    (b) designates the type of cannabis production establishment for which an individual is authorized to act as an agent. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis Research Review Board: means the Cannabis Research Review Board created in Section 26B-1-420. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Delivery address: means :
    (a) for a medical cannabis cardholder who is not a facility, the medical cannabis cardholder's home address; or
    (b) for a medical cannabis cardholder that is a facility, the facility's address. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy: means a medical cannabis pharmacy that the department authorizes, as part of the pharmacy's license, to deliver medical cannabis shipments to a delivery address to fulfill electronic orders that the state central patient portal facilitates. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Independent cannabis testing laboratory: includes a laboratory that the department or a research university operates in accordance with Subsection 4-41a-201(14). See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Independent cannabis testing laboratory agent: means an individual who:
         holds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with an independent cannabis testing laboratory designation. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Medical cannabis: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Medical cannabis courier: means a courier that:
    (a) the department licenses in accordance with Section 4-41a-1201; and
         (b) contracts with a home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy to deliver medical cannabis shipments to fulfill electronic orders that the state central patient portal facilitates. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Medical cannabis courier agent: means an individual who:
    (a) is an employee of a medical cannabis courier; and
    (b) who holds a valid medical cannabis courier agent registration card. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Medical cannabis pharmacy: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Medical cannabis research licensee: means a research university that the department licenses to obtain and possess medical cannabis for academic research, in accordance with Section 4-41a-901. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Medicinal dosage form: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Pharmacy medical provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Qualified medical provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Qualified Production Enterprise Fund: means the fund created in Section 4-41a-104. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Recommending medical provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Research university: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53B-7-702 and a private, nonprofit college or university in the state that:
    (a) is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities;
    (b) grants doctoral degrees; and
    (c) has a laboratory containing or a program researching a schedule I controlled substance described in Section 58-37-4. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • 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
  • State electronic verification system: means the system described in Section 26B-4-202. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • THC: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • THC analog: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Total composite tetrahydrocannabinol: means all detectable forms of tetrahydrocannabinol. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • total THC: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • (a)  pesticides;

    (b)  heavy metals;

    (c)  solvents;

    (d)  microbial life;

    (e)  artificially derived cannabinoid;

    (f)  toxins; or

    (g)  foreign matter.
  • (2)  “Advisory board” means the Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board created in Section 26B-1-435.

    (3) 

    (a)  “Artificially derived cannabinoid” means a chemical substance that is created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substance derived from the cannabis plant.

    (b)  “Artificially derived cannabinoid” does not include:

    (i)  a naturally occurring chemical substance that is separated from the cannabis plant by a chemical or mechanical extraction process; or

    (ii)  a cannabinoid that is produced by decarboxylation from a naturally occurring cannabinoid acid without the use of a chemical catalyst.

    (4)  “Cannabis Research Review Board” means the Cannabis Research Review Board created in Section 26B-1-420.

    (5)  “Cannabis” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (6)  “Cannabis concentrate” means:

    (a)  the product of any chemical or physical process applied to naturally occurring biomass that concentrates or isolates the cannabinoids contained in the biomass; and

    (b)  any amount of a natural cannabinoid or artificially derived cannabinoid in an artificially derived cannabinoid’s purified state.

    (7)  “Cannabis cultivation byproduct” means any portion of a cannabis plant that is not intended to be sold as a cannabis plant product.

    (8)  “Cannabis cultivation facility” means a person that:

    (a)  possesses cannabis;

    (b)  grows or intends to grow cannabis; and

    (c)  sells or intends to sell cannabis to a cannabis cultivation facility, a cannabis processing facility, or a medical cannabis research licensee.

    (9)  “Cannabis cultivation facility agent” means an individual who:
         holds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with a cannabis cultivation facility designation.

    (10)  “Cannabis derivative product” means a product made using cannabis concentrate.

    (11)  “Cannabis plant product” means any portion of a cannabis plant intended to be sold in a form that is recognizable as a portion of a cannabis plant.

    (12)  “Cannabis processing facility” means a person that:

    (a)  acquires or intends to acquire cannabis from a cannabis production establishment;

    (b)  possesses cannabis with the intent to manufacture a cannabis product;

    (c)  manufactures or intends to manufacture a cannabis product from unprocessed cannabis or a cannabis extract; and

    (d)  sells or intends to sell a cannabis product to a medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis research licensee.

    (13)  “Cannabis processing facility agent” means an individual who:
         holds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with a cannabis processing facility designation.

    (14)  “Cannabis product” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (15)  “Cannabis production establishment” means a cannabis cultivation facility, a cannabis processing facility, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory.

    (16)  “Cannabis production establishment agent” means a cannabis cultivation facility agent, a cannabis processing facility agent, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory agent.

    (17)  “Cannabis production establishment agent registration card” means a registration card that the department issues that:

    (a)  authorizes an individual to act as a cannabis production establishment agent; and

    (b)  designates the type of cannabis production establishment for which an individual is authorized to act as an agent.

    (18)  “Community location” means a public or private elementary or secondary school, a church, a public library, a public playground, or a public park.

    (19)  “Cultivation space” means, quantified in square feet, the horizontal area in which a cannabis cultivation facility cultivates cannabis, including each level of horizontal area if the cannabis cultivation facility hangs, suspends, stacks, or otherwise positions plants above other plants in multiple levels.

    (20)  “Delivery address” means:

    (a)  for a medical cannabis cardholder who is not a facility, the medical cannabis cardholder’s home address; or

    (b)  for a medical cannabis cardholder that is a facility, the facility’s address.

    (21)  “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Food.

    (22)  “Family member” means a parent, step-parent, spouse, child, sibling, step-sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild.

    (23)  “Home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy” means a medical cannabis pharmacy that the department authorizes, as part of the pharmacy’s license, to deliver medical cannabis shipments to a delivery address to fulfill electronic orders that the state central patient portal facilitates.

    (24) 

    (a)  “Independent cannabis testing laboratory” means a person that:

    (i)  conducts a chemical or other analysis of cannabis or a cannabis product; or

    (ii)  acquires, possesses, and transports cannabis or a cannabis product with the intent to conduct a chemical or other analysis of the cannabis or cannabis product.

    (b)  “Independent cannabis testing laboratory” includes a laboratory that the department or a research university operates in accordance with Subsection 4-41a-201(14).

    (25)  “Independent cannabis testing laboratory agent” means an individual who:
         holds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with an independent cannabis testing laboratory designation.

    (26)  “Inventory control system” means a system described in Section 4-41a-103.

    (27)  “Licensing board” or “board” means the Cannabis Production Establishment Licensing Advisory Board created in Section 4-41a-201.1.

    (28)  “Medical cannabis” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (29)  “Medical cannabis card” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (30)  “Medical cannabis courier” means a courier that:

    (a)  the department licenses in accordance with Section 4-41a-1201; and
         (b) contracts with a home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy to deliver medical cannabis shipments to fulfill electronic orders that the state central patient portal facilitates.

    (31)  “Medical cannabis courier agent” means an individual who:

    (a)  is an employee of a medical cannabis courier; and

    (b)  who holds a valid medical cannabis courier agent registration card.

    (32)  “Medical cannabis pharmacy” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (33)  “Medical cannabis pharmacy agent” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (34)  “Medical cannabis research license” means a license that the department issues to a research university for the purpose of obtaining and possessing medical cannabis for academic research.

    (35)  “Medical cannabis research licensee” means a research university that the department licenses to obtain and possess medical cannabis for academic research, in accordance with Section 4-41a-901.

    (36)  “Medical cannabis shipment” means a shipment of medical cannabis or a medical cannabis product that a home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis courier delivers to a delivery address to fulfill an electronic medical cannabis order that the state central patient portal facilitates.

    (37)  “Medical cannabis treatment” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (38)  “Medicinal dosage form” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (39)  “Pharmacy medical provider” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (40)  “Qualified medical provider” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (41)  “Qualified Production Enterprise Fund” means the fund created in Section 4-41a-104.

    (42)  “Recommending medical provider” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201.

    (43)  “Research university” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53B-7-702 and a private, nonprofit college or university in the state that:

    (a)  is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities;

    (b)  grants doctoral degrees; and

    (c)  has a laboratory containing or a program researching a schedule I controlled substance described in Section 58-37-4.

    (44)  “State electronic verification system” means the system described in Section 26B-4-202.

    (45)  “Tetrahydrocannabinol” or “THC” means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102.

    (46)  “THC analog” means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102.

    (47)  “Total composite tetrahydrocannabinol” means all detectable forms of tetrahydrocannabinol.

    (48)  “Total tetrahydrocannabinol” or “total THC” means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102.

    Amended by Chapter 273, 2023 General Session
    Amended by Chapter 313, 2023 General Session
    Amended by Chapter 327, 2023 General Session