Utah 2025 Regular Session

Utah House Bill HB0084 Compare Versions

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1		-	Enrolled Copy H.B. 84
	1	+	02-24 13:40 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 84
	2	+	Keith Grover proposes the following substitute bill:
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3	4		Vaccine Amendments
4	5		2025 GENERAL SESSION
5	6		STATE OF UTAH
6	7		Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee
7	8		Senate Sponsor: Keith Grover
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11	12		LONG TITLE
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13	14		General Description:
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15	16		This bill addresses vaccines or vaccine material.
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17	18		Highlighted Provisions:
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19	20		This bill:
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21	22		▸ defines terms;
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23	24		▸ designates food intended for human consumption that intentionally contains a vaccine or
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25	26		vaccine material as a drug; and
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27	28		▸ makes technical amendments.
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29	30		Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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31	32		None
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33	34		Other Special Clauses:
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35	36		None
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37	38		Utah Code Sections Affected:
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39	40		AMENDS:
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41	42		26B-7-108, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 308
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43	44		58-37-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35
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45	46		ENACTS:
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47	48		4-5-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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51	52		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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53	54		Section 1. Section 4-5-107 is enacted to read:
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55	56		4-5-107 . Food containing vaccine.
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57	58		(1) As used in this section, "vaccine or vaccine material" means a substance that is:
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59	60		(a) intended for use in humans to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide
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61		-	immunity against disease; ~~H.B. 84 Enrolled Copy~~
	62	+	immunity against disease;
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63	64		(b) prepared from the causative agent of a disease, the disease's products, or a synthetic
	65	+	2nd Sub. H.B. 84 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 84 02-24 13:40
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65	67		substitute treated to act as an antigen without including the disease; and
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67	69		(c) authorized or approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
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69	71		(2) A food intended for human consumption that intentionally contains a vaccine or vaccine
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71	73		material is considered a drug for purposes of this chapter, Section 26B-7-108, and Title
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73	75		58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act.
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75	77		Section 2. Section 26B-7-108 is amended to read:
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77	79		26B-7-108 . Rules for sale of drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.
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79	81		(1) The department shall [establish] make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter
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81	83		3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and enforce the rules for the sale or distribution
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83	85		of human drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.
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85	87		(2) Food intended for human consumption that intentionally contains a vaccine or vaccine
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87	89		material is considered a human drug for purposes of this section as provided in Section
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89	91		4-5-107.
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91	93		(3) The rules adopted under this section shall be no more stringent than those established by
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93	95		federal law.
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95	97		Section 3. Section 58-37-2 is amended to read:
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97	99		58-37-2 . Definitions.
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99	101		(1) As used in this chapter:
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101	103		(a) "Administer" means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by
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103	105		injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or
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105	107		research subject by:
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107	109		(i) a practitioner or, in the practitioner's presence, by the practitioner's authorized
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109	111		agent; or
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111	113		(ii) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the
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113	115		practitioner.
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115	117		(b) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a
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117	119		manufacturer, distributor, or practitioner but does not include a motor carrier, public
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119	121		warehouseman, or employee of any of them.
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121	123		(c) "Consumption" means ingesting or having any measurable amount of a controlled
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123	125		substance in a person's body, but this Subsection (1)(c) does not include the
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125	127		metabolite of a controlled substance.
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127	129		(d) "Continuing criminal enterprise" means any individual, sole proprietorship,
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129	131		partnership, corporation, business trust, association, or other legal entity, and any
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132	133		union or groups of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity, and
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134	136		includes illicit as well as licit entities created or maintained for the purpose of
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136	138		engaging in conduct which constitutes the commission of episodes of activity made
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138	140		unlawful by [Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act] this chapter, Chapter 37a,
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140	142		Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act, Chapter 37b, Imitation Controlled Substances Act,
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142	144		Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act, or Chapter 37d, Clandestine
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144	146		Drug Lab Act, which episodes are not isolated, but have the same or similar
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146	148		purposes, results, participants, victims, methods of commission, or otherwise are
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148	150		interrelated by distinguishing characteristics. Taken together, the episodes shall
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150	152		demonstrate continuing unlawful conduct and be related either to each other or to the
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152	154		enterprise.
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154	156		(e) "Control" means to add, remove, or change the placement of a drug, substance, or
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156	158		immediate precursor under Section 58-37-3.
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158	160		(f)(i) "Controlled substance" means a drug or substance:
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160	162		(A) included in Schedules I, II, III, IV, or V of Section 58-37-4;
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162	164		(B) included in Schedules I, II, III, IV, or V of the federal Controlled Substances
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164	166		Act, Title II, P.L. 91-513;
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166	168		(C) that is a controlled substance analog; or
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168	170		(D) listed in Section 58-37-4.2.
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170	172		(ii) "Controlled substance" does not include:
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172	174		(A) distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages, as those terms are defined in Title
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174	176		32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;
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176	178		(B) any drug intended for lawful use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment,
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178	180		or prevention of disease in human or other animals, which contains ephedrine,
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180	182		pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine if the drug is
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182	184		lawfully purchased, sold, transferred, or furnished as an over-the-counter
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184	186		medication without prescription; or
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186	188		(C) dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other similar substances
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188	190		including concentrates or extracts, which:
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190	192		(I) are not otherwise regulated by law; and
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192	194		(II) may contain naturally occurring amounts of chemical or substances listed
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194	196		in this chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
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196	198		Administrative Rulemaking Act.
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198	200		(g)(i) "Controlled substance analog" means:
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201	202		(A) a substance the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the
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203	205		chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in Schedules I and II of
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205	207		Section 58-37-4, a substance listed in Section 58-37-4.2, or in Schedules I and
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207	209		II of the federal Controlled Substances Act, Title II, P.L. 91-513;
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209	211		(B) a substance [which] that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect
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211	213		on the central nervous system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant,
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213	215		or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of controlled substances
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215	217		listed in Schedules I and II of Section 58-37-4, substances listed in Section
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217	219		58-37-4.2, or substances listed in Schedules I and II of the federal Controlled
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219	221		Substances Act, Title II, P.L. 91-513; or
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221	223		(C) A substance [which] that, with respect to a particular individual, is represented
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223	225		or intended to have a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the
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225	227		central nervous system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant, or
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227	229		hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of controlled substances
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229	231		listed in Schedules I and II of Section 58-37-4, substances listed in Section
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231	233		58-37-4.2, or substances listed in Schedules I and II of the federal Controlled
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233	235		Substances Act, Title II, P.L. 91-513.
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235	237		(ii) "Controlled substance analog" does not include:
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237	239		(A) a controlled substance currently scheduled in Schedules I through V of
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239	241		Section 58-37-4;
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241	243		(B) a substance for which there is an approved new drug application;
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243	245		(C) a substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for investigational
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245	247		use by a particular person under Section 505 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
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247	249		Act, 21 U.S.C. 355, to the extent the conduct with respect to the substance is
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249	251		permitted by the exemption;
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251	253		(D) any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption before an
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253	255		exemption takes effect with respect to the substance;
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255	257		(E) any drug intended for lawful use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment,
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257	259		or prevention of disease in man or other animals, which contains ephedrine,
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259	261		pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine if the drug is
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261	263		lawfully purchased, sold, transferred, or furnished as an over-the-counter
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263	265		medication without prescription; or
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265	267		(F) dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other similar substances
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267	269		including concentrates or extracts, which are not otherwise regulated by law,
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270	271		which may contain naturally occurring amounts of chemical or substances
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272	274		listed in this chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
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274	276		Administrative Rulemaking Act.
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276	278		(h)(i) "Conviction" means a determination of guilt by verdict, whether jury or bench,
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278	280		or plea, whether guilty or no contest, for any offense proscribed by:
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280	282		(A) [Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act] this chapter;
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282	284		(B) Chapter 37a, Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act;
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284	286		(C) Chapter 37b, Imitation Controlled Substances Act;
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286	288		(D) Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act; or
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288	290		(E) Chapter 37d, Clandestine Drug Lab Act; or
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290	292		(ii) for any offense under the laws of the United States and any other state which, if
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292	294		committed in this state, would be an offense under:
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294	296		(A) [Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act] this chapter;
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296	298		(B) Chapter 37a, Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act;
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298	300		(C) Chapter 37b, Imitation Controlled Substances Act;
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300	302		(D) Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act; or
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302	304		(E) Chapter 37d, Clandestine Drug Lab Act.
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304	306		(i) "Counterfeit substance" means:
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306	308		(i) any controlled substance or container or labeling of any controlled substance that:
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308	310		(A) without authorization bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying
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310	312		mark, imprint, number, device, or any likeness of them, of a manufacturer,
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312	314		distributor, or dispenser other than the person or persons who in fact
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314	316		manufactured, distributed, or dispensed the substance which falsely purports to
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316	318		be a controlled substance distributed by any other manufacturer, distributor, or
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318	320		dispenser; and
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320	322		(B) a reasonable person would believe to be a controlled substance distributed by
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322	324		an authorized manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser based on the appearance
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324	326		of the substance as described under Subsection (1)(i)(i)(A) or the appearance of
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326	328		the container of that controlled substance; or
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328	330		(ii) any substance other than under Subsection (1)(i)(i) that:
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330	332		(A) is falsely represented to be any legally or illegally manufactured controlled
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332	334		substance; and
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334	336		(B) a reasonable person would believe to be a legal or illegal controlled substance.
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336	338		(j) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of a
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339	340		controlled substance or a listed chemical, whether or not an agency relationship exists.
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341	343		(k) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.
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343	345		(l) "Depressant or stimulant substance" means:
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345	347		(i) a drug which contains any quantity of barbituric acid or any of the salts of
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347	349		barbituric acid;
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349	351		(ii) a drug which contains any quantity of:
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351	353		(A) amphetamine or any of its optical isomers;
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353	355		(B) any salt of amphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine; or
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355	357		(C) any substance which the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the
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357	359		Attorney General of the United States after investigation has found and by
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359	361		regulation designated habit-forming because of its stimulant effect on the
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361	363		central nervous system;
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363	365		(iii) lysergic acid diethylamide; or
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365	367		(iv) any drug which contains any quantity of a substance which the Secretary of
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367	369		Health and Human Services or the Attorney General of the United States after
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369	371		investigation has found to have, and by regulation designated as having, a
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371	373		potential for abuse because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the central
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373	375		nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect.
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375	377		(m) "Dispense" means the delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacist to an
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377	379		ultimate user pursuant to the lawful order or prescription of a practitioner, and
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379	381		includes distributing to, leaving with, giving away, or disposing of that substance as
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381	383		well as the packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance
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383	385		for delivery.
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385	387		(n) "Dispenser" means a pharmacist who dispenses a controlled substance.
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387	389		(o) "Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled
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389	391		substance or a listed chemical.
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391	393		(p) "Distributor" means a person who distributes controlled substances.
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393	395		(q) "Division" means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103.
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395	397		(r)(i) "Drug" means:
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397	399		(A) a substance recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official
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399	401		Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or Official National
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401	403		Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, intended for use in the
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403	405		diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or
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405	407		animals;
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408	409		(B) a substance that is required by any applicable federal or state law or rule to be
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410	412		dispensed by prescription only or is restricted to administration by practitioners
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412	414		only;
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414	416		(C) a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of
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416	418		the body of humans or other animals; and
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418	420		(D) substances intended for use as a component of any substance specified in
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420	422		Subsections (1)(r)(i)(A), (B), and (C).
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422	424		(ii) "Drug" does not include dietary supplements.
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424	426		(iii) "Drug" includes a food intended for human consumption that intentionally
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426	428		contains a vaccine or vaccine material as provided in Section 4-5-107.
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428	430		(s) "Drug dependent person" means any individual who unlawfully and habitually uses
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430	432		any controlled substance to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or
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432	434		who is so dependent upon the use of controlled substances as to have lost the power
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434	436		of self-control with reference to the individual's dependency.
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436	438		(t)(i) "Food" means:
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438	440		[(i)] (A) any nutrient or substance of plant, mineral, or animal origin other than a
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440	442		drug as specified in this chapter, and normally ingested by human beings; and
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442	444		[(ii)] (B) foods for special dietary uses as exist by reason of a physical,
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444	446		physiological, pathological, or other condition including[ but not limited to] the
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446	448		conditions of disease, convalescence, pregnancy, lactation, allergy,
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448	450		hypersensitivity to food, underweight, and overweight; uses for supplying a
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450	452		particular dietary need which exist by reason of age including[ but not limited
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452	454		to] the ages of infancy and childbirth, and also uses for supplementing and for
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454	456		fortifying the ordinary or unusual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other
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456	458		dietary property for use of a food.
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458	460		(ii) Any particular use of a food is a special dietary use regardless of the nutritional
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460	462		purposes.
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462	464		(u) "Immediate precursor" means a substance which the Attorney General of the United
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464	466		States has found to be, and by regulation designated as being, the principal compound
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466	468		used or produced primarily for use in the manufacture of a controlled substance, or
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468	470		which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the
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470	472		manufacture of a controlled substance, the control of which is necessary to prevent,
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472	474		curtail, or limit the manufacture of the controlled substance.
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474	476		(v) "Indian" means a member of an Indian tribe.
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477	478		(w) "Indian religion" means [any] a religion:
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479	481		(i) the origin and interpretation of which is from within a traditional Indian culture or
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481	483		community; and
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483	485		(ii) [which] that is practiced by Indians.
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485	487		(x) "Indian tribe" means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or
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487	489		community of Indians, including any Alaska Native village, which is legally
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489	491		recognized as eligible for and is consistent with the special programs, services, and
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491	493		entitlements provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as
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493	495		Indians.
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495	497		(y) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, or
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497	499		processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from
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499	501		substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a
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501	503		combination of extraction and chemical synthesis.
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503	505		(z) "Manufacturer" includes any person who packages, repackages, or labels any
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505	507		container of any controlled substance, except pharmacists who dispense or compound
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507	509		prescription orders for delivery to the ultimate consumer.
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509	511		(aa)(i) "Marijuana" means all species of the genus cannabis and all parts of the genus,
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511	513		whether growing or not, including:
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513	515		(A) seeds;
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515	517		(B) resin extracted from any part of the plant, including the resin extracted from
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517	519		the mature stalks;
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519	521		(C) every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the
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521	523		plant, seeds, or resin;
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523	525		(D) any synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant cannabis
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525	527		sativa or any other species of the genus cannabis which are chemically
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527	529		indistinguishable and pharmacologically active; and
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529	531		(E) any component part or cannabinoid extracted or isolated from the plant,
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531	533		including extracted or isolated tetrahydrocannabinols.
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533	535		(ii) "Marijuana" does not include:
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535	537		(A) the mature stalks of the plant;
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537	539		(B) fiber produced from the stalks;
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539	541		(C) oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant;
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541	543		(D) except as provided in Subsection (1)(aa)(i), any other compound,
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543	545		manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks,
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546	547		fiber, oil or cake;
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548	550		(E) the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination;
549	551		269
550	552		(F) any compound, mixture, or preparation approved by the federal Food and
551	553		270
552	554		Drug Administration under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21
553	555		271
554	556		U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq. that is not listed in a schedule of controlled substances
555	557		272
556	558		in Section 58-37-4 or in the federal Controlled Substances Act, Title II, P.L.
557	559		273
558	560		91-513; or
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560	562		(G) transportable industrial hemp concentrate as that term is defined in Section
561	563		275
562	564		4-41-102.
563	565		276
564	566		(bb) "Money" means officially issued coin and currency of the United States or any
565	567		277
566	568		foreign country.
567	569		278
568	570		(cc) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly
569	571		279
570	572		by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of
571	573		280
572	574		chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
573	575		281
574	576		(i) opium, coca leaves, and opiates;
575	577		282
576	578		(ii) a compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, coca leaves,
577	579		283
578	580		or opiates;
579	581		284
580	582		(iii) opium poppy and poppy straw; or
581	583		285
582	584		(iv) a substance, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of
583	585		286
584	586		the substance, which is chemically identical with any of the substances referred to
585	587		287
586	588		in Subsection (1)(cc)(i), (ii), or (iii), except narcotic drug does not include
587	589		288
588	590		decocainized coca leaves or extracts of coca leaves which do not contain cocaine
589	591		289
590	592		or ecgonine.
591	593		290
592	594		(dd) "Negotiable instrument" means documents, containing an unconditional promise to
593	595		291
594	596		pay a sum of money, which are legally transferable to another party by endorsement
595	597		292
596	598		or delivery.
597	599		293
598	600		(ee) "Opiate" means any drug or other substance having an addiction-forming or
599	601		294
600	602		addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into
601	603		295
602	604		a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability.
603	605		296
604	606		(ff) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species papaver somniferum L., except the
605	607		297
606	608		seeds of the plant.
607	609		298
608	610		(gg) "Person" means any corporation, association, partnership, trust, other institution or
609	611		299
610	612		entity or one or more individuals.
611	613		300
612	614		(hh) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing.
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615	616		(ii) "Possession" or "use" means the joint or individual ownership, control, occupancy,
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616	618		302
617	619		holding, retaining, belonging, maintaining, or the application, inhalation, swallowing,
618	620		303
619	621		injection, or consumption, as distinguished from distribution, of controlled
620	622		304
621	623		substances and includes individual, joint, or group possession or use of controlled
622	624		305
623	625		substances. For a person to be a possessor or user of a controlled substance, it is not
624	626		306
625	627		required that the person be shown to have individually possessed, used, or controlled
626	628		307
627	629		the substance, but it is sufficient if it is shown that the person jointly participated with
628	630		308
629	631		one or more persons in the use, possession, or control of any substances with
630	632		309
631	633		knowledge that the activity was occurring, or the controlled substance is found in a
632	634		310
633	635		place or under circumstances indicating that the person had the ability and the intent
634	636		311
635	637		to exercise dominion and control over [it] the controlled substance.
636	638		312
637	639		(jj) "Practitioner" means a physician, dentist, naturopathic physician, veterinarian,
638	640		313
639	641		pharmacist, scientific investigator, pharmacy, hospital, or other person licensed,
640	642		314
641	643		registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with
642	644		315
643	645		respect to, administer, or use in teaching or chemical analysis a controlled substance
644	646		316
645	647		in the course of professional practice or research in this state.
646	648		317
647	649		(kk) "Prescribe" means to issue a prescription:
648	650		318
649	651		(i) orally or in writing; or
650	652		319
651	653		(ii) by telephone, facsimile transmission, computer, or other electronic means of
652	654		320
653	655		communication as defined by division rule.
654	656		321
655	657		(ll) "Prescription" means an order issued:
656	658		322
657	659		(i) by a licensed practitioner, in the course of that practitioner's professional practice
658	660		323
659	661		or by collaborative pharmacy practice agreement; and
660	662		324
661	663		(ii) for a controlled substance or other prescription drug or device for use by a patient
662	664		325
663	665		or an animal.
664	666		326
665	667		(mm) "Production" means the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting
666	668		327
667	669		of a controlled substance.
668	670		328
669	671		(nn) "Securities" means any stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidences of debt or of
670	672		329
671	673		property.
672	674		330
673	675		(oo) "State" means the state of Utah.
674	676		331
675	677		(pp) "Ultimate user" means any person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance
676	678		332
677	679		for the person's own use, for the use of a member of the person's household, or for
678	680		333
679	681		administration to an animal owned by the person or a member of the person's
680	682		334
681	683		household.
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684	685		(2) If a term used in this chapter is not defined, the definition and terms of Title 76, Utah
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686	688		Criminal Code, shall apply.
687	689		337
688	690		Section 4. Effective Date.
689	691		338
690	692		This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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