Utah Code § 4-41a-103 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-103
§ 4-41a-103. Inventory control system.
Status: in_force

(1) Each cannabis production establishment and each medical cannabis pharmacy shall maintain an inventory control system that meets the requirements of this section. (2) A cannabis production establishment and a medical cannabis pharmacy shall ensure that the inventory control system maintained by the establishment or pharmacy: (a) tracks cannabis using a unique identifier, in real time, from the point that a cannabis plant is eight inches tall and has a root ball until the cannabis is disposed of or sold, in the form of unprocessed cannabis or a cannabis product, to an individual with a medical cannabis card; (b) maintains in real time a record of the amount of cannabis and cannabis products in the possession of the establishment or pharmacy; and (c) preserves compatibility with the state electronic verification system described in Section 26B-4-202. (3) A cannabis production establishment and a medical cannabis pharmacy shall allow the following to access the cannabis production establishment's or the medical cannabis pharmacy's inventory control system at any time: (a) the department; and (b) the Department of Health and Human Services. (4) The department may establish compatibility standards for an inventory control system by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (5) (a) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing requirements for aggregate or batch records regarding the planting and propagation of cannabis before being tracked in an inventory control system described in this section. (b) The department shall ensure that the rules described in Subsection (5)(a) address record-keeping for the amount of planted seed, number of cuttings taken, date and time of cutting and planting, number of plants established, and number of plants culled or dead. (6) (a) The department may provide reports from the inventory control system to a financial institution to allow them to reconcile transactions and other financial activity of cannabis production establishments, medical cannabis pharmacies, and medical cannabis couriers that use financial services that the financial institution provides. (b) A report: (i) may only include information related to financial transactions; and (ii) may not include any identifying patient information.
Utah Code § 4-47-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-47 / § 4-47-102
§ 4-47-102. Abandoned horses on open range declared a public menace.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any abandoned horse to run at large upon the open range. (2) It is in the public interest that every abandoned horse be declared a public menace and is condemned, subject to the right of the horse's owner to reclaim the horse under the conditions described in this chapter.
Utah Code § 4-41a-802 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-802
§ 4-41a-802. Report.
Status: in_force

(1) At or before the November interim meeting each year, the department shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on: (a) the number of applications and renewal applications that the department receives under this chapter; (b) the number of each type of license that the department issues in each county; (c) the amount of cannabis that licensees grow; (d) the amount of cannabis that licensees manufacture into cannabis products; (e) the number of licenses the department revokes under this chapter; (f) the department's operation of an independent cannabis testing laboratory under Section 4-41a-201, including: (i) the cannabis and cannabis products the department tested; and (ii) the results of the tests the department performed; (g) the expenses incurred and revenues generated under this chapter; (h) the total quantity of medical cannabis shipments; (i) the number of overall purchases of medical cannabis from each medical cannabis pharmacy; and (j) an analysis of product availability in medical cannabis pharmacies in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services. (2) The department may not include personally identifying information in the report described in this section. (3) The department shall report to the working group described in Section 36-12-8.2 as requested by the working group. (4) (a) Before August 1, of each year, the department shall provide a report to the working group described in Section 36-12-8.2 that provides the following for each fine issued by the department under this chapter: (i) the date of the fine; (ii) the reference to the statute or rule that was violated for each fine issued; and (iii) a short description explaining why the fine was issued. (b) The report described in Subsection (4)(a) may not include identifying information of the person that was subject to the fine.
Utah Code § 4-46-402 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-46 / § 4-46-402
§ 4-46-402. Training -- Coordination with conservation districts.
Status: in_force

(1) The division shall provide training to the conservation commission concerning: (a) funding state conservation efforts; and (b) coordinating state conservation efforts. (2) The division shall work with the conservation commission in coordinating with a conservation district.
Utah Code § 4-10-107 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-10 / § 4-10-107
§ 4-10-107. Tagging requirements for bedding, upholstered furniture, and filling material.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The manufacturer, retailer, or repairer shall securely tag bedding, upholstered furniture, and filling material. (b) A tag shall be at least six square inches and plainly and indelibly labeled with: (i) information as the department requires by rule; (ii) according to the filling material type, the words "All New Material," "Secondhand Material," or "Owner's Material," stamped or printed on the label; and (iii) the word "USED" stamped or printed on the label of a used mattress. (c) A label shall be placed on the article in such a position as to facilitate ease of examination. (2) (a) If more than one type of filling material is used in an item, the percentage, by weight, of each component part shall be listed in order of predominance. (b) If a descriptive statement is made about the frame, cover, or style of the article, the statement shall, in fact, be true. (c) Quilted clothing shall be tagged and labeled in conformity with the Federal Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, 15 U.S.C. Secs. 70 through 70i. (3) A person, except the purchaser, may not remove, deface, or alter a tag attached according to this chapter. (4) A used mattress shall be tagged with the word "USED," in accordance with rules established by the department. (5) The retailer of a used mattress shall display the mattress so that the "USED" tag is clearly visible to a customer. (6) (a) For items containing down or feather, a manufacturer, retailer, or repairer may use the terms "reclaimed," "reclaimed material," "recycled," or "recycled material" on a tag attached to the item if the item contains reclaimed or recycled material as defined in Section 4-10-102. (b) If a term allowed under this Subsection (6) is included on a tag, a manufacturer, retailer, or repairer shall: (i) indicate whether an item is "new" or "used" as defined in this chapter; and (ii) comply with Subsection (2).
Utah Code § 4-18-105 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-18 / § 4-18-105
§ 4-18-105. Conservation Commission -- Functions and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall: (a) facilitate the development and implementation of the strategies and programs necessary to: (i) protect, conserve, use, and develop the soil, water, and air resources of the state; and (ii) promote the protection, integrity, and restoration of land for agricultural and other beneficial purposes; (b) disseminate information regarding districts' activities and programs; (c) supervise the formation, reorganization, or dissolution of districts according to the requirements of Title 17D, Chapter 3, Conservation District Act; (d) prescribe uniform accounting and recordkeeping procedures for districts and require each district to submit annually the information required in Section 17D-3-103; (e) approve and make loans for purposes listed in Section 4-18-106, through the loan advisory board described in Section 4-18-106, from the Agriculture Resource Development Fund; (f) seek to obtain and administer federal or state money in accordance with applicable federal or state guidelines and make loans or grants from that money to an eligible entity, as defined by the department by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for the preservation of soil, water, and air resources, or for a reason set forth in Section 4-18-108; (g) seek to coordinate soil and water protection, conservation, and development activities and programs of state agencies, local governmental units, other states, special interest groups, and federal agencies; (h) when assigned by the governor, when required by contract with the Department of Environmental Quality, or when required by contract with the United States Environmental Protection Agency: (i) develop programs for the prevention, control, or abatement of new or existing pollution to the soil, water, or air of the state; (ii) advise, consult, and cooperate with affected parties to further the purpose of this chapter; (iii) conduct studies, investigations, research, and demonstrations relating to agricultural pollution issues; (iv) give reasonable consideration in the exercise of its powers and duties to the economic impact on sustainable agriculture; (v) meet the requirements of federal law related to water and air pollution in the exercise of the commission's powers and duties; and (vi) establish administrative penalties relating to agricultural discharges as defined in Section 4-18-103 that are proportional to the seriousness of the resulting environmental harm; and (i) coordinate with the Division of Conservation created in Section 4-46-401. (2) The commission may: (a) employ, with the approval of the department, an administrator and necessary technical experts and employees; (b) execute contracts or other instruments necessary to exercise the commission's powers; (c) take necessary action to promote and enforce the purpose and findings of Section 4-18-102; (d) sue and be sued; and (e) adopt rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, necessary to carry out the powers and duties described in Subsection (1) and Subsections (2)(b) and (c).
Utah Code § 4-11-108 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-11 / § 4-11-108
§ 4-11-108. County bee inspector -- Disinfection required before leaving apiary with diseased bees.
Status: in_force

(1) Before inspecting the premises of any apiary, an inspector and any assistant of an inspector shall disinfect any equipment that will be used in the inspection. (2) Before leaving the premises of any apiary, the bee inspector, or any assistant, shall thoroughly disinfect any part of the inspector's own person, clothing, or any appliance that has come in contact with infected material. (3) The method of disinfection required by Subsection (2): (a) may be determined by the department; and (b) shall be sufficient to destroy disease, parasites, and pathogens encountered. (4) A county bee inspector shall maintain a record of each inspection, including disinfection practices. (5) The county executive or the commissioner may review a county bee inspector's records kept in accordance with Subsection (4).
Utah Code § 4-45a-101 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-45a / § 4-45a-101
§ 4-45a-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026As used in this section: (1) "Conventional food" means: (a) an article used for food or drink for human or animal consumption or the components of the article; or (b) chewing gum or chewing gum components. (2) (a) "Crime involving a nicotine containing product" means an offense described in any of the following sections: (i) Section 76-9-1102, Illegal sale of clove cigarette; (ii) Section 76-9-1103, Permitting minors to use tobacco or electronic cigarette product in place of business; (iii) Section 76-9-1104, Providing tobacco product, electronic cigarette product, or nicotine product to a minor; (iv) Section 76-9-1105, Providing tobacco paraphernalia to a minor; (v) Section 76-9-1107, Requirement of direct, face-to-face sale -- Restrictions on remote sales; (vi) Section 76-9-1108, Illegal presence of a minor inside a retail tobacco specialty business; (vii) Section 76-9-1112, Illegal provision of smokeless tobacco or electronic cigarette product; (viii) Section 76-9-1113, Illegal distribution of a tobacco product on school property; (ix) Section 76-9-1114, Illegal distribution of a flavored electronic cigarette product; (x) Section 76-9-1115, Illegal distribution of electronic cigarette product without premarket authorization; or (xi) Section 76-9-1116, Unlawful sale of a tobacco product, electronic cigarette product, or nicotine product. (b) "Crime involving a nicotine containing product" includes a conviction for an offense previously in statute in this state that is the same or substantially similar to an offense described in Subsection (2)(a). (3) "Electronic cigarette product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101. (4) "General tobacco retailer" means a tobacco retailer that is not a retail tobacco specialty business. (5) "License" means the license described in Section 4-45a-102. (6) "Licensee" means a specialized product retailer licensed under Section 4-45a-102. (7) "Nicotine product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101. (8) "Product list" means a list of specialized products sold by a licensee. (9) "Self-service display" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1107. (10) (a) "Specialized product" means any product intended to be ingested, inhaled, absorbed, or introduced into the human body that is: (i) a cannabinoid product, as defined in Section 4-41-102; (ii) a kratom product, as defined in Section 4-45-102; (iii) a tobacco product that is not tobacco paraphernalia; (iv) a nicotine product; (v) an electronic cigarette substance, as defined in Section 76-9-1101; (vi) a prefilled electronic cigarette, as defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (vii) a product containing a substance: (A) not generally recognized as safe for use in a conventional food product under applicable federal food additive regulations; and (B) that is known or intended to have psychoactive, euphoric, analgesic, sedative, or intoxicating effects; (viii) a non-nicotine inhalation product, as defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (ix) a non-nicotine inhalation substance, as defined in Section 76-9-1101. (b) "Specialized product" includes a product described in Subsection (10)(a) even if the product complies with the federal Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 321(ff) et seq. (c) "Specialized product" does not include a conventional food product that does not contain any substance or product type described in Subsection (10)(a). (11) "Specialized product retailer" means a person that sells a specialized product. (12) "Tobacco product" means: (a) a tobacco product as defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (b) tobacco paraphernalia as defined in Section 76-9-1101. (13) "Tobacco retailer" means a person that is required to obtain a State Tax Commission license for the sale of an electronic cigarette product, nicotine product, or tobacco product.7/1/2026As used in this section: (1) "Conventional food" means: (a) an article used for food or drink for human or animal consumption or the components of the article; or (b) chewing gum or chewing gum components. (2) (a) "Crime involving a nicotine containing product" means an offense described in any of the following sections: (i) Section 76-9-1102, Illegal sale of clove cigarette; (ii) Section 76-9-1103, Permitting minors to use tobacco or electronic cigarette product in place of business; (iii) Section 76-9-1104, Providing tobacco product, electronic cigarette product, or nicotine product to a minor; (iv) Section 76-9-1105, Providing tobacco paraphernalia to a minor; (v) Section 76-9-1107, Requirement of direct, face-to-face sale -- Restrictions on remote sales; (vi) Section 76-9-1108, Illegal presence of a minor inside a retail tobacco specialty business; (vii) Section 76-9-1112, Illegal provision of smokeless tobacco or electronic cigarette product; (viii) Section 76-9-1113, Illegal distribution of a tobacco product on school property; (ix) Section 76-9-1114, Illegal distribution of a flavored electronic cigarette product; (x) Section 76-9-1115, Illegal distribution of electronic cigarette product without premarket authorization; or (xi) Section 76-9-1116, Unlawful sale of a tobacco product, electronic cigarette product, or nicotine product. (b) "Crime involving a nicotine containing product" includes a conviction for an offense previously in statute in this state that is the same or substantially similar to an offense described in Subsection (2)(a). (3) "Electronic cigarette product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101. (4) "General tobacco retailer" means a tobacco retailer that is not a retail tobacco specialty business. (5) "License" means the license described in Section 4-45a-102. (6) "Licensee" means a specialized product retailer licensed under Section 4-45a-102. (7) "Nicotine product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101. (8) "Product list" means a list of specialized products sold by a licensee. (9) "Self-service display" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1107. (10) (a) "Specialized product" means any product intended to be ingested, inhaled, absorbed, or introduced into the human body that is: (i) a cannabinoid product, as defined in Section 4-41-102; (ii) a kratom product, as defined in Section 4-45-102; (iii) a tobacco product that is not tobacco paraphernalia; (iv) a nicotine product; (v) an electronic cigarette substance, as defined in Section 76-9-1101; (vi) a prefilled electronic cigarette, as defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (vii) a product containing a substance: (A) not generally recognized as safe for use in a conventional food product under applicable federal food additive regulations; and (B) that is known or intended to have psychoactive, euphoric, analgesic, sedative, or intoxicating effects; (viii) a non-nicotine inhalation product, as defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (ix) a non-nicotine inhalation substance, as defined in Section 76-9-1101. (b) "Specialized product" includes a product described in Subsection (10)(a) even if the product complies with the federal Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 321(ff) et seq. (c) "Specialized product" does not include a conventional food product that does not contain any substance or product type described in Subsection (10)(a). (11) "Specialized product retailer" means a person that sells a specialized product. (12) "Tobacco product" means: (a) a tobacco product as defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (b) tobacco paraphernalia as defined in Section 76-9-1101. (13) "Tobacco retailer" means a person that is required to obtain a State Tax Commission license for the sale of an electronic cigarette product, nicotine product, or tobacco product.
Utah Code § 4-39-303 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-39 / § 4-39-303
§ 4-39-303. Importation of domesticated elk -- Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not import domesticated elk into the state for use in domesticated elk facilities without first obtaining: (a) an entry permit from the state veterinarian's office; and (b) a domesticated elk facility license from the department. (2) The entry permit shall include the following information and certificates: (a) a health certificate with an indication of the current health status; (b) the name and address of the consignor and consignee; (c) proof that the elk are: (i) tuberculosis free; or (ii) enrolled in a tuberculosis herd monitoring accreditation program administered by the United State Department of Agriculture or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency; (d) the origin of shipment; (e) the final destination; (f) the total number of animals in the shipment; (g) for an elk imported from east of the 100 degree meridian, proof that the elk has been dewormed in accordance with Subsection (3)(a); and (h) any other information required by the state veterinarian's office or the department. (3) In addition to the requirements described in Subsections (1) and (2), a person importing a domesticated elk from east of the 100 degree meridian shall: (a) deworm the elk within 60 days before arrival in the state; (b) deworm or harvest the elk no later than 150 days after arrival in the state; (c) for a bull sent to an elk ranch: (i) hold the bull for harvest until the bull has completed a slaughter withdrawal period; or (ii) be able to demonstrate that the elk is free from dewormer residue; and (d) make the elk available to the department for monitoring and inspection upon request by the department. (4) The department may stop the importation of a domesticated elk or quarantine a domesticated elk if the department identifies the spread of meningeal worm in the elk or the elk's domesticated herd. (5) A person who imports domesticated elk into the state from an international herd: (a) may only import domesticated elk: (i) that are male; and (ii) to an elk ranch for use in the elk ranch; and (b) shall ensure that the domesticated elk are harvested in the same season in which the domesticated elk enter the state. (6) For the purpose of enforcing Subsection (5), the department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for the use of radio frequency identification tags to track male elk imported into the state from an international herd.
Utah Code § 4-11-111 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-11 / § 4-11-111
§ 4-11-111. Importation of bees or appliances into state -- Certification required -- Inspection discretionary -- Authority to require destruction or removal of diseased bees and appliances.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A person may not bring or import any bees in packages or hives or bring or import any used beekeeping equipment or appliances into this state without obtaining a certificate from an inspector authorized in the state of origin certifying that: (i) the bees, apiary equipment, or appliances have been inspected within the current production season; and (ii) all diseased colonies in the apiary at the time of the inspection were destroyed or treated. (b) A person bringing or importing bees into the state shall advise the department of the address of the bees' destination and furnish the department with a copy of the certificate of inspection upon entry into the state. (c) A person intending to hold bees in the state for a period of time exceeding 30 days shall comply with Section 4-11-104. (2) (a) A person may not bring or import any used apiary equipment, except after obtaining a certificate from an inspector authorized in the state of origin certifying that all potentially pathogen-conductive apiary equipment or appliances are appropriately sterilized immediately before importation. (b) A person bringing or importing used apiary equipment shall advise the department of the address of the destination in the state and furnish the department with a copy of the certificate of inspection upon entry into the state. (3) Used apiary equipment or appliances that have been exposed to terminal disease may not be sold without the consent of the bee inspector or the commissioner. (4) In lieu of the certificate required by Subsection (1), the certificate may be a Utah certificate. (5) (a) If the department determines it is necessary for any reason to inspect any bees, apiary equipment, or appliance upon arrival at a destination in this state, and upon this inspection finds terminal disease, the department shall cause all diseased colonies, appliances, and equipment to be either: (i) destroyed immediately; or (ii) removed from the state within 48 hours. (b) The costs of complying with Subsection (5)(a)(i) or (ii) shall be paid by the person bringing the diseased colonies, appliances, or equipment into the state.
Utah Code § 4-4-104 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-4 / § 4-4-104
§ 4-4-104. Unlawful acts specified.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or expose for sale for human consumption any egg: (a) that is addled or moldy or that contains black spot, black rot, white rot, blood ring, adherent yolk, or a bloody or green albumen; or (b) without a sign or label that conforms to the standards for display and grade adopted by the department. (2) For the purpose of bulk wholesale, it is unlawful for a small producer to commingle or combine eggs from a source other than the small producer's operation. (3) Nothing in this section prohibits the sale of a denatured egg.
Utah Code § 4-24-303 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-24 / § 4-24-303
§ 4-24-303. Livestock -- Verification of ownership through brand inspection -- Issuance of certificate of brand inspection -- Brand inspector may demand evidence of ownership -- Brand inspection of livestock seized by the federal government prohibited -- Exception.
Status: in_force

(1) A brand inspector, as an agent of the department, shall verify livestock ownership by conducting a brand inspection during daylight hours. (2) After conducting the brand inspection, the brand inspector, if satisfied that the livestock subject to inspection bears registered brands owned by the owner of the livestock, shall issue a brand inspection certificate to the owner or owner's agent. (3) The brand inspector shall record the number, sex, breed, and brand on each animal inspected together with the owner's name. (4) If any livestock subject to inspection bears a brand other than that of the owner, or if no brand appears on the livestock, or if the ownership of the livestock is disputed, the brand inspector may demand evidence of ownership before issuing a brand inspection certificate or may decline to issue a brand inspection certificate until the ownership dispute is resolved. (5) A brand inspector may not issue a brand inspection certificate for privately owned livestock seized by the federal government unless the: (a) brand inspector receives consent from the livestock's owner; (b) owner is unknown; or (c) brand inspector receives a copy of a court order authorizing the seizure. (6) Breed papers alone do not constitute proof of ownership, but may be considered as a factor in determining ownership.
Utah Code § 4-39-105 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-39 / § 4-39-105
§ 4-39-105. Prohibited activities.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in this title or in the rules of the department made pursuant to this title, a person may not: (a) acquire, import, or possess domesticated elk intended for use in a domesticated elk facility; (b) transport domesticated elk to or from a domesticated elk facility; (c) propagate domesticated elk in a domesticated elk facility; or (d) harvest, transfer, possess, or sell domesticated elk or domesticated elk products from a domesticated elk facility. (2) Releasing domesticated elk into the wild is prohibited.
Utah Code § 4-46-202 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-46 / § 4-46-202
§ 4-46-202. Board duties and powers -- No regulatory authority -- Criteria.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) The board shall: (a) administer the account as provided in this chapter; and (b) fulfill other responsibilities imposed on the board by the Legislature. (2) The board may not exercise any regulatory authority. (3) In carrying out the board's powers and duties under this chapter, the board shall adopt ranking criteria that is substantially similar to the ranking criteria used by the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program and Agriculture Land Easement as determined by the Natural Resources Conservation Service under the United States Department of Agriculture.
Utah Code § 4-32-122 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-32 / § 4-32-122
§ 4-32-122. Denial of application for farm custom slaughter license -- Venue for judicial review.
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant whose application for a license to operate a meat establishment or to obtain a farm custom slaughter license is denied may file a request for agency action with the department, requesting a hearing on the issue of denial. (2) (a) A person who is aggrieved by an order issued under this section may obtain judicial review. (b) Venue for judicial review of an informal adjudicative proceeding is in the district court in the county in which the alleged unlawful activity occurred or, in the case of an order denying a license application, in the county where the applicant resides. (3) The attorney general's office shall represent the department in an original action or appeal under this section.
Utah Code § 4-30-110 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-30 / § 4-30-110
§ 4-30-110. Custodial accounts for trust funds.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each payment that a livestock buyer makes to a livestock market selling on commission is a trust fund. (b) Funds deposited into custodial accounts are trust funds. (2) Each livestock market engaged in selling livestock on a commission or agency basis shall establish and maintain a separate bank account designated as "custodial account for shippers' proceeds," or some similar identifying designation, to disclose that the depositor is acting as a fiduciary and that the funds in the account are trust funds. (3) (a) The livestock market shall deposit into its custodial account before the close of the next business day after the livestock is sold: (i) the proceeds that have been collected from the sale of the livestock; and (ii) an amount equal to the proceeds receivable from the sale of livestock that are due from: (A) the livestock market; (B) any owner, officer, or employee of the livestock market; and (C) any buyer to whom the livestock market has extended credit. (b) The livestock market shall thereafter deposit into the custodial account all proceeds collected until the account has been reimbursed in full and shall, before the close of the seventh day following the sale of livestock, deposit an amount equal to all the remaining proceeds receivable regardless of whether the proceeds have been collected by the livestock market. (4) The custodial account shall be drawn on only: (a) for payment of the net proceeds to the consignor or shipper, or to any person that the livestock market knows is entitled to payment; (b) to pay lawful charges against the consignment of livestock which the market agency shall, in its capacity as agent, be required to pay; and (c) to obtain any sums due the livestock market as compensation for its services. (5) (a) Each livestock market shall keep accounts and records that will disclose at all times the handling of funds in the custodial account. (b) Accounts and records shall at all times disclose the name of the consignors and the amount due and payable to each from funds in the custodial account. (6) The custodial account shall be established and maintained in a bank whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Utah Code § 4-3-608 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-3 / § 4-3-608
§ 4-3-608. Exemption for sales and deliveries from farm.
Status: in_force

(1) A producer may sell raw milk or a raw milk product if the producer complies with this section without: (a) obtaining a permit under Section 4-3-301; or (b) meeting the requirements of Sections 4-3-602 through 4-3-605. (2) To be exempt under this section, the producer shall: (a) sell the raw milk or raw milk product to a consumer for household use and not for resale; (b) sell and deliver the raw milk or raw milk product upon the premises where the raw milk or raw milk product is produced, except the producer may use a designated agent to deliver the raw milk or raw milk product directly to the consumer who purchases the raw milk or raw milk product; (c) label the raw milk or raw milk product with: (i) the producer's name and address; (ii) a date, no more than nine days after the raw milk or raw milk product is produced, by which the raw milk or raw milk product should be sold; (iii) the statement: "This raw milk or raw milk product has not been licensed or inspected by the state of Utah. Raw milk or a raw milk product, no matter how carefully produced, may be unsafe."; and (iv) handling instructions to preserve quality and avoid contamination or spoilage; (d) cool the raw milk or raw milk used to produce a raw milk product: (i) to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or a lower temperature within one hour after being drawn from the animal; and (ii) to 41 degrees Fahrenheit or a lower temperature within two hours of being drawn from the animal; (e) conduct a monthly test ensuring the coliform count of the raw milk or the raw milk used to produce a raw milk product does not exceed 10 colony-forming units per milliliter; (f) ensure that the dairy animals on the producer's premises are free of tuberculosis, brucellosis, and other diseases carried through milk; (g) maintain records of tests for a minimum of six months; and (h) notify the department of the producer's intent to sell raw milk or a raw milk product in accordance with this section and include in the notification the producer's name and address.
Utah Code § 4-32-110 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-32 / § 4-32-110
§ 4-32-110. Discretionary functions, powers, and duties of commissioner prescribed.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may: (1) remove inspectors from any official establishment that fails to: (a) destroy condemned products pursuant to Subsection 4-32-109(3); or (b) comply with any other of this chapter's requirements; (2) refuse to provide inspection for any official establishment for any cause specified in Section 401 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or Section 18 of the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act; (3) withhold the use of labels and containers if the labeling is false or misleading or the containers are misleading in size or form; (4) prescribe the type size and style to be used for labeling: (a) information; (b) definitions; and (c) standards of identity, composition, or container fill; (5) prescribe conditions for the storage and handling of meat and poultry products by any person who sells, freezes, stores, or transports these products to prevent them from becoming adulterated or misbranded; (6) require that equines be slaughtered and prepared in official establishments separate from those where other animals are slaughtered or their products are prepared; (7) require that the following people register the name and address of each place of business and all trade names: (a) broker; (b) renderer; (c) animal food manufacturer; (d) wholesaler; (e) public warehouseman of meat or poultry products; or (f) anyone engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting any: (i) dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals; or (ii) parts of animal carcasses that died other than by slaughter; (8) make inspections of official establishments at night, as well as during the day, if animals or meat and poultry products are slaughtered and prepared for commercial purposes in those establishments at night; (9) divide the state into inspection districts and designate killing days and partial killing days for each official establishment; (10) cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in the administration of this chapter and accept federal assistance and use funds appropriated for the administration of this chapter to pay the state's proportionate share of the cooperative program; (11) recommend the names of officials and employees of the department to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States for appointment to the advisory committees provided for in the federal acts; (12) serve as the representative of the governor for consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture under paragraph (c) of Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Section 5(c) of the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, unless the governor selects another representative; and (13) exempt from inspection: (a) the slaughter and processing of an animal by any person who raises an animal for the person's own use, members of the person's household, employees, or nonpaying guests; (b) custom exempt slaughter and processing operations; (c) farm custom slaughter performed by a licensee; and (d) any other operation, if the exemption: (i) furthers the purposes of this chapter; and (ii) conforms to federal acts.
Utah Code § 4-41-105 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41 / § 4-41-105
§ 4-41-105. Unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for a person to handle, process, or market living industrial hemp plants, viable hemp seeds, leaf materials, or floral materials derived from industrial hemp without the appropriate license or permit issued by the department under this chapter. (2) (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (i) distribute, sell, or market a cannabinoid product that is: (A) not registered with the department under Section 4-41-104; or (B) noncompliant material; (ii) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), transport into or out of the state extracted material or final product that contains 0.3% or more of total THC and any THC analog; (iii) sell or use a cannabinoid product that is: (A) added to a conventional food or beverage, as the department further defines in rules described in Section 4-41-403; (B) marketed or manufactured to be enticing to children, as further defined in rules described in Section 4-41-403; or (C) smokable flower; (iv) knowingly or intentionally sell or give a cannabinoid product that contains THC or a THC analog in the course of business to an individual who is not at least 21 years old; or (v) delay or deny an inspection authorized under this chapter. (b) A person may transport transportable industrial hemp concentrate if the person: (i) complies with rules created by the department under Section 4-41-103.1 related to transportable industrial hemp concentrate; and (ii) (A) has a cannabinoid processor license; or (B) the equivalent to a cannabinoid processor license from another state. (3) The department may seize and destroy non-compliant material. (4) Nothing in this chapter authorizes any person to violate federal law, regulation, or any provision of this title.
Utah Code § 4-20-108 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-20 / § 4-20-108
§ 4-20-108. Commissioner to supervise distribution of undistributed funds if United States alters or discontinues funding leaving funds or resources available.
Status: in_force

If the United States alters or discontinues funding under the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 315 et seq., or the operation of advisory boards, leaving funds or other resources undistributed or otherwise without means for continuation, the commissioner shall supervise and control the distribution of such undistributed funds or other resources.
Utah Code § 4-5-401 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-5 / § 4-5-401
§ 4-5-401. Unlawful acts specified.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not: (a) manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale a food that is adulterated or misbranded; (b) adulterate or misbrand food; (c) except as provided in Subsection (2), distribute, in commerce, a consumer commodity inconsistent with the packaging and labeling requirements of this chapter, or the rules made under this chapter; (d) sell, deliver for sale, hold for sale, or offer for sale an article in violation of Section 4-5-301; (e) disseminate false advertising; (f) remove or dispose of detained or embargoed food in violation of Section 4-5-202; (g) adulterate, mutilate, destroy, obliterate, or remove the food label which results in the food being misbranded or adulterated while the food is for sale; (h) forge, counterfeit, simulate, or misrepresent a label or information, by the unauthorized use of a mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device; (i) use or reveal a method, process, or information which is protected as a trade secret; (j) operate a food establishment without a valid registration issued by the department; and (k) refuse entry to an authorized agent of the department in a food establishment as required under Section 4-5-105. (2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to a person engaged in the wholesale or retail distribution of consumer commodities unless that person: (a) is engaged in the packaging or labeling of consumer commodities; or (b) prescribes or specifies the manner in which consumer commodities are packaged or labeled.
Utah Code § 4-2-701 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-2 / § 4-2-701
§ 4-2-701. Pollinator habitat program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the department shall implement a pollinator habitat program that includes one or more of the following: (a) public education efforts that include workshops, planting guides, or a public education campaign to raise awareness about creating pollinator habitats; (b) distribution of pollinator-friendly native flowering plants or seeds for native flowering plants for planting within the state to protect a diversity of pollinators; (c) pollinator programs run by local governments and nonprofit organizations with support from the department; and (d) grants that: (i) are provided on a first-come, first-served basis; and (ii) cover up to 75% of the costs for the planting of pollinator-friendly native flowering plants or seeds for native flowering plants on private or public land. (2) (a) The department may coordinate with the federal government, other state agencies, institutions of higher education, as defined in Section 53H-1-101, or political subdivisions to provide for the activities described in Subsection (1). (b) The department may designate smaller areas of the state to begin the activities described in Subsection (1). (3) The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish: (a) the criteria for receiving a grant under this section; and (b) the process to apply for and receive a grant under this section.
Utah Code § 4-16-303 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-16 / § 4-16-303
§ 4-16-303. Distributors of seed to keep record of each lot of seed distributed.
Status: in_force

(1) Each person whose name appears on the label of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds or seeds for sprouting shall keep: (a) a complete record of each lot of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree and shrub seed or seeds for sprouting distributed in this state for a period of two years; and (b) a file sample of each lot of seed for a period of one year after final disposition of the lot. (2) The records and samples pertaining to the distribution of the seeds shall be available to the department for inspection during regular business hours.
Utah Code § 4-46-101 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-46 / § 4-46-101
§ 4-46-101. Policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that land conservation should be promoted to protect the state's agricultural industry and natural resources.
Utah Code § 4-41a-801 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-801
§ 4-41a-801. Enforcement -- Fine -- Citation.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) If a person that is a cannabis production establishment, a cannabis production establishment agent, a medical cannabis pharmacy, a medical cannabis pharmacy agent, or a medical cannabis courier, violates this chapter, the department may: (i) revoke the person's license or agent registration card; (ii) decline to renew the person's license or agent registration card; (iii) assess the person an administrative penalty that the department establishes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; or (iv) provide a letter of concern in accordance with Subsection (8). (b) Except for a violation that threatens public health or for the third violation of the same rule or statute in a 24-month period, the department shall issue a letter of concern before taking other administrative action under this section. (2) The department shall deposit an administrative penalty imposed under this section into the General Fund. (3) (a) The department may take an action described in Subsection (3)(b) if the department concludes, upon investigation, that, for a person that is a cannabis production establishment, a cannabis production establishment agent, a medical cannabis pharmacy, a medical cannabis pharmacy agent, or a medical cannabis courier: (i) the person has violated the provisions of this chapter, a rule made under this chapter, or an order issued under this chapter; or. (ii) the person produced cannabis or a cannabis product batch that contains a substance, other than cannabis, that poses a significant threat to human health. (b) If the department makes the determination about a person described in Subsection (3)(a), the department may: (i) issue the person a written administrative citation; (ii) attempt to negotiate a stipulated settlement; (iii) order the person to cease and desist from the action that creates a violation; or (iv) direct the person to appear before an adjudicative proceeding conducted under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. (c) If the department concludes, upon investigation, that a cannabis production establishment or a cannabis production establishment agent has produced a cannabis batch or a cannabis product batch that contains a substance that poses a significant threat to human health, the department shall seize, embargo, or destroy the cannabis batch or cannabis product batch. (4) The department may, for a person subject to an uncontested citation, a stipulated settlement, or a finding of a violation in an adjudicative proceeding under this section, for a fine amount not already specified in law, assess the person, who is not an individual, a fine of up to $5,000 per violation, in accordance with a fine schedule that the department establishes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (5) The department may not revoke a license without first directing the licensee to appear before an adjudicative proceeding conducted under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. (6) If within 30 calendar days after the day on which a department serves a citation for a violation of this chapter, the person that is the subject of the citation fails to request a hearing to contest the citation, the citation becomes the department's final order. (7) The department may, for a person who fails to comply with a citation under this section: (a) refuse to issue or renew the person's license or agent registration card; or (b) suspend, revoke, or place on probation the person's license or registration card. (8) (a) A letter of concern shall describe: (i) the violation including the statute or rule being violated; (ii) possible options to remedy the issue; and (iii) possible consequences for not remedying the violation. (b) Under a letter of concern, the department shall provide the person at least 30 days to remedy the violation. (c) If the person fails to remedy the violation described in a letter of concern, the department may take other enforcement action as described in this section. (d) If a letter of concern is resolved without an enforcement action being taken under Subsection (8)(c), the department may not report that a letter of concern was issued to the licensing board. (9) (a) Except where a criminal penalty is expressly provided for a specific violation of this chapter, or where civil and criminal penalties are provided for violations of Section 76-10-31, if an individual: (i) violates a provision of this chapter, the individual is: (A) guilty of an infraction; and (B) subject to a $100 fine; or (ii) intentionally or knowingly violates a provision of this chapter or violates this chapter three or more times, the individual is: (A) guilty of a class B misdemeanor; and (B) subject to a $1,000 fine. (b) An individual who is guilty of a violation described in Subsection (9)(a) is not guilty of a violation of Title 58, Chapter 37, Controlled Substances, or Title 76, Chapter 18, Part 2, Offenses Concerning Controlled Substances, for the conduct underlying the violation described in Subsection (9)(a). (10) Nothing in this section prohibits: (a) the department from referring potential criminal activity to law enforcement; or (b) the attorney general from investigating or prosecuting individuals or businesses for violations of Title 76, Chapter 16, Part 5, Antitrust Offenses.
Utah Code § 4-3-402 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-3 / § 4-3-402
§ 4-3-402. Processors, manufacturers, or distributors -- Unlawful to give money, equipment, or fixtures to retailer or consumer -- Exceptions -- Shelf space for dairy products.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "liquid dairy product" means a milk container which contains a pint of milk or less; and (b) "novelty ice cream" means a package or container of ice cream which contains eight fluid ounces or less. (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), no processor, manufacturer, distributor, or his affiliates, subsidiaries, associates, agents or stockholders shall furnish, service, repair, give, lease, sell, or loan to a retailer or consumer any: (a) money; (b) equipment; (c) fixtures, including ice cream cabinets or bulk milk dispensers; (d) supplies, excluding expendable supplies commonly provided in connection with the sale of dairy products to a consumer; or (e) other things having a real or substantial value. (3) (a) Ice cream cabinets may be loaned or sold to a retailer if the ice cream cabinet: (i) is portable; (ii) has a storage capacity not exceeding 12 cubic feet; and (iii) is used solely for retail display sales of novelty ice cream. (b) Milk coolers may be loaned or sold to a retailer if the milk cooler: (i) is portable; (ii) has a storage capacity not exceeding 12 cubic feet; and (iii) is used solely for retail display sales of liquid dairy products. (4) The leasing or renting of cabinets, dispensers, or coolers for dairy products for civic affairs, demonstrations, or exhibits is prohibited unless it is for a period of 10 days or less in any one period of three consecutive months. (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (5)(b) and (5)(c), no retailer shall lease, sell, or loan shelf or refrigerator space for dairy products to a processor, manufacturer, or distributor or receive anything of value from a processor, manufacturer, or distributor in exchange for shelf or refrigerator space for dairy products. (b) Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to a dairy by-product that is: (i) a short-term special; or (ii) a new product being introduced on a trial basis for a period not to exceed 45 days. (c) A processor, manufacturer, or distributor may loan or sell an ice cream cabinet or milk cooler to a retailer for the display of the processor's, manufacturer's, or distributor's products, if the ice cream cabinet or milk cooler meets the requirements of Subsection (3).
Utah Code § 4-11-109 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-11 / § 4-11-109
§ 4-11-109. Inspection of apiaries where queen bees raised for sale -- Honey from apiaries where queen bees raised for sale not to be used for candy for mailing cages unless boiled.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) At least twice each summer the county bee inspector may inspect each apiary in which queen bees are raised for sale. (b) A person may not sell or transport any queen bee from an apiary that is found to be infected with disease without the consent of the county bee inspector or the department. (2) No person engaged in raising queen bees for sale shall use any honey for making candy for mailing cages that has not been boiled for at least 30 minutes. (3) A person rearing queens shall follow standard methods for minimizing or eliminating unmanageably aggressive stock.
Utah Code § 4-21-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-21 / § 4-21-102
§ 4-21-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Council" means the Utah Beef Council created in Section 4-21-103. (2) "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food created in Section 4-2-102. (3) "Marketing agency" means a person who acts as an agent of the seller in the sale of cattle in that the person issues payment to the seller and is entitled to a commission based upon the sale. (4) "Producer" means a person who owns and raises or owns and feeds cattle. (5) "Purchaser" means a person who buys cattle. (6) "Seller" means a person who offers cattle for sale.
Utah Code § 4-41a-104 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-104
§ 4-41a-104. Qualified Production Enterprise Fund -- Creation -- Revenue neutrality.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created an enterprise fund known as the "Qualified Production Enterprise Fund." (2) The fund created in this section is funded from: (a) money the department deposits into the fund under this chapter; (b) appropriations the Legislature makes to the fund; (c) the interest described in Subsection (3); and (d) the fee described in Subsection (6). (3) Interest earned on the Qualified Production Enterprise Fund shall be deposited into the fund. (4) The department may use money in the fund to fund the department's implementation of: (a) this chapter; (b) Chapter 41, Hemp and Cannabinoid Act; or (c) Chapter 45, Kratom Consumer Protection Act. (5) The department shall set fees authorized under this chapter in amounts that the department anticipates are necessary, in total, to cover the department's cost to implement this chapter. (6) The department may impose a uniform fee on each medical cannabis transaction in a medical cannabis pharmacy in an amount that the department sets in accordance with Section 63J-1-504.
Utah Code § 4-5-107 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-5 / § 4-5-107
§ 4-5-107. Food containing vaccine.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "vaccine or vaccine material" means a substance that is: (a) intended for use in humans to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against disease; (b) prepared from the causative agent of a disease, the disease's products, or a synthetic substitute treated to act as an antigen without including the disease; and (c) authorized or approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (2) A food intended for human consumption that intentionally contains a vaccine or vaccine material is considered a drug for purposes of this chapter, Section 26B-7-108, and Title 58, Chapter 37, Controlled Substances.
Utah Code § 4-9-117 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-9 / § 4-9-117
§ 4-9-117. Weighing and measuring devices -- Presumption.
Status: in_force

If a weighing or measuring device is in a place where buying or selling is commonly carried on, there is a rebuttable presumption that the weighing or measuring device is regularly used for the business purposes of that place.
Utah Code § 4-39-207 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-39 / § 4-39-207
§ 4-39-207. Inspection of facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may conduct pathological or physical investigations at any domesticated elk facility to ensure compliance with this chapter. (2) For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and rules made under this chapter, at any reasonable time during regular business hours, the department shall have free and unimpeded access to inspect all buildings, yards, pens, pastures, and other areas in which any domesticated elk are kept, handled, or transported. (3) The department shall notify the Division of Wildlife Resources prior to an inspection so that a Division of Wildlife Resources representative may be present at the inspection.
Utah Code § 4-21-105 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-21 / § 4-21-105
§ 4-21-105. Council powers, duties, and functions -- Reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The council has the following powers, duties, and functions: (a) hire and fix the salary of an administrator and staff, who may not be members of the council, to administer the policies adopted and perform the duties assigned by the council; (b) promote the beef industry of the state; (c) encourage local, national, and international use of Utah beef, through advertising or otherwise; (d) investigate and participate in studies of problems unique to Utah producers; (e) take actions consistent with this chapter to promote, protect, and stabilize the state's beef industry; (f) enter into contracts and incur indebtedness in furtherance of the council's business activities; (g) cooperate with local, state, or national organizations engaged in activities similar to those of the council; (h) accept grants, donations, or gifts for use consistent with this chapter; and (i) do other things necessary for the efficient and effective management and operation of the council's business. (2) The council shall: (a) submit the council's proposed budget and an end-of-year audited financial statement to the department and the Office of the State Auditor within 180 days of the end of each fiscal year; (b) provide the department, on an annual basis, with a detailed outline of the council's plans for future publications and messaging; and (c) report, by October 1 of each year, to the Retirement and Independent Entities Interim Committee on the operations and activities of the council.
Utah Code § 4-33-106 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-33 / § 4-33-106
§ 4-33-106. Octane rating determination and posting.
Status: in_force

The determination of octane ratings and the posting of the octane on dispensing devices shall be in accord with Federal Trade Commission requirements described in 16 C.F.R. Part 306, Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification, and Posting.
Utah Code § 4-38-402 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-38 / § 4-38-402
§ 4-38-402. Horse Racing Account created -- Contents -- Use of account money.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Horse Racing Account. (2) The Horse Racing Account consists of: (a) license fees collected under this chapter; (b) revenue from fines imposed under this chapter; and (c) interest on account money. (3) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, money from the account shall be used for the administration of this chapter, including paying the costs of: (a) public liability insurance; (b) stewards; (c) veterinarians; and (d) drug testing.
Utah Code § 4-38-303 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-38 / § 4-38-303
§ 4-38-303. Bribery and touting prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any person who gives or promises or attempts to give, or any person who receives or agrees to receive or attempts to receive, any money, bribe, or thing of value with intent to influence any person to dishonestly umpire, manage, direct, judge, preside, officiate at, or participate in any race conducted under this chapter with the intent or purpose that the result of the race will be affected or influenced thereby, is guilty of a felony of the third degree and subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.
Utah Code § 4-39-502 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-39 / § 4-39-502
§ 4-39-502. Adjudicative proceedings.
Status: in_force

Adjudicative proceedings under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
Utah Code § 4-30-111 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-30 / § 4-30-111
§ 4-30-111. Weighman license required -- Application -- Fee -- Bond -- Expiration -- Renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) No person may act as a weighman at a livestock market without a license from the department. (b) Application for a weighman's license shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department. (c) Upon receipt of a proper application, payment of a license fee in an amount determined by the department pursuant to Subsection 4-2-103(2), and deposit of either a corporate surety bond or trust fund agreement with the department in the principal amount of $1,000, the commissioner shall issue a license allowing the applicant to act as a weighman through December 31 of the year in which the license is issued, subject to suspension or revocation for cause. (d) A weighman's license is annually renewable on or before December 31 of each year upon the payment of an annual license renewal fee in an amount determined by the department pursuant to Subsection 4-2-103(2). (2) (a) Each weighman's surety bond shall be written by a surety licensed under the laws of Utah and name the state, as obligee, for the use and benefit of persons who consign livestock to a livestock market. (b) The bond shall further be conditioned for the faithful and accurate weighing of livestock consigned to a livestock market and for the payment of court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party incident to any suit brought upon the bond.
Utah Code § 4-31-106 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-31 / § 4-31-106
§ 4-31-106. Epidemic of contagious or infectious disease -- Condemnation or destruction of infected or exposed livestock -- Destruction of other property.
Status: in_force

(1) If there is an outbreak of contagious or infectious disease of epidemic proportion among domestic animals in this state that imperils livestock, the commissioner, with approval of the governor, may condemn, destroy, or dispose of any infected livestock or any livestock exposed to the disease or considered by the commissioner capable of transmitting the disease to other domestic animals. (2) The commissioner may, with gubernatorial approval, condemn and destroy any barns, sheds, corrals, pens, or other property necessary to prevent the spread of contagion or infection.
Utah Code § 4-4a-105 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-4a / § 4-4a-105
§ 4-4a-105. De minimis exemptions for shell eggs.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to the production of shell eggs in the state by a farm with fewer than 3,000 egg-laying hens.
Utah Code § 4-31-118 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-31 / § 4-31-118
§ 4-31-118. Animal disease traceability.
Status: in_force

The department may: (1) make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary for animal disease traceability and compliance with federal law regarding animal disease traceability; and (2) enforce the rules described in Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 4-41-403 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41 / § 4-41-403
§ 4-41-403. Standards for registration.
Status: in_force

1/1/2027 (1) (a) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act: (i) to determine standards for a registered cannabinoid product, including standards for: (A) testing to ensure the product is safe for human consumption; and (B) accurate labeling; (ii) governing an entity that manufactures cannabinoid products, including standards for health and safety; (iii) to determine when and how a cannabinoid processor's cannabinoid shall be tested by the department at the expense of the cannabinoid processor; (iv) regarding what constitutes: (A) a conventional food or beverage; and (B) a product that is marketed or manufactured to be enticing to children; (v) regarding any other issue the department considers necessary for the safe production and sale of cannabinoid products; and (vi) for a cannabinoid product that is not in an oil based suspension, prohibiting a serving size that is less than the full portion of a discrete unit of the cannabinoid product. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the department may not prohibit a sugar coating on a cannabinoid product to mask the product's taste, subject to the limitations described in Subsection (1)(a)(iv) or (v). (2) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department may make rules to immediately ban or limit the presence of any substance in a cannabinoid product after receiving a recommendation to do so from a public health authority as defined in Section 26B-1-102. (3) The department shall set a fine of not more than $5,000 for a person who sells a cannabinoid product that is not registered by the department. (4) Until January 1, 2029, the department may set a fee to register a cannabinoid product.
Utah Code § 4-20-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-20 / § 4-20-102
§ 4-20-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Cooperative weed management association" means a multigovernmental association cooperating to control noxious weeds in a geographic area that includes some portion of Utah. (2) "Fees" means the revenue collected by the United States secretary of interior from assessments on livestock using public lands. (3) "Grazing district" means an administrative unit of land: (a) designated by the commissioner as valuable for grazing and for raising forage crops; and (b) that consists of any combination of the following: (i) public lands; (ii) private land; (iii) state land; and (iv) school and institutional trust land as defined in Section 53C-1-103. (4) "Public lands" mean vacant, unappropriated, reserved, and unreserved federal lands. (5) "Regional board" means a regional grazing advisory board with members appointed under Section 4-20-104. (6) "Restricted account" means the Rangeland Improvement Account created in Section 4-20-105. (7) "Sales" or "leases" means the sale or lease, respectively, of isolated or disconnected tracts of public lands by the United States secretary of interior. (8) "State board" means the Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board created under Section 4-20-103.
Utah Code § 4-41-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41 / § 4-41-102
§ 4-41-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026As used in this chapter: (1) "Adulterant" means any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity that may be injurious to human health, including: (a) pesticides; (b) heavy metals; (c) solvents; (d) microbial life; (e) artificially derived cannabinoids; (f) toxins; or (g) foreign matter. (2) (a) "Artificially derived cannabinoid" means a chemical substance that is created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substances 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) cannabinoids that are produced by decarboxylation from a naturally occurring cannabinoid acid without the use of a chemical catalyst. (3) "Cannabidiol" or "CBD" means the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 13956-29-1. (4) "Cannabidiolic acid" or "CBDA" means the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 1244-58-2. (5) "Cannabinoid processor license" means a license that the department issues to a person for the purpose of processing a cannabinoid product. (6) "Cannabinoid product" means a product that: (a) contains or is represented to contain one or more naturally occurring cannabinoids; (b) contains less than the cannabinoid product THC level, by dry weight; (c) contains a combined amount of total THC and any THC analog that does not exceed 10% of the total cannabinoid content; (d) does not exceed a total of THC and any THC analog that is greater than: (i) 5 milligrams per serving; and (ii) 150 milligrams per package; (e) unless the product is in an oil based suspension, has a serving size that: (i) is an integer; and (ii) is a discrete unit of the cannabinoid product; (f) is not an electronic cigarette as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101; and (g) is not a cannabinoid substance that is intended for use in an electronic cigarette. (7) "Cannabinoid product class" means a group of cannabinoid products that: (a) have all ingredients in common; and (b) are produced by or for the same company. (8) "Cannabinoid product THC level" means a combined concentration of total THC and any THC analog of less than 0.3% on a dry weight basis if laboratory testing confirms a result within a measurement of uncertainty that includes the combined concentration of 0.3%. (9) "Cannabis" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (10) "Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" or "delta-9-THC" means the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 1972-08-3, the primary psychotropic cannabinoid in cannabis. (11) "Hazardous waste laws" means: (a) federal and state laws, rules, and regulations related to hazardous waste; (b) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6991 et seq.; and (c) Title 19, Chapter 6, Part 5, Solid Waste Management Act. (12) "Industrial hemp" means any part of a cannabis plant, whether growing or not, with a concentration of less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol by dry weight. (13) "Industrial hemp producer registration" means a registration that the department issues to a person for the purpose of processing industrial hemp or an industrial hemp product. (14) (a) "Industrial hemp product" means a product made by processing industrial hemp plants or industrial hemp parts. (b) "Industrial hemp product" does not include cannabinoid material or a cannabinoid product. (15) "Industrial hemp retailer permit" means a permit that the department issues to a retailer who sells any viable industrial hemp seed or cannabinoid product. (16) "Key participant" means any of the following: (a) a licensee; (b) an operation manager; (c) a site manager; or (d) an employee who has access to any industrial hemp material with a THC concentration above 0.3%. (17) "Licensee" means a person possessing a cannabinoid processor license that the department issues under this chapter. (18) "Newly identified cannabinoid" means a cannabinoid that: (a) is not expressly identified by chemical name or CAS number in this chapter; and (b) is identified by the department under Section 4-41-405. (19) "Non-compliant material" means: (a) a hemp plant that does not comply with this chapter, including a cannabis plant with a concentration of 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol or greater by dry weight; (b) a cannabinoid product, chemical, or compound with a concentration that exceeds the cannabinoid product THC level; and (c) a cannabinoid product containing any of the following: (i) delta-9-tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 54763-99-4; (ii) delta-8-tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 51768-60-6; (iii) delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (THC) acetate, the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 23132-17-4; (iv) delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) acetate, the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 23050-54-6; (v) 9(s)-hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 36403-91-5; or (vi) 9(r)-hexahyrdocannabinol (HHC), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 36403-90-4. (20) "Permittee" means a person possessing a permit that the department issues under this chapter. (21) "Person" means: (a) an individual, partnership, association, firm, trust, limited liability company, or corporation; and (b) an agent or employee of an individual, partnership, association, firm, trust, limited liability company, or corporation. (22) "Retailer permittee" means a person possessing an industrial hemp retailer permit that the department issues under this chapter. (23) "Tetrahydrocannabinol" or "THC" means a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 1972-08-3. (24) (a) "THC analog" means a substance that is structurally or pharmacologically substantially similar to, or is represented as being similar to, delta-9-THC. (b) "THC analog" does not include the following substances or the naturally occurring acid forms of the following substances: (i) cannabichromene (CBC), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 20675-51-8; (ii) cannabicyclol (CBL), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 21366-63-2; (iii) cannabidiol (CBD), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 13956-29-1; (iv) cannabidivarol (CBDV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 24274-48-4; (v) cannabielsoin (CBE), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 52025-76-0; (vi) cannabigerol (CBG), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 25654-31-3; (vii) cannabigerovarin (CBGV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 55824-11-8; (viii) cannabinol (CBN), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 521-35-7; (ix) cannabivarin (CBV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 33745-21-0; or (x) delta-9-tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 31262-37-0. (25) "Total cannabidiol" or "total CBD" means the combined amounts of cannabidiol and cannabidiolic acid, calculated as "total CBD = CBD + (CBDA x 0.877)". (26) "Total tetrahydrocannabinol" or "total THC" means the sum of the determined amounts of delta-9-THC, tertrahydrocannabinolic acid, calculated as "total THC = delta-9-THC + (THCA x 0.877)". (27) "Transportable industrial hemp concentrate" means any amount of a natural cannabinoid in a purified state that: (a) is the product of any chemical or physical process applied to naturally occurring biomass that concentrates or isolates the cannabinoids contained in the biomass; (b) is derived from a cannabis plant that, based on sampling that was collected no more than 30 days before the day on which the cannabis plant was harvested, contains a combined concentration of total THC and any THC analog of less than 0.3% on a dry weight basis; (c) has a THC and THC analog concentration total that is less than 20% when concentrated from the cannabis plant to the purified state; and (d) is intended to be processed into a cannabinoid product.7/1/2026As used in this chapter: (1) "Adulterant" means any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity that may be injurious to human health, including: (a) pesticides; (b) heavy metals; (c) solvents; (d) microbial life; (e) artificially derived cannabinoids; (f) toxins; or (g) foreign matter. (2) (a) "Artificially derived cannabinoid" means a chemical substance that is created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substances 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) cannabinoids that are produced by decarboxylation from a naturally occurring cannabinoid acid without the use of a chemical catalyst. (3) "Cannabidiol" or "CBD" means the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 13956-29-1. (4) "Cannabidiolic acid" or "CBDA" means the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 1244-58-2. (5) "Cannabinoid processor license" means a license that the department issues to a person for the purpose of processing a cannabinoid product. (6) "Cannabinoid product" means a product that: (a) contains or is represented to contain one or more naturally occurring cannabinoids; (b) contains less than the cannabinoid product THC level, by dry weight; (c) contains a combined amount of total THC and any THC analog that does not exceed 10% of the total cannabinoid content; (d) does not exceed a total of THC and any THC analog that is greater than: (i) 5 milligrams per serving; and (ii) 150 milligrams per package; (e) unless the product is in an oil based suspension, has a serving size that: (i) is an integer; and (ii) is a discrete unit of the cannabinoid product; (f) is not an electronic cigarette as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101; and (g) is not a cannabinoid substance that is intended for use in an electronic cigarette. (7) "Cannabinoid product class" means a group of cannabinoid products that: (a) have all ingredients in common; and (b) are produced by or for the same company. (8) "Cannabinoid product THC level" means a combined concentration of total THC and any THC analog of less than 0.3% on a dry weight basis if laboratory testing confirms a result within a measurement of uncertainty that includes the combined concentration of 0.3%. (9) "Cannabis" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (10) "Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" or "delta-9-THC" means the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 1972-08-3, the primary psychotropic cannabinoid in cannabis. (11) "Hazardous waste laws" means: (a) federal and state laws, rules, and regulations related to hazardous waste; (b) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6991 et seq.; and (c) Title 19, Chapter 6, Part 5, Solid Waste Management Act. (12) "Industrial hemp" means any part of a cannabis plant, whether growing or not, with a concentration of less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol by dry weight. (13) "Industrial hemp producer registration" means a registration that the department issues to a person for the purpose of processing industrial hemp or an industrial hemp product. (14) (a) "Industrial hemp product" means a product made by processing industrial hemp plants or industrial hemp parts. (b) "Industrial hemp product" does not include cannabinoid material or a cannabinoid product. (15) "Industrial hemp retailer permit" means a permit that the department issues to a retailer who sells any viable industrial hemp seed or cannabinoid product. (16) "Key participant" means any of the following: (a) a licensee; (b) an operation manager; (c) a site manager; or (d) an employee who has access to any industrial hemp material with a THC concentration above 0.3%. (17) "Licensee" means a person possessing a cannabinoid processor license that the department issues under this chapter. (18) "Newly identified cannabinoid" means a cannabinoid that: (a) is not expressly identified by chemical name or CAS number in this chapter; and (b) is identified by the department under Section 4-41-405. (19) "Non-compliant material" means: (a) a hemp plant that does not comply with this chapter, including a cannabis plant with a concentration of 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol or greater by dry weight; (b) a cannabinoid product, chemical, or compound with a concentration that exceeds the cannabinoid product THC level; and (c) a cannabinoid product containing any of the following: (i) delta-9-tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 54763-99-4; (ii) delta-8-tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 51768-60-6; (iii) delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (THC) acetate, the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 23132-17-4; (iv) delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) acetate, the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 23050-54-6; (v) 9(s)-hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 36403-91-5; or (vi) 9(r)-hexahyrdocannabinol (HHC), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 36403-90-4. (20) "Permittee" means a person possessing a permit that the department issues under this chapter. (21) "Person" means: (a) an individual, partnership, association, firm, trust, limited liability company, or corporation; and (b) an agent or employee of an individual, partnership, association, firm, trust, limited liability company, or corporation. (22) "Retailer permittee" means a person possessing an industrial hemp retailer permit that the department issues under this chapter. (23) "Tetrahydrocannabinol" or "THC" means a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 1972-08-3. (24) (a) "THC analog" means a substance that is structurally or pharmacologically substantially similar to, or is represented as being similar to, delta-9-THC. (b) "THC analog" does not include the following substances or the naturally occurring acid forms of the following substances: (i) cannabichromene (CBC), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 20675-51-8; (ii) cannabicyclol (CBL), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 21366-63-2; (iii) cannabidiol (CBD), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 13956-29-1; (iv) cannabidivarol (CBDV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 24274-48-4; (v) cannabielsoin (CBE), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 52025-76-0; (vi) cannabigerol (CBG), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 25654-31-3; (vii) cannabigerovarin (CBGV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 55824-11-8; (viii) cannabinol (CBN), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 521-35-7; (ix) cannabivarin (CBV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 33745-21-0; or (x) delta-9-tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), the cannabinoid identified as CAS# 31262-37-0. (25) "Total cannabidiol" or "total CBD" means the combined amounts of cannabidiol and cannabidiolic acid, calculated as "total CBD = CBD + (CBDA x 0.877)". (26) "Total tetrahydrocannabinol" or "total THC" means the sum of the determined amounts of delta-9-THC, tertrahydrocannabinolic acid, calculated as "total THC = delta-9-THC + (THCA x 0.877)". (27) "Transportable industrial hemp concentrate" means any amount of a natural cannabinoid in a purified state that: (a) is the product of any chemical or physical process applied to naturally occurring biomass that concentrates or isolates the cannabinoids contained in the biomass; (b) is derived from a cannabis plant that, based on sampling that was collected no more than 30 days before the day on which the cannabis plant was harvested, contains a combined concentration of total THC and any THC analog of less than 0.3% on a dry weight basis; (c) has a THC and THC analog concentration total that is less than 20% when concentrated from the cannabis plant to the purified state; and (d) is intended to be processed into a cannabinoid product.
Utah Code § 4-21-104 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-21 / § 4-21-104
§ 4-21-104. Council -- Organization -- Quorum to transact business -- Removal for cause -- Vacancies -- Ineligibility to serve -- Compensation.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The council members shall elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary annually from the voting members of the council. (b) At least two of the members elected pursuant to Subsection (1)(a) shall be members listed in Subsection 4-21-103(2)(a), (e), or (h). (2) (a) A majority of voting members shall constitute a quorum. (b) A majority vote of the quorum is necessary for the council to act. (3) The council shall meet: (a) at the time and place designated by the chair; and (b) no less than once every three months. (4) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may, in consultation with the other members of the membership committee, remove a member for cause. (5) Vacancies that occur on the council for any reason shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term of the vacated member. (6) If an at-large member ceases to act as a producer during the member's term, the member shall resign from the council within 30 days after ceasing production. (7) Subject to Subsection (8), a member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with: (a) Section 63A-3-106; (b) Section 63A-3-107; and (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107. (8) A nonvoting member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service and may not receive per diem or travel expenses.
Utah Code § 4-41a-1006 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-1006
§ 4-41a-1006. Independent medical cannabis licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Subject to the requirements of Subsection (3) and the criteria established for obtaining a medical cannabis pharmacy license under this chapter, the licensing board shall: (i) before January 1, 2026, select one entity to receive a medical cannabis pharmacy license; and (ii) before January 1, 2027, but not before January 1, 2026, select one entity to receive a medical cannabis pharmacy license. (b) When selecting entities under this section, if there is a conflict between the criteria established for obtaining a medical cannabis pharmacy license under the other sections of this chapter and this section, this section controls. (2) For the license described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii), the licensing board may not select an entity: (a) that owns any interest in or operates a medical cannabis production establishment; or (b) that is owned, partially or entirely, or operated by a medical cannabis production establishment. (3) The licensing board: (a) may not select an entity to receive a license under this section if the entity owns a financial interest in a medical cannabis pharmacy or is owned by an entity that owns a financial interest in a medical cannabis pharmacy; and (b) shall select an entity that will site a medical cannabis pharmacy license issued under this section in an area: (i) designated as a medically underserved area as determined by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration; and (ii) located in a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class. (4) A license described in this section may not be transferred to another entity unless that entity meets the requirements of Subsections (2) and (3) that the transferring entity met when obtaining the license. (5) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), for a license described in Subsection (1)(a)(i), an applicant shall commit to not alienating or otherwise transferring control of the license or of the entity that holds the license to another person for at least 15 years from the day the license is issued under this chapter. (6) The department shall provide regular updates to the Medical Cannabis Governance Structure Working Group created in Section 36-12-8.2 regarding the application and selection process for licenses issued under this section.
Utah Code § 4-41a-1004 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-1004
§ 4-41a-1004. Operating plan.
Status: in_force

A person applying for a medical cannabis pharmacy license shall submit to the department a proposed operation plan for the medical cannabis pharmacy that includes: (1) a description of the physical characteristics of the proposed facility, including a floor plan and an architectural elevation; (2) a description of the credentials and experience of: (a) each officer, director, or owner of the proposed medical cannabis pharmacy; and (b) any highly skilled or experienced prospective employee; (3) the medical cannabis pharmacy's employee training standards; (4) a security plan; (5) a description of the medical cannabis pharmacy's inventory control system, including a plan to make the inventory control system compatible with the state electronic verification system; (6) storage protocols, both short- and long-term, to ensure that cannabis is stored in a manner that is sanitary and preserves the integrity of the cannabis; and (7) a description of the proposed medical cannabis pharmacy's strategic plan for opening the medical cannabis pharmacy, including gauging appropriate timing based on: (a) the supply of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products, in consultation with the department; and (b) the quantity and condition of the population of medical cannabis cardholders, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Utah Code § 4-22-107 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-22 / § 4-22-107
§ 4-22-107. Exemption from certain operational requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission is exempt from: (a) Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act; (b) Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; (c) Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code; (d) Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, but the commission shall adopt procedures to ensure that the commission makes purchases: (i) in a manner that provides for fair competition between providers; and (ii) at competitive prices; (e) Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act; and (f) Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act. (2) The commission is subject to: (a) Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act; (b) Section 67-3-12; and (c) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
Utah Code § 4-3-301 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-3 / § 4-3-301
§ 4-3-301. Permits or certificates -- Application -- Fee -- Expiration -- Renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) Application for a permit to operate a plant, manufacture butter or cheese, pasteurize milk, test milk for payment, haul milk in bulk, or for the wholesale distribution of dairy products shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department. (2) Upon receipt of a proper application, compliance with the applicable rules, and payment of a permit fee determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2), the commissioner, if satisfied that the public convenience and necessity and the industry will be served, shall issue an appropriate permit to the applicant subject to suspension or revocation for cause. (3) A permit issued under this section expires at midnight on December 31 of each year. (4) A permit to operate a plant, manufacture butter or cheese, pasteurize milk, test milk for payment, haul milk in bulk, or for the wholesale distribution of dairy products, is renewable for a period of one year upon the payment of an annual permit renewal fee determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2) on or before December 31 of each year. (5) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (1), application for a permit or certificate to produce milk or a raw milk product, as that term is defined in Section 4-3-601, shall be made to the department on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. (6) (a) Upon receipt of a proper application and compliance with applicable rules, the commissioner shall issue a permit entitling the applicant to engage in the business of producer, subject to suspension or revocation for cause. (b) A fee may not be charged by the department for issuance of a certificate.
Utah Code § 4-24-305 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-24 / § 4-24-305
§ 4-24-305. Transportation by air or rail -- Brand inspection required -- Application for brand inspection -- Time and place of inspection.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person may not offer, and a railroad or airline company may not accept, cattle, calves, horses, domesticated elk, or mules for transport until the animal has been brand inspected. (2) Before cattle, calves, horses, domesticated elk, or mules are transported by rail or air, the shipper shall: (a) request the department to inspect the brands of the animals being transported; and (b) specify the time and place where the animals may be inspected.
Utah Code § 4-5-207 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-5 / § 4-5-207
§ 4-5-207. Definitions and standards of identity, quality, and fill of container -- Rules -- Temporary and special permits.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container, now or hereafter adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., are the definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container in this state. (b) The department may adopt rules establishing definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for foods where no federal regulations exist and may promulgate amendments to any federal regulations or state rules that set definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for foods. (2) (a) Temporary permits granted for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of federal definitions and standards of identity are automatically effective in this state under the conditions provided in the permits. (b) The department may issue additional permits where they are necessary for the completion or conclusiveness of an otherwise adequate investigation and where the interests of consumers are safeguarded. (c) Permits are subject to the terms and conditions the department may prescribe by rule.
Utah Code § 4-41a-405 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-405
§ 4-41a-405. Excess and disposal.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "medical cannabis waste" means waste and unused material from the cultivation and production of medical cannabis. (2) A cannabis production establishment shall: (a) render medical cannabis waste unusable and unrecognizable before transporting the medical cannabis waste from the cannabis production establishment; and (b) dispose of medical cannabis waste in accordance with: (i) federal and state laws, rules, and regulations related to hazardous waste; (ii) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6991 et seq.; (iii) Title 19, Chapter 6, Part 5, Solid Waste Management Act; and (iv) other regulations that the department makes in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (3) An individual may not transport or dispose of medical cannabis waste other than as provided in this section.
Utah Code § 4-19-103 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-19 / § 4-19-103
§ 4-19-103. Department authorized to approve and make grants and loans, acquire property, and lease or operate property.
Status: in_force

The department, in conjunction with the administration of the rural rehabilitation program, may: (1) approve and make a loan to a farm or agricultural cooperative association regulated under Title 3, Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act, subject to Section 4-19-104, including: (a) taking security for the loan through a mortgage, trust deed, pledge, or other security device; (b) purchasing a promissory note, real estate contract, mortgage, trust deed, or other instrument or evidence of indebtedness; and (c) collecting, compromising, canceling, or adjusting a claim or obligation arising out of the administration of the rural rehabilitation program; (2) purchase or otherwise obtain property in which the department has acquired an interest on account of a mortgage, trust deed, lien, pledge, assignment, judgment, or other means at any execution or foreclosure sale; (3) operate or lease, if necessary to protect its investment, property in which it has an interest, or sell or otherwise dispose of the property; and (4) approve and make an education loan or an education grant to an individual for the purpose of attending a vocational school, college, or university to obtain additional education, qualifications, or skills.
Utah Code § 4-8-107 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-8 / § 4-8-107
§ 4-8-107. Defense to claim of illegal activity.
Status: in_force

No person who acts in compliance with any rule adopted under authority of this chapter shall be considered to be engaged in any illegal conspiracy or combination in restraint of trade or to be acting in furtherance of any illegal purpose.
Utah Code § 4-45-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-45 / § 4-45-102
§ 4-45-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Kratom extract" means a preparation containing any part of the Mitragyna speciosa plant in a concentrated form. (2) "Kratom processor" means a person who prepares, processes, manufactures, or distributes a kratom product. (3) "Kratom product" means a product containing any part of a leaf of the plant Mitragyna speciosa. (4) "Kratom retailer" means a person who sells a kratom product for retail sale in the state. (5) "Pure leaf kratom" means a kratom product that: (a) is identifiable as plant matter or is identifiable plant matter contained in an encapsulating agent described in Subsection (5)(b); (b) is not mixed or packed with a nonkratom substance unless the nonkratom substance is an inert encapsulating agent that: (i) is composed of food-grade or pharmaceutical-grade materials with no pharmacological activity; (ii) contains no psychoactive substances, stimulants, or adulterants; and (iii) serves solely to contain or deliver the plant matter; (c) does not contain any kratom extract; and (d) does not contain 7-hydroxymitragynine at a level greater than 0.4% of the total kratom alkaloid composition of the product. (6) "Total kratom alkaloid composition" means the total amount of all alkaloids derived from the Mitragyna speciosa plant.
Utah Code § 4-31-113 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-31 / § 4-31-113
§ 4-31-113. Restrictions on movement of infected or exposed animals.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who owns or has possession of an animal and knows that the animal is infected with, or has been exposed to, any contagious or infectious disease may not: (a) permit the animal to run at large or come in contact with an animal that can be infected; or (b) sell, ship, trade, or give away the infected animal without disclosing that the animal is diseased or has been exposed to disease. (2) A person who violates Subsection (1) is liable to the owner or occupant of the premises for any damage inflicted by an infected animal. (3) The provisions of this section do not apply to protected wildlife that is: (a) living in nature; and (b) under the jurisdiction of the Division of Wildlife Resources.
Utah Code § 4-2-103 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-2 / § 4-2-103
§ 4-2-103. Functions, powers, and duties of department -- Fees for services -- Marketing orders -- Procedure -- Purchasing and auditing.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall: (a) inquire into and promote the interests and products of agriculture and allied industries; (b) promote methods for increasing the production and facilitating the distribution of the agricultural products of the state; (c) (i) inquire into the cause of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases among livestock and the means for their prevention and cure; and (ii) initiate, implement, and administer plans and programs to prevent the spread of diseases among livestock; (d) encourage experiments designed to determine the best means and methods for the control of diseases among domestic and wild animals; (e) issue marketing orders for any designated agricultural product to: (i) promote orderly market conditions for any product; (ii) give the producer a fair return on the producer's investment at the marketplace; and (iii) only promote and not restrict or restrain the marketing of Utah agricultural commodities; (f) administer and enforce all laws assigned to the department by the Legislature; (g) establish standards and grades for agricultural products and fix and collect reasonable fees for services performed by the department in conjunction with the grading of agricultural products; (h) establish operational standards for any establishment that manufactures, processes, produces, distributes, stores, sells, or offers for sale any agricultural product; (i) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules necessary for the effective administration of the agricultural laws of the state; (j) when necessary, make investigations, subpoena witnesses and records, conduct hearings, issue orders, and make recommendations concerning matters related to agriculture; (k) (i) inspect any nursery, orchard, farm, garden, park, cemetery, greenhouse, or any private or public place that may become infested or infected with harmful insects, plant diseases, noxious or poisonous weeds, or other agricultural pests; (ii) establish and enforce quarantines; (iii) issue and enforce orders and rules for the control and eradication of pests, wherever they may exist within the state; and (iv) perform other duties relating to plants and plant products considered advisable and not contrary to law; (l) inspect apiaries for diseases inimical to bees and beekeeping; (m) take charge of any agricultural exhibit within the state, if considered necessary by the department, and award premiums at that exhibit; (n) provide for the coordination of state conservation efforts, including by: (i) assisting the Conservation Commission in the administration of Chapter 18, Conservation Commission Act; (ii) implementing Chapter 46, Conservation Coordination Act, including entering into agreements with other state agencies; and (iii) administering and disbursing money available to assist conservation districts in the state in the conservation of the state's soil and water resources; (o) participate in the United States Department of Agriculture certified agricultural mediation program, in accordance with 7 U.S.C. Sec. 5101 and 7 C.F.R. Part 785; (p) promote and support the multiple use of public lands; (q) ensure that any training or certification required of a public official or public employee, as those terms are defined in Section 63G-22-102, complies with Title 63G, Chapter 22, State Training and Certification Requirements, if the training or certification is required: (i) under this title; (ii) by the department; or (iii) by an entity within the department; (r) in accordance with Title 73, Chapter 3d, Part 4, Compensation: (i) conduct mediation or arbitration; and (ii) assist in the issuance of loans by the Conservation Commission; and (s) perform any additional functions, powers, and duties provided by law. (2) The department, by following the procedures and requirements of Section 63J-1-504, may adopt a schedule of fees assessed for services provided by the department. (3) (a) A marketing order issued under Subsection (1)(e) may not take effect until: (i) the department gives notice of the proposed order to the producers and handlers of the affected product; (ii) the commissioner conducts a hearing on the proposed order; and (iii) at least 50% of the registered producers and handlers of the affected products vote in favor of the proposed order. (b) (i) The department may establish boards of control to administer marketing orders and the proceeds derived from any order. (ii) A board of control shall: (A) ensure that proceeds are placed in an account in the board of control's name in a depository institution; and (B) ensure that the account described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A) is annually reviewed by an accountant approved by the commissioner. (4) Money collected by grain grading, as provided by Subsection (1)(g), shall be deposited into the General Fund as dedicated credits for the grain grading program. (5) In fulfilling the department's duties in this chapter, the department may: (a) purchase, as authorized or required by law, services that the department is responsible to provide for legally eligible persons; (b) take necessary steps, including legal action, to recover money or the monetary value of services provided to a recipient who is not eligible; (c) examine and audit the expenditures of any public funds provided to a local authority, agency, or organization that contracts with or receives funds from those authorities or agencies; (d) accept and administer grants from the federal government and from other sources, public or private; and (e) fund grants using money appropriated by the Legislature or money received from any other source.
Utah Code § 4-37-503 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-37 / § 4-37-503
§ 4-37-503. Fish Health Policy Board.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created within the department the Fish Health Policy Board that shall establish policies designed to prevent the outbreak of, control the spread of, and eradicate pathogens that cause disease in aquatic animals. (2) The Fish Health Policy Board shall: (a) in accordance with Subsection (6)(b), determine procedures and requirements for certifying a source of aquatic animals as health approved, including: (i) the pathogens for which inspection is required to receive health approval; (ii) the pathogens that may not be present to receive health approval; and (iii) standards and procedures required for the inspection of aquatic animals; (b) establish procedures for the timely reporting of the presence of a pathogen and disease threat; (c) create policies and procedures for, and appoint, an emergency response team to: (i) investigate a serious disease threat; (ii) develop and monitor a plan of action; and (iii) report to: (A) the commissioner of agriculture and food; (B) the director of the Division of Wildlife Resources; and (C) the chair of the Fish Health Policy Board; and (d) develop a unified statewide aquaculture disease control plan. (3) The Fish Health Policy Board shall advise the commissioner of agriculture and food and the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources regarding: (a) educational programs and information systems to educate and inform the public about practices that the public may employ to prevent the spread of disease; and (b) communication and interaction between the department and the Division of Wildlife Resources regarding fish health policies and procedures. (4) (a) (i) The governor shall appoint the following seven members to the Fish Health Policy Board: (A) one member from names submitted by the Department of Natural Resources; (B) one member from names submitted by the Department of Agriculture and Food; (C) one member from names submitted by a nonprofit corporation that promotes sport fishing; (D) one member from names submitted by a nonprofit corporation that promotes the aquaculture industry; (E) one member from names submitted by the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture and Food; (F) one member from names submitted by a nonprofit corporation that promotes sport fishing; and (G) one member from names submitted by a nonprofit corporation that promotes the aquaculture industry. (ii) The members appointed under Subsections (4)(a)(i)(E) through (G) shall be: (A) (I) faculty members of an institution of higher education; or (II) qualified professionals; and (B) have education and knowledge in: (I) fish pathology; (II) business; (III) ecology; or (IV) parasitology. (iii) At least one member appointed under Subsections (4)(a)(i)(E) through (G) shall have education and knowledge about fish pathology. (iv) (A) A nominating person shall submit at least three names to the governor. (B) If the governor rejects all the names submitted for a member, the recommending person shall submit additional names. (b) Except as required by Subsection (4)(c), the term of office of board members shall be four years. (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (4)(b), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of board members are staggered so that approximately half of the board is appointed every two years. (d) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall be appointed for the unexpired term. (e) The board members shall elect a chair of the board from the board's membership. (f) The board shall meet upon the call of the chair or a majority of the board members. (g) An action of the board shall be adopted upon approval of the majority of voting members. (5) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with: (a) Section 63A-3-106; (b) Section 63A-3-107; and (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107. (6) (a) The board shall make rules consistent with its responsibilities and duties specified in this section. (b) Except as provided by this chapter, rules adopted by the Fish Health Policy Board may be consistent with the suggested procedures for the detection and identification of pathogens published by the American Fisheries Society's Fish Health Section or the World Organisation for Animal Health, Manual for Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals. (c) (i) Rules of the department and Fish Health Policy Board pertaining to the control of disease shall remain in effect until the Fish Health Policy Board enacts rules to replace those provisions. (ii) The Fish Health Policy Board may promptly amend rules that are inconsistent with the current suggested procedures published by the American Fisheries Society or the World Organisation for Animal Health, Manual for Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals. (d) The Fish Health Policy Board may waive a requirement established by the Fish Health Policy Board's rules if: (i) the rule specifies the waiver criteria and procedures; and (ii) the waiver will not threaten other aquaculture facilities or wild aquatic animal populations.
Utah Code § 4-21-103 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-21 / § 4-21-103
§ 4-21-103. Utah Beef Council created -- Composition -- Nomination and selection of appointed members -- Terms of appointed members -- Qualifications for nomination.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created an independent state agency known as the Utah Beef Council. (2) The Utah Beef Council consists of 10 members as follows: (a) the commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, or the commissioner's designee; (b) the president of the Utah Cattlemen's Association; (c) the vice president of the Utah Cattlemen's Association; (d) a member of the Utah Cattlemen's Association board of directors, chosen by the Utah Cattlemen's Association; (e) the appointee from Utah on the national beef checkoff Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, appointed by the United States Secretary of Agriculture; (f) the president of the Utah Cattlewomen's Association; (g) a member of the Utah Dairy Commission, chosen by the Utah Dairy Commission; and (h) three at-large producers from the state of Utah, appointed as described in Subsection (4). (3) In addition to the members listed in Subsection (2), the council may appoint nonvoting members. (4) (a) At-large candidates for appointment to the council shall be nominated by a formal written request signed by two or more producers and submitted to the council no later than October 1. (b) A membership committee, consisting of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, the council member representing the Utah Dairy Commission, and the president of the Utah Cattlemen's Association shall: (i) select candidates for appointment to the council from the nominees submitted by producers; and (ii) present the candidates to the governor for review and appointment on or before December 1. (5) (a) The governor shall appoint the at-large members to three-year terms beginning on January 1 of the year following appointment to the council. (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (5)(a), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of at-large members are staggered so that one at-large member is appointed each year. (6) Each at-large member shall be: (a) a citizen of the United States; (b) 18 years of age or older; (c) an active producer; and (d) a resident of Utah.
Utah Code § 4-23-107 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-23 / § 4-23-107
§ 4-23-107. Annual fees on sheep, goats, cattle, and turkeys -- Determination by board -- Collection methods.
Status: in_force

(1) To assist the department in meeting the annual expense of administering this chapter, the following annual predator control fees are imposed upon animals owned by persons whose interests this chapter is designed to protect: Sheep and goats (except on farm dairygoats or feeder lambs)...............................................................................at least $.70 but notmore than $1 per headCattle (except on farm dairy cattle)..........................................................at least $.15 but notmore than $.50 per headTurkeys (breeding stock only)..................................................................at least $.05 but notmore than $.10 per head (2) The amount of the fees imposed upon each category of animals specified in this section shall be determined by the board annually on or before July 1 of each year. (3) (a) Fee brand inspected cattle are subject to a predator control fee upon change of ownership or slaughter. (b) The fee shall be collected by the local brand inspector at the time of the inspection of cattle, or withheld and paid by the market from proceeds derived from the sale of the cattle. (c) Cattle that are fee brand inspected prior to confinement to a feedlot are not subject to any subsequent predator control fee. (4) (a) Fleece of sheared sheep is subject to a predator control fee upon sale of the fleece. (b) (i) The fee shall be withheld and paid by the marketing agency or purchaser of wool from proceeds derived from the sale of the fleece. (ii) The department shall enter into cooperative agreements with in-state and out-of-state wool warehouses and wool processing facilities for the collection of predator control fees on the fleece of sheep that graze on private or public range in the state. (c) The fee shall be based on the number of pounds of wool divided by 10 pounds for white face sheep and five pounds for black face sheep. (5) Predator control fees on turkey breeding stock shall be paid by the turkey cooperative. (6) (a) Livestock owners shall pay a predator control fee on any livestock that uses public or private range in the state that is not otherwise subject to the fee under Subsection (3) or (4). (b) By September 1, the commissioner shall mail to each owner of livestock specified in Subsection (6)(a) a reporting form requiring sufficient information on the type and number of livestock grazed in the state and indicating the fee imposed for each category of livestock. (c) An owner shall file the completed form and the appropriate fee with the commissioner before December 31. (d) If any person who receives the reporting form fails to return the completed form and the imposed fee as required, the commissioner is authorized to commence suit through the office of the attorney general, in a court with jurisdiction, to collect the imposed fee, the amount of which shall be as determined by the commissioner. (7) A fee collected under this section shall be remitted to the department and deposited in the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account.
Utah Code § 4-15-108 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-15 / § 4-15-108
§ 4-15-108. Inspection -- Issuance of certificate -- Destruction of infested or diseased stock.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each nursery may be inspected by the department at least once each year. (b) If, upon the inspection described in Subsection (1)(a), it appears that the nursery and the nursery's stock are free of insect pests and plant disease, the department shall issue an inspection certificate to the nursery. (2) (a) Each nursery outlet may be inspected by the department at least once each year during the period nursery stock is offered for retail sale. (b) The department may issue an inspection certificate to a nursery outlet to permit the interstate shipment of nursery stock if the stock contemplated for shipment appears free of insect pests and plant disease. (3) Nursery stock found to be infested with insect pests or infected with plant disease shall be destroyed or otherwise treated as determined by the department.
Utah Code § 4-37-501 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-37 / § 4-37-501
§ 4-37-501. Health approval -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), live aquatic animals may be acquired, purchased, sold, or transferred only from sources that have been health approved by the department or the Division of Wildlife Resources in accordance with policy and rules of the Fish Health Policy Board and assigned a health approval number. (b) (i) The department shall be responsible for certifying as health approved: (A) aquaculture facilities; (B) fee fishing facilities; and (C) any out-of-state source. (ii) The Division of Wildlife Resources shall be responsible for certifying as health approved: (A) public aquaculture facilities within the state; (B) private ponds within the state; and (C) wild populations of aquatic animals in waters of the state. (2) (a) The Division of Wildlife Resources shall waive the health approval requirement for wild populations of aquatic animals pursuant to guidelines of the Fish Health Policy Board. (b) The Fish Health Policy Board shall develop guidelines for waiving the health approval requirement for wild populations of aquatic animals which: (i) are listed by the federal government as threatened or endangered; (ii) are listed by the Division of Wildlife Resources as species of special concern; or (iii) exist in such low numbers that lethal sampling for health approval could threaten the population. (c) When wild populations of aquatic animals are exempted from the health approval requirement, precautions shall be taken to protect other wild populations and any other aquatic animals from undetected pathogens. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the sale or transfer of live aquatic animals to an out-of-state destination approved by the receiving state. (4) In certifying a public aquaculture facility as health approved, the Division of Wildlife Resources may use: (a) employees or contractors to conduct the inspection required by Section 4-37-502; and (b) sampling or testing procedures that are more thorough or sensitive in detecting prohibited pathogens than the procedures required by rule.
Utah Code § 4-2-107 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-2 / § 4-2-107
§ 4-2-107. Official seal -- Authentication of records.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall adopt and use an official seal, a description and impression of which shall be filed with the Division of Archives. (2) Copies of official department records, documents, and proceedings may be authenticated with the seal attested by the commissioner.
Utah Code § 4-4-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-4 / § 4-4-102
§ 4-4-102. Department to establish egg grades and standards -- Authority to make and enforce rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may establish grades and standards of quality, size, and weight governing the sale of eggs. (2) The department shall, subject to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make and enforce rules that are necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.
Utah Code § 4-41a-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-102
§ 4-41a-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Adulterant" means any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity that may be injurious to health, including: (a) pesticides; (b) heavy metals; (c) solvents; (d) microbial life; (e) artificially derived cannabinoid; (f) toxins; or (g) foreign matter. (2) "Advertise" or "advertising" means information provided by a person in any medium: (a) to the public; and (b) that is not age restricted to an individual who is at least 21 years old. (3) "Advisory board" means the Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board created in Section 4-41a-111. (4) (a) "Anticompetitive business practice" means any practice that is an illegal anticompetitive activity under Section 76-16-510. (b) "Anticompetitive business practice" may include: (i) agreements that may be considered unreasonable when competitors interact to the extent that they are: (A) no longer acting independently; or (B) when collaborating are able to wield market power together; (ii) monopolizing or attempting to monopolize trade by: (A) acting to maintain or acquire a dominant position in the market; or (B) preventing new entry into the market; or (iii) other conduct outlined in rule. (5) (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. (6) "Batch" means a quantity of: (a) cannabis extract produced on a particular date and time and produced between completion of equipment and facility sanitation protocols until the next required sanitation cycle during which lots of cannabis are used; (b) cannabis product produced on a particular date and time and produced between completion of equipment and facility sanitation protocols until the next required sanitation cycle during which cannabis extract is used; or (c) cannabis flower packaged on a particular date and time and produced between completion of equipment and facility sanitation protocols until the next required sanitation cycle during which lots of cannabis are being used. (7) "Cannabis Research Review Board" means the Cannabis Research Review Board created in Section 26B-1-420. (8) "Cannabis" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (9) "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. (10) "Cannabis cultivation byproduct" means any portion of a cannabis plant that is not intended to be sold as a cannabis plant product. (11) "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. (12) "Cannabis cultivation facility agent" means an individual whoholds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with a cannabis cultivation facility designation. (13) "Cannabis derivative product" means a product made using cannabis concentrate. (14) "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. (15) "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. (16) "Cannabis processing facility agent" means an individual whoholds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with a cannabis processing facility designation. (17) "Cannabis product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (18) "Cannabis production establishment" means a cannabis cultivation facility, a cannabis processing facility, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory. (19) "Cannabis production establishment agent" means a cannabis cultivation facility agent, a cannabis processing facility agent, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory agent. (20) "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. (21) "Closed-door medical cannabis pharmacy" means a facility operated by a home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy for delivering medical cannabis. (22) "Community location" means a public or private elementary or secondary school, a church, a public library, a public playground, or a public park. (23) "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. (24) "Delivery address" means: (a) for a medical cannabis cardholder who is not a facility: (i) the medical cannabis cardholder's home address; or (ii) an address designated by the medical cannabis cardholder that: (A) is the medical cannabis cardholder's workplace; and (B) is not a community location; or (b) for a medical cannabis cardholder that is a facility, the facility's address. (25) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Food. (26) "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. (27) "Government issued photo identification" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201, including expired identification in accordance with Section 26B-4-244. (28) "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. (29) (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). (30) "Independent cannabis testing laboratory agent" means an individual whoholds a valid cannabis production establishment agent registration card with an independent cannabis testing laboratory designation. (31) "Inventory control system" means a system described in Section 4-41a-103. (32) "Licensing board" or "board" means the Specialized Product Authority Licensing Board created in Section 4-41a-201.1. (33) "Medical cannabis" or "medical cannabis product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (34) "Medical cannabis card" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (35) "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. (36) "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. (37) "Medical cannabis pharmacy" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (38) "Medical cannabis pharmacy agent" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (39) "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. (40) "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. (41) "Medical cannabis shipment" means a shipment of medical cannabis that a home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis courier delivers to a delivery address to fulfill an electronic medical cannabis order. (42) "Medical cannabis treatment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (43) "Medicinal dosage form" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (44) "Patient product information insert" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (45) "Pharmacy ownership limit" means an amount equal to 30% of the total number of medical cannabis pharmacy licenses issued by the department rounded down to the nearest whole number. (46) "Pharmacy medical provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (47) "Qualified Production Enterprise Fund" means the fund created in Section 4-41a-104. (48) "Recommending medical provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (49) "Research university" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-8-202 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 58-37-108. (50) "State electronic verification system" means the system described in Section 26B-4-202. (51) "Targeted marketing" means the promotion of medical cannabis, a medical cannabis brand, or a medical cannabis device using any of the following methods: (a) electronic communication to an individual who is at least 21 years old and has requested to receive promotional information; (b) an in-person marketing event that is: (i) held inside a medical cannabis pharmacy; and (ii) in an area where only a medical cannabis cardholder may access the event; (c) other marketing material that is physically available or digitally displayed in a medical cannabis pharmacy; or (d) a leaflet a medical cannabis pharmacy places in the opaque package or box that is provided to an individual when obtaining medical cannabis: (i) in the medical cannabis pharmacy; (ii) at the medical cannabis pharmacy's drive-through pick up window; or (iii) in a medical cannabis shipment. (52) "Tetrahydrocannabinol" or "THC" means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102. (53) "Tier one cannabis processing facility" means a cannabis processing facility that is able to: (a) create cannabis concentrate; (b) create cannabis derivative product; and (c) package and label medical cannabis. (54) "Tier two cannabis processing facility" means a cannabis processing facility that is able to package and label medical cannabis only if the medical cannabis is a cannabis plant product. (55) "THC analog" means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102. (56) "Total composite tetrahydrocannabinol" means all detectable forms of tetrahydrocannabinol. (57) "Total tetrahydrocannabinol" or "total THC" means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41-102.
Utah Code § 4-24-103 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-24 / § 4-24-103
§ 4-24-103. Department authorized to make and enforce rules.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized, subject to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to make and enforce rules as necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.
Utah Code § 4-33-103 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-33 / § 4-33-103
§ 4-33-103. Definition.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, "motor fuel" means any combustible liquid or vapor used to power a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle engine.
Utah Code § 4-25-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-25 / § 4-25-102
§ 4-25-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) (a) "Estray" means: (i) an unbranded sheep, cow, horse, mule, or ass found running at large; (ii) a branded sheep, cow, horse, mule, or ass found running at large whose owner cannot be found after reasonable search; or (iii) a swine found running at large whose owner cannot be found after reasonable search. (b) "Estray" does not mean any unweaned animal specified in this section that is running with its mother. (2) "Feral swine" means any species, or hybrid species: (a) of the family Suidae, including the European boar, the Eurasian boar, the Russian boar, a feral hog, or a domestic pig; (b) that is not conspicuously identified by an ear tag or other form of visual identification; and (c) that is roaming freely upon public land or private land. (3) "Swine" means any domesticated species of the family Suidae that is conspicuously identified by an ear tag or other form of visible identification.
Utah Code § 4-26-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-26 / § 4-26-102
§ 4-26-102. Adjoining landowners -- Partition fences -- Contribution.
Status: in_force

(1) If two or more persons agree to a fence enclosure or to the construction of a partition fence, the cost of construction and maintenance of the fence shall be apportioned between each party to the agreement based upon the amount of land enclosed. (2) A person who is a party to an agreement described in Subsection (1) and who fails to maintain such person's part of the fence is liable in a civil action for any damage sustained by another party to the agreement as a result of the failure to maintain the fence. (3) (a) If a person has enclosed land with a fence and the owner of adjoining land desires to enclose land adjoining the fence so that the existing fence or any part of it will become a partition fence between such tracts of land, the owner of the adjoining land shall, before making the enclosure, pay to the owner of the existing fence one-half of the value of all that part of the fence that will become a partition fence. (b) If a person whose land is enclosed, in whole or in part, by a partition fence ceases to improve or cultivate that person's land or opens the enclosure, the person: (i) shall give notice to the other owner of the partition fence and an opportunity to pay for the person's reasonable value of the fence; (ii) may not remove any part of the partition fence until the earlier of: (A) 30 days after the day on which the person gave notice to the other owner, as described in Subsection (3)(b)(i); or (B) the day the other owner pays the person for the person's reasonable value of the fence; and (iii) notwithstanding Subsection (3)(b)(ii), may not remove the partition fence if the crops enclosed by the fence will be exposed to injury.
Utah Code § 4-46-304 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-46 / § 4-46-304
§ 4-46-304. Agriculture Conservation Easement Fund.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Agriculture Conservation Easement Fund. (2) The Agriculture Conservation Easement Fund consists of: (a) conservation easement stewardship fees; (b) grants from private foundations; (c) grants from local governments, the state, or the federal government; (d) grants from the Land Conservation Board created under Section 4-46-201; (e) donations from landowners for monitoring and enforcing compliance with conservation easements; (f) donations from any other person; and (g) interest on fund money. (3) The department shall use money from the fund to monitor and enforce compliance with conservation easements held by the department. (4) The department may not receive or expend donations from the fund to acquire conservation easements.
Utah Code § 4-7-106 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-7 / § 4-7-106
§ 4-7-106. Licenses -- Applications.
Status: in_force

Application for an agent's or dealer's license shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department, and the application shall state: (1) the applicant's name, principal address in this state, and age; (2) the applicant's principal address in any location outside Utah; (3) the name and principal address of the person authorized by the applicant to accept service of process in this state on behalf of the applicant during the licensure period; (4) the name and principal address of the applicant's surety if the application is for a dealer's license; (5) a schedule of the commissions, fees, and other charges the applicant intends to collect for services during the period of licensure; (6) the name and address of each principal the applicant intends to represent during the period of licensure; and (7) any other information that the department may require by rule.
Utah Code § 4-2-1101 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-2 / § 4-2-1101
§ 4-2-1101. Local food study.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "local food" means an agricultural product that is: (a) produced, processed, and distributed for sale or consumption within the state; and (b) sold to an end consumer within the state. (2) (a) The department shall study the barriers and gaps related to increasing local food availability in the state, including analysis of: (i) the intrastate food supply chain; (ii) crop production and optimization; (iii) the agricultural workforce; (iv) the capital funding of local food production; and (v) federal and state regulatory burdens on local food production. (b) The department shall seek input from a wide range of stakeholders for the study described in Subsection (2)(a), including a diverse group of the state's agricultural producers based on geography, operation size. and operation type. (3) The study described in Subsection (2) shall: (a) research the production costs and economic impacts for agricultural operators to: (i) voluntarily seek to implement or explore various crop types, including the production costs to, and economic impacts on, agricultural operators that seek out assistance to incorporate new traditional or alternative crop types into an existing operation; and (ii) maintain, modernize, and upgrade equipment; (b) research the barriers to entry associated with careers in agriculture by reviewing: (i) existing challenges; (ii) available career development and hiring resources; (iii) programs in other states that support individuals interested in pursuing careers in agriculture; (iv) opportunities for new agricultural producers to use the expertise and capital of existing agricultural producers; and (v) the potential for creating a small farm incubator program; (c) research gaps in the state's food supply chain with respect to local food, including: (i) aggregation; (ii) distribution; (iii) storage; and (iv) processing; and (d) propose potential funding solutions to address the issues identified by the department's research under this Subsection (3), including recommendations for: (i) potential grant programs; (ii) potential investment by private capital; and (iii) available funding from state and federal sources. (4) (a) The department shall report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee at or before the committee's June 2026 interim meeting. (b) The report described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include: (i) research findings related to each study item described in Subsection (3); and (ii) policy solutions related to each study item described in Subsection (3). (c) The report described in Subsection (4)(a) may include recommendations for legislation and legislative appropriations.
Utah Code § 4-2-203 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-2 / § 4-2-203
§ 4-2-203. Department of Agriculture and Food Laboratory Equipment Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Department of Agriculture and Food Laboratory Equipment Fund, which is referred to in this section as the "fund." (2) The fund consists of: (a) collections the Division of Laboratories within the department receives under this title that are not expended during the previous fiscal year; (b) appropriations from the Legislature; and (c) interest and earnings on the fund. (3) The state treasurer shall invest the money in the fund according to Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act, except that interest or other earnings derived from those investments shall be deposited into the fund. (4) The department may use money in the fund only to pay for the repair, replacement, or upgrade of laboratory equipment in accordance with this section. (5) The state chemist or the commissioner shall approve expenditures from the fund for laboratory equipment repair, replacement, or upgrade as follows: (a) the state chemist may approve using money in the fund to repair, replace, or upgrade laboratory equipment if the amount to be expended is less than $10,000; and (b) the state chemist shall obtain the approval of the commissioner for using money in the fund to repair, replace, or upgrade laboratory equipment if the amount to be expended equals or exceeds $10,000. (6) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (6), the Division of Finance shall deposit into the fund the collections that the Division of Laboratories receives under this title that are not expended during a fiscal year. (b) The fund may not exceed $500,000 at the end of a fiscal year. (c) If the fund exceeds $500,000 at the end of the fiscal year, the Division of Finance shall deposit into the General Fund the money in excess of the amount necessary to maintain the fund balance at $500,000.
Utah Code § 4-23-105 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-23 / § 4-23-105
§ 4-23-105. Board responsibilities -- Damage prevention policy -- Rules -- Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals.
Status: in_force

(1) The board is responsible for the formulation of the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy of the state and may, consistent with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, adopt rules to implement the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy which shall be administered by the department. (2) In the board's policy deliberations the board shall: (a) specify programs designed to prevent damage to livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops; and (b) specify methods for the prevention of damage and for the selective control of predators and depredating birds and animals including hunting, trapping, chemical toxicants, and the use of aircraft. (3) The board may also: (a) specify bounties on designated predatory animals and recommend procedures for the payment of bounty claims, recommend bounty districts, recommend persons not authorized to receive bounty, and recommend to the department other actions the board considers advisable for the enforcement of the board's policies; and (b) cooperate with federal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, and private persons or organizations, through agreement or otherwise, to effectuate the board's policies.
Utah Code § 4-25-203 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-25 / § 4-25-203
§ 4-25-203. Compensation for care of estrays -- Liability of county -- Notice required.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who finds an estray and who, after giving notice is authorized by the county to maintain and care for the estray, is entitled to compensation from the owner, or from the county, as the case may be, for the reasonable costs of feeding and maintaining the estray; provided, that the county is liable for such cost only if the owner is not located after diligent search. (2) No person who finds an estray, however, is entitled to reimbursement for feed and maintenance or for any other cost incurred on behalf of the estray before such time as notice of the estray is given to the county or to the appropriate animal control office.
Utah Code § 4-5-104 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-5 / § 4-5-104
§ 4-5-104. Authority to make and enforce rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may adopt rules to efficiently enforce this chapter, and if practicable, adopt rules that conform to the regulations adopted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq. (2) The department or an officer, agent, or employee designated by the department shall conduct a hearing authorized or required by this chapter. (3) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (3)(b), pesticide chemical regulations adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., are the pesticide chemical regulations in this state. (b) The department may adopt a rule that prescribes tolerance for pesticides in finished foods in this state whether or not in accordance with regulations made under the federal act. (4) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (4)(b), food additive regulations adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., are the food additive regulations in this state. (b) The department may adopt a rule that prescribes conditions under which a food additive may be used in this state whether or not in accordance with regulations made under the federal act. (5) Color additive regulations adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., are the color additive rules in this state. (6) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (6)(b), special dietary use regulations adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., are the special dietary use rules in this state. (b) The department may, if the department finds it necessary to inform purchasers of the value of a food for special dietary use, prescribe special dietary use rules whether or not in accordance with regulations made under the federal act. (7) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (7)(b), regulations adopted under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1453 et seq., shall be the rules in this state. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (7)(c), the department may, if the department finds it necessary in the interest of consumers, prescribe package and labeling rules for consumer commodities, whether or not in accordance with regulations made under the federal act. (c) The department may not adopt rules that are contrary to the labeling requirements for the net quantity of contents required according to 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1453(a)(4). (8) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (8)(b), the preventive control for human food regulations adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., are the preventive controls for the state. (b) The department may adopt a rule that prescribes preventive controls in this state whether or not in accordance with regulations made under the federal act except that the rule may not be more stringent than the federal law. (9) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (9)(b), the standards for the growing, harvesting, packaging, and holding of produce for human consumption regulations adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., are the standards for the state. (b) The department may adopt a rule that prescribes standards for the growing, harvesting, packaging, and holding of produce for human consumption in this state whether or not in accordance with regulations made under the federal act except that the rule may not be more stringent than the federal law. (10) (a) A federal regulation automatically adopted according to this chapter takes effect in this state on the date the federal regulation becomes effective as a federal regulation. (b) The department shall publish all other proposed rules in publications prescribed by the department. (c) (i) A person who may be adversely affected by a rule may, within 30 days after a federal regulation is automatically adopted, or within 30 days after publication of any other rule, file with the department, in writing, objections and a request for a hearing. (ii) The timely filing of substantial objections to a federal regulation automatically adopted stays the effect of the rule. (d) (i) If no substantial objections are received and no hearing is requested within 30 days after publication of a proposed rule, it shall take effect on a date set by the department. (ii) The effective date shall be at least 60 days after the time for filing objections has expired. (e) (i) If timely substantial objections are made to a federal regulation within 30 days after the federal regulation is automatically adopted or to a proposed rule within 30 days after the proposed rule is published, the department, after notice, shall conduct a public hearing to receive evidence on the issues raised by the objections. (ii) An interested person or the person's representative may be heard. (f) (i) The department shall act upon objections by order and shall mail the order to objectors by certified mail as soon after the hearing as practicable. (ii) The order shall be based on substantial evidence in the record of the hearing. (g) (i) If the order concerns a proposed rule, the department may withdraw the proposed rule or set an effective date for the rule as published or as modified by the order. (ii) The effective date shall be at least 60 days after publication of the order. (11) Whenever a regulation is made under authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq., establishing standards for food, the tolerances established by the department under this chapter shall immediately conform to the standards established by the Federal Food and Drug Administration as herein provided and shall remain the same until the department determines that for reasons peculiar to Utah a different rule should apply.
Utah Code § 4-30-104 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-30 / § 4-30-104
§ 4-30-104. Department authorized to make and enforce rules.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized, subject to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to make and enforce such rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.
Utah Code § 4-3-502 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-3 / § 4-3-502
§ 4-3-502. Exemption.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not apply to milk or milk products produced on the farm if such milk or milk products are used by: (a) the owner of the farm; (b) a member of the owner's immediate family; (c) a nonpaying guest of the owner of the farm; (d) a participant in a cow-share program; or (e) a member of a participant in a cow-share program's immediate family. (2) The department may not adopt a rule that restricts, limits, or imposes additional requirements on an individual obtaining: (a) raw milk in accordance with the terms of a cow-share program agreement; or (b) an interest in a cow-share program in accordance with the terms of the cow-share program agreement.
Utah Code § 4-16-501 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-16 / § 4-16-501
§ 4-16-501. Chapter does not apply to seed not intended for sowing, to seed at seed processing plant, or to seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of business.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not apply to: (a) seed or grain not intended for sowing; (b) subject to Subsection (2), seed at, or consigned to, a seed processing or cleaning plant; or (c) to any carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier. (2) Any label or other representation which is made with respect to seed described in Subsection (1)(b) that is made with respect to the uncleaned or unprocessed seed is subject to this chapter. (3) A carrier described in Subsection (1)(c) may not be engaged in producing, processing, or marketing agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds or seeds for sprouting.
Utah Code § 4-41a-1103 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-1103
§ 4-41a-1103. Inspections.
Status: in_force

(1) Each medical cannabis pharmacy shall maintain the pharmacy's medical cannabis treatment recommendation files and other records in accordance with this chapter, department rules, and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, as amended. (2) (a) The department may inspect the records, facility, and inventory of a medical cannabis pharmacy at any time during business hours in order to determine if the medical cannabis pharmacy complies with this chapter. (b) The Department of Health and Human Services may inspect patient records held by a medical cannabis pharmacy: (i) for compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, as amended; or (ii) to ensure that a medical cannabis pharmacy is providing a cannabis product to a patient in accordance with the recommendations of the patient's recommending medical provider. (3) (a) An inspection conducted by the department under this section may include: (i) inspecting a site, facility, vehicle, book, record, paper, document, data, or other physical or electronic information, or any combination of the above; (ii) questioning of any relevant individual; (iii) inspecting equipment, an instrument, a tool, or machinery, including a container or label; (iv) random sampling of medical cannabis in accordance with rules described in Section 4-41a-701; or (v) seizure of medical cannabis, medical cannabis devices, or educational material as evidence in a department investigation or inspection or in instances of compliance failure. (b) An inspection conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services under Subsection (2)(b) may include: (i) inspecting a site, facility, vehicle, book, record, paper, document, data, or other physical or electronic information, or any combination of the above; or (ii) questioning of any relevant individual. (4) In making an inspection under this section: (a) the department may freely access any area and review and make copies of a book, record, paper, document, data, or other physical or electronic information, including financial data, sales data, shipping data, pricing data, and employee data; and (b) the Department of Health and Human Services may freely access any area and review and make copies of a book, record, paper, document, data, or other physical or electronic information related to patient records. (5) Failure to provide the department, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the authorized agents of the department or the Department of Health and Human Services immediate access to records and facilities during business hours in accordance with this section may result in: (a) the imposition of a civil monetary penalty that the department sets in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; (b) license or registration suspension or revocation; or (c) an immediate cessation of operations under a cease and desist order that the department issues. (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may temporarily store in any department facility the items the department seizes under Subsection (3)(a)(v) until the department: (a) determines that sufficient compliance justifies the return of the seized items; or (b) disposes of the items in the same manner as a cannabis production establishment in accordance with Section 4-41a-405.
Utah Code § 4-46-302 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-46 / § 4-46-302
§ 4-46-302. Program -- Use of money in account -- Criteria -- Administration.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the board shall administer the LeRay McAllister Working Farm and Ranch Account Program under which the board may authorize the use of money in the fund, by grant, to: (a) a local entity; (b) the Department of Natural Resources created under Section 79-2-201; (c) an entity within the department; or (d) a charitable organization that qualifies as being tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code. (2) (a) The money in the account shall be used for preserving or restoring open land and agricultural land. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), money from the account: (i) may be used to: (A) establish a conservation easement under Title 57, Chapter 18, Land Conservation Easement Act; or (B) fund similar methods to preserve open land or agricultural land; and (ii) may not be used to purchase a fee interest in real property to preserve open land or agricultural land. (c) Money from the account may be used to purchase a fee interest in real property to preserve open land or agricultural land if: (i) the property to be purchased is no more than 20 acres in size; and (ii) with respect to a parcel purchased in a county in which over 50% of the land area is publicly owned, real property roughly equivalent in size and located within that county is contemporaneously transferred to private ownership from the governmental entity that purchased the fee interest in real property. (d) Eminent domain may not be used or threatened in connection with any purchase using money from the account. (e) A parcel of land larger than 20 acres in size may not be divided to create one or more parcels that are smaller than 20 acres in order to comply with Subsection (2)(c)(i). (f) A local entity, department, or organization under Subsection (1) may not receive money from the account unless the local entity, department, or organization provides matching funds equal to or greater than the amount of money received from the account. (g) In granting money from the account, the board may impose conditions on the recipient as to how the money is to be spent. (h) The board shall give priority to: (i) working agricultural land; and (ii) after giving priority to working agricultural land under Subsection (2)(h)(i), requests from the Department of Natural Resources for up to 20% of each annual increase in the amount of money in the account if the money is used for the protection of wildlife or watershed. (i) (i) The board may not make a grant from the account that exceeds $1,000,000 until after making a report to the Legislative Management Committee about the grant. (ii) The Legislative Management Committee may make a recommendation to the board concerning the intended grant, but the recommendation is not binding on the board. (3) In determining the amount and type of financial assistance to provide a local entity, department, or organization under Subsection (1) and subject to Subsection (2)(i), the board shall consider: (a) the nature and amount of open land and agricultural land proposed to be preserved or restored; (b) the qualities of the open land and agricultural land proposed to be preserved or restored; (c) the cost effectiveness of the project to preserve or restore open land or agricultural land; (d) the funds available; (e) the number of actual and potential applications for financial assistance and the amount of money sought by those applications; (f) the open land preservation plan of the local entity where the project is located and the priority placed on the project by that local entity; (g) the effects on housing affordability and diversity; and (h) whether the project protects against the loss of private property ownership. (4) If a local entity, department, or organization under Subsection (1) seeks money from the account for a project whose purpose is to protect critical watershed, the board shall require that the needs and quality of that project be verified by the state engineer. (5) An interest in real property purchased with money from the account shall be held and administered by the state or a local entity. (6) (a) The board may not authorize the use of money under this section for a project unless the land use authority for the land in which the project is located consents to the project. (b) (i) To obtain consent to a project, the person who is seeking money from the account shall submit a request for consent to a project with the applicable land use authority. (ii) The land use authority may grant or deny consent. (iii) If the land use authority does not take action within 60 days from the day on which the request for consent is filed with the land use authority under this Subsection (6), the board shall treat the project as having the consent of the land use authority. (c) An action of a land use authority under this Subsection (6) is not a land use decision subject to: (i) Title 10, Chapter 20, Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act; or (ii) Title 17, Chapter 79, County Land Use, Development, and Management Act.7/1/2026 (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the board shall administer the LeRay McAllister Working Farm and Ranch Account Program under which the board may authorize the use of money in the fund, by grant, to: (a) a local entity; (b) the Department of Natural Resources created under Section 79-2-201; (c) an entity within the department; or (d) a charitable organization that qualifies as being tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code. (2) (a) The money in the account shall be used for preserving or restoring open land and agricultural land. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), money from the account: (i) may be used to: (A) establish a conservation easement under Title 57, Chapter 18, Land Conservation Easement Act; or (B) fund similar methods to preserve open land or agricultural land; and (ii) may not be used to purchase a fee interest in real property to preserve open land or agricultural land. (c) Money from the account may be used to purchase a fee interest in real property to preserve open land or agricultural land if: (i) the property to be purchased is no more than 20 acres in size; and (ii) with respect to a parcel purchased in a county in which over 50% of the land area is publicly owned, real property roughly equivalent in size and located within that county is contemporaneously transferred to private ownership from the governmental entity that purchased the fee interest in real property. (d) Eminent domain may not be used or threatened in connection with any purchase using money from the account. (e) A parcel of land larger than 20 acres in size may not be divided to create one or more parcels that are smaller than 20 acres in order to comply with Subsection (2)(c)(i). (f) A local entity, department, or organization under Subsection (1) may not receive money from the account unless the local entity, department, or organization provides matching funds equal to or greater than the amount of money received from the account. (g) In granting money from the account, the board may impose conditions on the recipient as to how the money is to be spent. (h) The board shall give priority to: (i) working agricultural land; and (ii) after giving priority to working agricultural land under Subsection (2)(h)(i), requests from the Department of Natural Resources for up to 20% of each annual increase in the amount of money in the account if the money is used for the protection of wildlife or watershed. (i) (i) The board may not make a grant from the account that exceeds $1,000,000 until after making a report to the Legislative Management Committee about the grant. (ii) The Legislative Management Committee may make a recommendation to the board concerning the intended grant, but the recommendation is not binding on the board. (3) In determining the amount and type of financial assistance to provide a local entity, department, or organization under Subsection (1) and subject to Subsection (2)(i), the board shall consider: (a) the nature and amount of open land and agricultural land proposed to be preserved or restored; (b) the qualities of the open land and agricultural land proposed to be preserved or restored; (c) the cost effectiveness of the project to preserve or restore open land or agricultural land; (d) the funds available; (e) the number of actual and potential applications for financial assistance and the amount of money sought by those applications; (f) the open land preservation plan of the local entity where the project is located and the priority placed on the project by that local entity; (g) the effects on housing affordability and diversity; and (h) whether the project protects against the loss of private property ownership. (4) If a local entity, department, or organization under Subsection (1) seeks money from the account for a project whose purpose is to protect critical watershed, the board shall require that the needs and quality of that project be verified by the state engineer. (5) An interest in real property purchased with money from the account shall be held and administered by the state or a local entity. (6) (a) The board may not authorize the use of money under this section for a project unless the land use authority for the land in which the project is located consents to the project. (b) (i) To obtain consent to a project, the person who is seeking money from the account shall submit a request for consent to a project with the applicable land use authority. (ii) The land use authority may grant or deny consent. (iii) If the land use authority does not take action within 60 days from the day on which the request for consent is filed with the land use authority under this Subsection (6), the board shall treat the project as having the consent of the land use authority. (c) An action of a land use authority under this Subsection (6) is not a land use decision subject to: (i) Title 10, Chapter 20, Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act; or (ii) Title 17, Chapter 79, County Land Use, Development, and Management Act.
Utah Code § 4-38-301 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-38 / § 4-38-301
§ 4-38-301. Investigation -- License denial and suspension -- Grounds for revocation -- Fines.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission or board of stewards of a recognized race meet, upon their own motion may, and upon verified complaint in writing of any person shall, investigate the activities of a licensee within the state or a licensed person upon the premises of a racetrack facility. (2) The commission or board of stewards may fine, suspend a license, or deny an application for a license. (3) A person with whom the commission contracts under Subsection 4-38-104(4) may deny an application for a license. (4) The commission may revoke a license, if the licensee has committed any of the following violations: (a) substantial or willful misrepresentation; (b) disregard for or violation of this chapter or of a rule issued by the commission; (c) conviction of a felony under the laws of this or any other state or of the United States, a true and correct copy of the judgment of the court of conviction of which shall be presumptive evidence of the conviction in any hearing held under this section; (d) fraud, willful misrepresentation, or deceit in racing; (e) falsification, misrepresentation, or omission of required information in a license application; (f) failure to disclose to the commission a complete ownership or beneficial interest in a horse entered to be raced; (g) misrepresentation or attempted misrepresentation in connection with the sale of a horse or other matter pertaining to racing or registration of racing animals; (h) failure to comply with an order or ruling of the commission, the stewards, or a racing official pertaining to a racing matter; (i) ownership of any interest in or participation by any manner in any bookmaking, pool-selling, touting, bet solicitation, or illegal enterprise; (j) being unqualified by experience or competence to perform the activity permitted by the license possessed or being applied for; (k) employment or harboring of any unlicensed person on the premises of a racetrack facility if a license is required by this chapter or rule; (l) discontinuance of or ineligibility for the activity for which the license was issued; (m) being currently under suspension or revocation of a racing license in another racing jurisdiction; (n) possession on the premises of a racetrack facility of: (i) firearms; or (ii) a battery, buzzer, electrical device, or other appliance other than a whip which could be used to alter the speed of a horse in a race or while working out or schooling; (o) possession, on the premises of a racetrack facility, by a person other than a licensed veterinarian of a hypodermic needle, hypodermic syringe, or other similar device that may be used in administering medicine internally in a horse, or any substance, compound items, or combination of any medicine, narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or anesthetic which could alter the normal performance of a horse unless: (i) specifically authorized by a commission-approved veterinarian; or (ii) as otherwise allowed by the stewards for the conditions of that horse race or race meet; (p) cruelty to or neglect of a horse; (q) offering, promising, giving, accepting, or soliciting a bribe in any form, directly or indirectly, to or by a person having any connection with the outcome of a race, or failure to report knowledge of such act immediately to the stewards, the patrol judges, or the commission; (r) causing, attempting to cause, or participation in any way in any attempt to cause the prearrangement of a race result, or failure to report knowledge of such act immediately to the stewards, the patrol judges, or the commission; (s) entering, or aiding and abetting the entry of, a horse ineligible or unqualified for the race entered; (t) willfully or unjustifiably entering or racing any horse in any race under any name or designation other than the name or designation assigned to the animal by and registered with the official recognized registry for that breed of animal, or willfully setting on foot, instigating, engaging in, or in any way furthering any act by which any horse is entered or raced in any race under any name or designation other than the name or designation duly assigned by and registered with the official recognized registry for the breed of animal; or (u) racing at a racetrack facility without having that horse registered to race at that racetrack facility. (5) (a) A person who fails to pay in a timely manner a fine imposed pursuant to this chapter shall pay, in addition to the fine due, a penalty amount equal to the fine. (b) A person who submits to the commission a check in payment of a fine or license fee requirement imposed pursuant to this chapter, which is not honored by the financial institution upon which the check is drawn, shall pay, in addition to the fine or fee due, a penalty amount equal to the fine.
Utah Code § 4-41a-1106 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-1106
§ 4-41a-1106. Medical cannabis pharmacy agent -- Registration.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual may not serve as a medical cannabis pharmacy agent of a medical cannabis pharmacy unless the department registers the individual as a medical cannabis pharmacy agent. (2) A recommending medical provider may not act as a medical cannabis pharmacy agent, have a financial or voting interest of 2% or greater in a medical cannabis pharmacy, or have the power to direct or cause the management or control of a medical cannabis pharmacy. (3) (a) The department shall, within 15 days after the day on which the department receives a complete application from a medical cannabis pharmacy on behalf of a prospective medical cannabis pharmacy agent, register and issue a medical cannabis pharmacy agent registration card to the prospective agent if the medical cannabis pharmacy: (i) provides to the department: (A) the prospective agent's name and address; (B) the name and location of the licensed medical cannabis pharmacy where the prospective agent seeks to act as the medical cannabis pharmacy agent; and (C) the submission required under Subsection (3)(b); and (ii) pays a fee to the department in an amount that, subject to Subsection 4-41a-104(5), the department sets in accordance with Section 63J-1-504. (b) Each prospective agent described in Subsection (3)(a) shall: (i) submit to the department: (A) a fingerprint card in a form acceptable to the Department of Public Safety; and (B) a signed waiver in accordance with Subsection 53-10-108(4) acknowledging the registration of the prospective agent's fingerprints in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Next Generation Identification System's Rap Back Service; and (ii) consent to a fingerprint background check by: (A) the Bureau of Criminal Identification; and (B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (c) The Bureau of Criminal Identification shall: (i) check the fingerprints the prospective agent submits under Subsection (3)(b) against the applicable state, regional, and national criminal records databases, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation Next Generation Identification System; (ii) report the results of the background check to the department; (iii) maintain a separate file of fingerprints that prospective agents submit under Subsection (3)(b) for search by future submissions to the local and regional criminal records databases, including latent prints; (iv) request that the fingerprints be retained in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Next Generation Identification System's Rap Back Service for search by future submissions to national criminal records databases, including the Next Generation Identification System and latent prints; and (v) establish a privacy risk mitigation strategy to ensure that the department only receives notifications for an individual with whom the department maintains an authorizing relationship. (d) The department shall: (i) assess an individual who submits fingerprints under Subsection (3)(b) a fee in an amount that the department sets in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 for the services that the Bureau of Criminal Identification or another authorized agency provides under this section; and (ii) remit the fee described in Subsection (3)(d)(i) to the Bureau of Criminal Identification. (4) A medical cannabis pharmacy agent shall comply with a certification standard that the department develops in collaboration with the Division of Professional Licensing and the Board of Pharmacy, or a third-party certification standard that the department designates by rule, in collaboration with the Division of Professional Licensing and the Board of Pharmacy and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (5) The department shall ensure that the certification standard described in Subsection (4) includes training in: (a) Utah medical cannabis law; and (b) medical cannabis pharmacy best practices. (6) The department shall revoke the medical cannabis pharmacy agent registration card of, or refuse to issue a medical cannabis pharmacy agent registration card to, an individual who: (a) violates the requirements of this chapter; or (b) is convicted under state or federal law of: (i) a felony within the preceding 10 years; or (ii) after December 3, 2018, a misdemeanor for drug distribution. (7) (a) A medical cannabis pharmacy agent registration card expires two years after the day on which the department issues or renews the card. (b) A medical cannabis pharmacy agent may renew the agent's registration card if the agent: (i) is eligible for a medical cannabis pharmacy agent registration card under this section; (ii) certifies to the department in a renewal application that the information in Subsection (3)(a) is accurate or updates the information; and (iii) pays to the department a renewal fee in an amount that: (A) subject to Subsection 4-41a-104(5), the department sets in accordance with Section 63J-1-504; and (B) may not exceed the cost of the relatively lower administrative burden of renewal in comparison to the original application process. (8) A medical cannabis pharmacy shall: (a) maintain a list of employees that have a medical cannabis pharmacy agent registration card; and (b) provide the list to the department upon request.
Utah Code § 4-41a-112 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-112
§ 4-41a-112. Compassionate Use Board.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The licensing board shall establish a Compassionate Use Board consisting of: (i) seven recommending medical providers that the commissioner appoints with the advice and consent of the Senate: (A) who are knowledgeable about the medicinal use of cannabis; (B) who are physicians licensed under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; and (C) who are board certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties or an American Osteopathic Association Specialty Certifying Board in the specialty of neurology, pain medicine and pain management, medical oncology, psychiatry, infectious disease, internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, or gastroenterology; and (ii) as a nonvoting member and the chair of the Compassionate Use Board, the commissioner or the director's designee. (b) In appointing the seven recommending medical providers described in Subsection (1)(a)(i), the commissioner shall ensure that at least two have a board certification in pediatrics. (2) (a) Of the members of the Compassionate Use Board that the commissioner first appoints: (i) three shall serve an initial term of two years; and (ii) the remaining members shall serve an initial term of four years. (b) After an initial term described in Subsection (2)(a) expires: (i) each term is four years; and (ii) each member is eligible for reappointment. (c) A member of the Compassionate Use Board may serve until a successor is appointed. (d) Four members constitute a quorum of the Compassionate Use Board. (3) A member of the Compassionate Use Board may receive: (a) notwithstanding Section 63A-3-106, compensation or benefits for the member's service; and (b) travel expenses in accordance with Section 63A-3-107 and rules made by the Division of Finance in accordance with Section 63A-3-107. (4) The Compassionate Use Board shall: (a) review and recommend for licensing board approval a petition to the Compassionate Use Board regarding an individual described in Subsection 26B-4-213(2)(a), a minor described in Subsection 26B-4-213(2)(c), or an individual who is not otherwise qualified to receive a medical cannabis card to obtain a medical cannabis card for compassionate use, for the standard or a reduced period of validity, if: (i) for an individual who is not otherwise qualified to receive a medical cannabis card, the individual's recommending medical provider is actively treating the individual for an intractable condition that: (A) substantially impairs the individual's quality of life; and (B) has not, in the recommending medical provider's professional opinion, adequately responded to conventional treatments; (ii) the recommending medical provider: (A) recommends that the individual or minor be allowed to use medical cannabis; and (B) provides a letter, relevant treatment history, and notes or copies of progress notes describing relevant treatment history including rationale for considering the use of medical cannabis; and (iii) the Compassionate Use Board determines that: (A) the recommendation of the individual's recommending medical provider is justified; and (B) based on available information, it may be in the best interests of the individual to allow the use of medical cannabis; (b) when a recommending medical provider recommends that an individual described in Subsection 26B-4-213(2)(a)(i)(B) or a minor described in Subsection 26B-4-213(2)(c) be allowed to use a medical cannabis device or medical cannabis to vaporize a medical cannabis treatment, review and approve or deny the use of the medical cannabis device or medical cannabis; (c) unless no petitions are pending: (i) meet to receive or review compassionate use petitions at least quarterly; and (ii) if there are more petitions than the Compassionate Use Board can receive or review during the Compassionate Use Board's regular schedule, meet as often as necessary; (d) except as provided in Subsection (5), complete a review of each petition and recommend to the licensing board approval or denial of the applicant for qualification for a medical cannabis card within 90 days after the day on which the Compassionate Use Board received the petition; and (e) consult with the licensing board regarding the criteria described in Subsection (5). (5) The licensing board shall make rules, in consultation with the Compassionate Use Board and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish a process and criteria for a petition to the Compassionate Use Board to automatically qualify for expedited final review and approval or denial by the licensing board in cases where, in the determination of the licensing board and the Compassionate Use Board: (a) time is of the essence; (b) engaging the full review process would be unreasonable in light of the petitioner's physical condition; and (c) sufficient factors are present regarding the petitioner's safety. (6) (a) (i) The licensing board shall review: (A) any compassionate use for which the Compassionate Use Board recommends approval under Subsection (4)(d) to determine whether the Compassionate Use Board properly exercised the discretion under this section; and (B) any expedited petitions the licensing board receives under the process described in Subsection (5). (ii) If the licensing board determines that the Compassionate Use Board properly exercised the Compassionate Use Board's discretion in recommending approval under Subsection (4)(d) or that the expedited petition merits approval based on the criteria established in accordance with Subsection (5), the licensing board shall: (A) issue the relevant medical cannabis card; and (B) provide for the renewal of the medical cannabis card in accordance with the recommendation of the recommending medical provider described in Subsection (4)(a). (b) If the Compassionate Use Board recommends denial under Subsection (4)(d), the individual seeking to obtain a medical cannabis card may petition the licensing board to review the Compassionate Use Board's decision. (c) In reviewing the Compassionate Use Board's recommendation for approval or denial under Subsection (4)(d) in accordance with this Subsection (6), the licensing board shall presume the Compassionate Use Board properly exercised the Compassionate Use Board's discretion unless the licensing board determines that the recommendation was arbitrary or capricious. (7) Any individually identifiable health information contained in a petition that the Compassionate Use Board or licensing board receives under this section is a protected record in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act. (8) The Compassionate Use Board shall annually report activity to the advisory board.
Utah Code § 4-2-502 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-2 / § 4-2-502
§ 4-2-502. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Board executive committee" means the executive committee of the Agricultural Advisory Board created in Section 4-2-108. (2) "Horse event" means an event in which horses are roped or tripped for the purpose of a specific event or contest. (3) (a) "Horse tripping" means the lassoing or roping of the legs of an equine, or otherwise tripping or causing an equine to fall by any means, for the purpose of entertainment, sport, or contest, or practice for entertainment, sport, or contest. (b) "Horse tripping" does not include accepted animal husbandry practices, customary farming practices, or commonly accepted practices occurring in conjunction with a sanctioned rodeo, animal race, or pulling contest.
Utah Code § 4-33-110 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-33 / § 4-33-110
§ 4-33-110. Interstate commerce -- Chapter inapplicable to fuel in transit through state.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this chapter is inapplicable to motor fuel being transported through this state in interstate commerce. (2) This chapter applies to motor fuel that is consigned or destined for delivery in the state.
Utah Code § 4-37-401 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-37 / § 4-37-401
§ 4-37-401. License required to import aquatic animals for aquaculture or fee fishing facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not import aquatic animals classified as controlled species by rules of the Wildlife Board into the state for use in aquaculture or fee fishing facilities without first obtaining a license from the department. (2) The department shall: (a) coordinate with the Division of Wildlife Resources in determining which species the holder may import into the state; and (b) specify those species on the license. (3) A person may not import species into the state that are not listed on the license.
Utah Code § 4-41a-110 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-110
§ 4-41a-110. Department coordination with the advisory board.
Status: in_force

The department shall: (1) provide draft rules made under this chapter to the advisory board for the advisory board's review; (2) consult with the advisory board before issuing an additional: (a) cultivation facility license under Section 4-41a-205; or (b) pharmacy license under Section 4-41a-1005; (3) consult with the advisory board regarding fees set by the department that pertain to the medical cannabis program; and (4) when appropriate, consult with the advisory board regarding issues that arise in the medical cannabis program.
Utah Code § 4-25-301 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-25 / § 4-25-301
§ 4-25-301. Allowing swine to run at large -- Class B misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person: (a) is in control of a swine; and (b) allows the swine to run at large. (2) A person described in Subsection (1) is liable for damage caused by the swine running at large.
Utah Code § 4-41a-104.1 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-104.1
§ 4-41a-104.1. Qualified Patient Enterprise Fund -- Creation -- Revenue neutrality -- Uniform fee.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created an enterprise fund known as the "Qualified Patient Enterprise Fund." (2) The fund created in this section is funded from: (a) money the department deposits into the fund under Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 2, Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis; (b) appropriations the Legislature makes to the fund; and (c) the interest described in Subsection (3). (3) Interest earned on the fund shall be deposited into the fund. (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), money deposited into the fund may only be used by: (i) the department to accomplish the department's responsibilities described in Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 2, Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis; (ii) the Center for Medical Cannabis Research created in Section 53H-4-206 to accomplish the Center for Medical Cannabis Research's responsibilities; and (iii) the department for employing the licensing board; (iv) if there is remaining money in the fund balance on June 30 of each fiscal year after all other financial obligations under this Subsection (4) are met, the department shall provide up to $300,000 for expenditure the next fiscal year to the nonprofit contracting entity described in Section 26B-4-248; and (v) the Center for Medical Cannabis Research created in Section 53H-4-206 in an amount of $1,250,000 that: (A) may be withdrawn each July 1 ending on July 1, 2030, subject to the department's determination that there are sufficient funds in the account to provide the amount described in this Subsection (4)(d); and (B) may be used for additional research conducted by the Center for Medical Cannabis Research. (b) For money deposited under Section 4-45a-102, the department shall: (i) use 10% of the money to the Department of Health and Human Services for tobacco and nicotine prevention purposes; and (ii) use the remainder of the money to: (A) expand and improve testing services at the state lab; and (B) enforce Title 4, Chapter 45a, Specialized Product Regulation. (5) The department shall set fees authorized under Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 2, Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis, in amounts that the department anticipates are necessary, in total, to cover the department's cost to implement Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 2, Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis. (6) The department may impose a uniform fee on each medical cannabis transaction in a medical cannabis pharmacy in an amount that, subject to Subsection (5), the department sets in accordance with Section 63J-1-504.
Utah Code § 4-7-102 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-7 / § 4-7-102
§ 4-7-102. Purpose declaration.
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the public interest requires regulation of the sale of livestock between the producer and a person who purchases livestock for resale to protect the producer from unwarranted hazard and loss in the sale of livestock.
Utah Code § 4-13-108 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-13 / § 4-13-108
§ 4-13-108. Denial, suspension, or revocation authorized -- Grounds -- Stop sale, use, or removal order authorized -- Court action -- Procedure -- Costs.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may deny, revoke, or suspend the license for a blender or the registration of a brand of plant food upon satisfactory evidence that the licensee or registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in licensure, registration, or distribution in this state. (2) (a) The department may issue a "stop sale, use, or removal order" to the owner or person in possession of any designated lot of plant food that the department finds or has reason to believe is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of this chapter. (b) The order shall be in writing and plant food subject to the order may not be moved or offered or exposed for sale, except upon the subsequent written release of the department. (c) Before a release is issued, the department may require the owner or person in possession of the "stopped" lot to pay the expense incurred by the department in connection with the withdrawal of the product from the market. (3) (a) The department may seek in a court with jurisdiction an order of seizure or condemnation of any plant food that violates this chapter or, upon proper grounds, to obtain a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction, to prevent violation of this chapter. (b) A bond may not be required of the department in any injunctive proceeding under this section. (4) If condemnation is ordered, the plant food shall be disposed of as the court directs, except that the court may not order condemnation without giving the claimant of the plant food an opportunity to apply to the court for permission to relabel, reprocess, or otherwise bring the product into conformance, or to remove the plant food from the state. (5) If the court orders condemnation of the plant food, court costs, fees, storage, and other expenses shall be awarded against the claimant of the plant food.
Utah Code § 4-38-203 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-38 / § 4-38-203
§ 4-38-203. Race meets -- Licenses -- Fairs.
Status: in_force

(1) A person making application for a license to hold a race meet under this chapter shall file an application that sets forth the time, place, and number of days the race meet will continue, and other information the commission may require. (2) A person who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude may not be issued a license to hold a race meet. (3) (a) The license issued shall specify the kind and character of the race meet to be held, the number of days the race meet shall continue, and the number of races per day. (b) The licensee shall pay in advance of the scheduled race meet to the commission a fee of not less than $25. If unforeseen obstacles arise that prevent the holding or completion of any race meet, the license fee held may be refunded to the licensee if the commission considers the reason for failure to hold or complete the race meet sufficient. (4) (a) An unexpired license held by any person who violates this chapter, or fails to pay to the commission any fees required under this chapter, is subject to cancellation and revocation by the commission. (b) This cancellation shall be made only after a summary hearing before the commission, of which seven days notice in writing shall be given the licensee, specifying the grounds for the proposed cancellation. At the hearing, the licensee shall be given an opportunity to be heard in opposition to the proposed cancellation. (5) (a) A fair board or fair district that conducts a race meet in connection with a regularly scheduled annual fair is exempt from payment of the fees provided in this section, unless the fair board or fair district sponsors a race in which the speed indexes are officially recognized under breed requirements. (b) A race meet in connection with a fair is limited to 14 race days, unless otherwise permitted by a unanimous vote of the commission. (6) The exemption from the payment of fees under Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to a race meet qualifying for official speed index races.
Utah Code § 4-32a-204 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-32a / § 4-32a-204
§ 4-32a-204. Inspection and slaughter of domesticated game.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Section 4-32a-205, domesticated game shall receive both an antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection by a veterinarian or veterinarian designee as part of the slaughtering process, in accordance with this section. (2) A veterinarian or veterinarian designee may complete an antemortem inspection or postmortem inspection in the field, in accordance with the requirements of this part. (3) (a) Before undertaking an antemortem inspection or postmortem inspection, a veterinarian or veterinarian designee shall inspect the designated slaughter area and facilities in accordance with this part and department rule. (b) A veterinarian or veterinarian designee may not undertake an antemortem or postmortem inspection if the designated slaughter area and facilities do not pass the inspection described in Subsection (3)(a). (4) If domesticated game requires an antemortem inspection and the domesticated game does not pass the antemortem inspection, the domesticated game may not be slaughtered for wholesale or retail sale. (5) (a) Before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut, domesticated game shall be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow, gunshot, electrical shock, or other means that is instantaneous and effective. (b) Immediately after domesticated game is stunned or killed, the domesticated game or domesticated game carcass shall be shackled, hoisted, stuck, and bled. (c) The parts of a domesticated game carcass shall be identified with the particular carcass until after completion of the postmortem inspection, in accordance with department rule. (6) (a) Postmortem inspection of a domesticated game carcass shall be conducted immediately following the slaughter and evisceration of the domesticated game. (b) A veterinarian or veterinarian designee that completes a postmortem inspection shall, if condemning a domesticated game carcass: (i) mark each domesticated game carcass or part of a domesticated game carcass as condemned in accordance with department rule; and (ii) retain custody of each condemned domesticated game carcass or carcass part until proper disposal occurs, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. Part 314 and department rule.
Utah Code § 4-37-303 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-37 / § 4-37-303
§ 4-37-303. Transportation of live aquatic animals to fee fishing facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person holding a license for a fee fishing facility may transport the live aquatic animals specified on the license to the facility. (2) Each transfer or shipment of live aquatic animals to a fee fishing facility within the state shall be accompanied by documentation of the source and destination of the fish, including: (a) name, address, license number, and health approval number of the source; (b) number and weight being shipped by species; and (c) name, address, and license number of the destination.
Utah Code § 4-41a-205 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-41a / § 4-41a-205
§ 4-41a-205. Number of licenses -- Cannabis cultivation facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(a), the department shall issue at least five but not more than eight licenses to operate a cannabis cultivation facility. (2) (a) The department may issue a number of licenses to operate a cannabis cultivation facility that, in addition to the licenses described in Subsection (1), does not cause the total number of licenses to exceed 15 if the department determines, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services and after an annual or more frequent analysis of the current and anticipated market for medical cannabis, that each additional license is necessary to provide an adequate supply, quality, or variety of medical cannabis to medical cannabis cardholders. (b) If the recipient of one of the initial licenses described in Subsection (1) ceases operations for any reason or otherwise abandons the license, the department may but is not required to grant the vacant license to another applicant based on an analysis as described in Subsection (2)(a). (3) If there are more qualified applicants than the number of available licenses for cannabis cultivation facilities under Subsections (1) and (2), the department shall evaluate the applicants and award the limited number of licenses described in Subsections (1) and (2) to the applicants that best demonstrate: (a) experience with establishing and successfully operating a business that involves: (i) complying with a regulatory environment; (ii) tracking inventory; and (iii) training, evaluating, and monitoring employees; (b) an operating plan that will best ensure the safety and security of patrons and the community; (c) positive connections to the local community; and (d) the extent to which the applicant can increase efficiency and reduce the cost to patients of medical cannabis. (4) The department may conduct a face-to-face interview with an applicant for a license that the department evaluates under Subsection (3). (5) The licensing board may not issue more than 18 tier one cannabis processing facility licenses.
Utah Code § 4-45-108 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-45 / § 4-45-108
§ 4-45-108. Registration of kratom products -- Department duties.
Status: in_force

1/1/2027 (1) Until January 1, 2029, the department may set a fee to register a kratom product, in accordance with Section 4-2-103. (2) The fee described in Subsection (1) may be paid by any person, but a kratom product may not be registered with the department until the fee is paid. (3) The department: (a) shall set an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 for a person who sells a kratom product that is not registered with the department; and (b) may assess the fine described in Subsection (3)(a) against any person who offers an unregistered kratom product for sale in this state; and (c) may take an administrative action against any person who offers an unregistered kratom product for sale in this state. (4) The department may seize and destroy any unregistered kratom product offered for sale in this state. (5) The department shall share information the department has obtained regarding persons that sell kratom products with the State Tax Commission upon request.
Utah Code § 4-25-206 — Utah Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4-25 / § 4-25-206
§ 4-25-206. Animals running at large -- Prohibition -- Limited exception.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no person who owns or is in possession of a stallion, jack, or ridgeling over 18 months old, or a ram over three months old, shall permit the animal to run at large within the limits of, or on the summer range of, any town or settlement. (2) Two-thirds of the voters of any county or isolated part of a county may elect through an election to make this section ineffective in all or part of the county during part of the year.