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Utah Code Title 4. Utah Agricultural Code § 4-41a-1203. Medical cannabis shipment transportation

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The department shall ensure that each home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy is capable of delivering, directly or through a medical cannabis courier, medical cannabis shipments in a secure manner.

(2)(a) A home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy may contract with a licensed medical cannabis courier to deliver medical cannabis shipments to fulfill electronic medical cannabis orders that the state central patient portal facilitates.

(b) If a home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy enters into a contract described in Subsection (2)(a), the pharmacy shall:

(i) impose security and personnel requirements on the medical cannabis courier sufficient to ensure the security and safety of medical cannabis shipments; and

(ii) provide regular oversight of the medical cannabis courier.

(3) Notwithstanding Subsection 4-41a-404(1), an individual may transport a medical cannabis shipment if the individual is:

(a) a registered pharmacy medical provider;

(b) a registered medical cannabis pharmacy agent; or

(c) a registered agent of the medical cannabis courier described in Subsection (2).

(4) An individual transporting a medical cannabis shipment under Subsection (3) shall comply with the requirements of Subsection 4-41a-404(3).

(5) In addition to the requirements in Subsections (3) and (4), the department may establish 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, requirements for transporting medical cannabis shipments that are related to safety for human consumption of cannabis or a cannabis product.

(6)(a) It is unlawful for an individual to transport a medical cannabis shipment with a manifest that does not meet the requirements of Subsection (4).

(b) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(d), an individual who violates Subsection (6)(a) is:

(i) guilty of an infraction; and

(ii) subject to a $100 fine.

(c) An individual who is guilty of a violation described in Subsection (6)(b) is not guilty of a violation of Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, for the conduct underlying the violation described in Subsection (6)(b).

(d) If the individual described in Subsection (6)(a) is transporting more cannabis, cannabis product, or medical cannabis devices than the manifest identifies, except for a de minimis administrative error:

(i) this chapter does not apply; and

(ii) the individual is subject to penalties under Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act.

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