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Section 701 - Enforcement -- Misdemeanor.

UT Code § 26-61a-701 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Except as provided in Title 4, Chapter 41a, Cannabis Production Establishments, and Sections 26-61a-502, 26-61a-605, and 26-61a-607, it is unlawful for a medical cannabis cardholder to sell or otherwise give to another medical cannabis cardholder cannabis in a medicinal dosage form, a cannabis product in a medicinal dosage form, a medical cannabis device, or any cannabis residue remaining in or from a medical cannabis device.

(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a medical cannabis cardholder who violates Subsection (1) is: (i) guilty of a class B misdemeanor; and (ii) subject to a $1,000 fine. (b) An individual is not guilty under Subsection (2)(a) if the individual: (i) (A) is a designated caregiver; and (B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the medical cannabis cardholder who designated the individual as a designated caregiver; or (ii) (A) is a medical cannabis guardian cardholder; and (B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the relevant provisional patient cardholder. (c) An individual who is guilty of a violation described in Subsection (2)(a) is not guilty of a violation of Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, for the conduct underlying the violation described in Subsection (2)(a).

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a medical cannabis cardholder who violates Subsection (1) is: (i) guilty of a class B misdemeanor; and (ii) subject to a $1,000 fine.

(i) guilty of a class B misdemeanor; and

(ii) subject to a $1,000 fine.

(b) An individual is not guilty under Subsection (2)(a) if the individual: (i) (A) is a designated caregiver; and (B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the medical cannabis cardholder who designated the individual as a designated caregiver; or (ii) (A) is a medical cannabis guardian cardholder; and (B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the relevant provisional patient cardholder.

(i) (A) is a designated caregiver; and (B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the medical cannabis cardholder who designated the individual as a designated caregiver; or

(A) is a designated caregiver; and

(B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the medical cannabis cardholder who designated the individual as a designated caregiver; or

(ii) (A) is a medical cannabis guardian cardholder; and (B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the relevant provisional patient cardholder.

(A) is a medical cannabis guardian cardholder; and

(B) gives the product described in Subsection (1) to the relevant provisional patient cardholder.

(c) An individual who is guilty of a violation described in Subsection (2)(a) is not guilty of a violation of Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, for the conduct underlying the violation described in Subsection (2)(a).

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Section 701 - Enforcement -- Misdemeanor.