58-37-2 (Superseded 07/01/11) - Definitions.
58-37-2 (Superseded 07/01/11). Definitions.
(1) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Administer" means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether byinjection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subjectby:
(i) a practitioner or, in the practitioner's presence, by the practitioner's authorized agent;or
(ii) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner.
(b) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of amanufacturer, distributor, or practitioner but does not include a motor carrier, publicwarehouseman, or employee of any of them.
(c) "Consumption" means ingesting or having any measurable amount of a controlledsubstance in a person's body, but this Subsection (1)(c) does not include the metabolite of acontrolled substance.
(d) "Continuing criminal enterprise" means any individual, sole proprietorship,partnership, corporation, business trust, association, or other legal entity, and any union or groupsof individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity, and includes illicit as well as licitentities created or maintained for the purpose of engaging in conduct which constitutes thecommission of episodes of activity made unlawful by Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah ControlledSubstances Act, Chapter 37a, Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act, Chapter 37b, Imitation ControlledSubstances Act, Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act, or Chapter 37d,Clandestine Drug Lab Act, which episodes are not isolated, but have the same or similarpurposes, results, participants, victims, methods of commission, or otherwise are interrelated bydistinguishing characteristics. Taken together, the episodes shall demonstrate continuingunlawful conduct and be related either to each other or to the enterprise.
(e) "Control" means to add, remove, or change the placement of a drug, substance, orimmediate precursor under Section 58-37-3.
(f) (i) "Controlled substance" means a drug or substance:
(A) included in Schedules I, II, III, IV, or V of Section 58-37-4;
(B) included in Schedules I, II, III, IV, or V of the federal Controlled Substances Act,Title II, P.L. 91-513; or
(C) that is a controlled substance analog.
(ii) "Controlled substance" does not include:
(A) distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages, as those terms are defined in Title 32A,Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;
(B) any drug intended for lawful use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, orprevention of disease in human or other animals, which contains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine,norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine if the drug is lawfully purchased, sold, transferred,or furnished as an over-the-counter medication without prescription; or
(C) dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other similar substances includingconcentrates or extracts, which:
(I) are not otherwise regulated by law; and
(II) may contain naturally occurring amounts of chemical or substances listed in thischapter, or in rules adopted pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative RulemakingAct.
(g) (i) "Controlled substance analog" means a substance the chemical structure of whichis substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in Schedules Iand II of Section 58-37-4, or in Schedules I and II of the federal Controlled Substances Act, TitleII, P.L. 91-513:
(A) which has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervoussystem substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the centralnervous system of controlled substances in the schedules set forth in Subsection (1)(f); or
(B) which, with respect to a particular individual, is represented or intended to have astimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similarto the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of controlledsubstances in the schedules set forth in this Subsection (1).
(ii) "Controlled substance analog" does not include:
(A) a controlled substance currently scheduled in Schedules I through V of Section58-37-4;
(B) a substance for which there is an approved new drug application;
(C) a substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for investigational use bya particular person under Section 505 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 355, to theextent the conduct with respect to the substance is permitted by the exemption;
(D) any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption before anexemption takes effect with respect to the substance;
(E) any drug intended for lawful use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, orprevention of disease in man or other animals, which contains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine,norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine if the drug is lawfully purchased, sold, transferred,or furnished as an over-the-counter medication without prescription; or
(F) dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other similar substances includingconcentrates or extracts, which are not otherwise regulated by law, which may contain naturallyoccurring amounts of chemical or substances listed in this chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant toTitle 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
(h) "Conviction" means a determination of guilt by verdict, whether jury or bench, orplea, whether guilty or no contest, for any offense proscribed by Title 58, Chapters 37, 37a, 37b,37c, or 37d, or for any offense under the laws of the United States and any other state which, ifcommitted in this state, would be an offense under Title 58, Chapters 37, 37a, 37b, 37c, or 37d.
(i) "Counterfeit substance" means:
(i) any controlled substance or container or labeling of any controlled substance that:
(A) without authorization bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark,imprint, number, device, or any likeness of them, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenserother than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed thesubstance which falsely purports to be a controlled substance distributed by any othermanufacturer, distributor, or dispenser; and
(B) a reasonable person would believe to be a controlled substance distributed by anauthorized manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser based on the appearance of the substance asdescribed under Subsection (1)(i)(i)(A) or the appearance of the container of that controlledsubstance; or
(ii) any substance other than under Subsection (1)(i)(i) that:
(A) is falsely represented to be any legally or illegally manufactured controlled
substance; and
(B) a reasonable person would believe to be a legal or illegal controlled substance.
(j) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of acontrolled substance or a listed chemical, whether or not an agency relationship exists.
(k) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.
(l) "Depressant or stimulant substance" means:
(i) a drug which contains any quantity of barbituric acid or any of the salts of barbituricacid;
(ii) a drug which contains any quantity of:
(A) amphetamine or any of its optical isomers;
(B) any salt of amphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine; or
(C) any substance which the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the AttorneyGeneral of the United States after investigation has found and by regulation designatedhabit-forming because of its stimulant effect on the central nervous system;
(iii) lysergic acid diethylamide; or
(iv) any drug which contains any quantity of a substance which the Secretary of Healthand Human Services or the Attorney General of the United States after investigation has found tohave, and by regulation designated as having, a potential for abuse because of its depressant orstimulant effect on the central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect.
(m) "Dispense" means the delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacist to anultimate user pursuant to the lawful order or prescription of a practitioner, and includesdistributing to, leaving with, giving away, or disposing of that substance as well as thepackaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for delivery.
(n) "Dispenser" means a pharmacist who dispenses a controlled substance.
(o) "Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlledsubstance or a listed chemical.
(p) "Distributor" means a person who distributes controlled substances.
(q) "Division" means the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing created inSection 58-1-103.
(r) (i) "Drug" means:
(A) a substance recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, OfficialHomeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or Official National Formulary, or anysupplement to any of them, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, orprevention of disease in humans or animals;
(B) a substance that is required by any applicable federal or state law or rule to bedispensed by prescription only or is restricted to administration by practitioners only;
(C) a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of thebody of humans or other animals; and
(D) substances intended for use as a component of any substance specified inSubsections (1)(r)(i)(A), (B), (C), and (D).
(ii) "Drug" does not include dietary supplements.
(s) "Drug dependent person" means any individual who unlawfully and habitually usesany controlled substance to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is sodependent upon the use of controlled substances as to have lost the power of self-control withreference to the individual's dependency.
(t) "Food" means:
(i) any nutrient or substance of plant, mineral, or animal origin other than a drug asspecified in this chapter, and normally ingested by human beings; and
(ii) foods for special dietary uses as exist by reason of a physical, physiological,pathological, or other condition including but not limited to the conditions of disease,convalescence, pregnancy, lactation, allergy, hypersensitivity to food, underweight, andoverweight; uses for supplying a particular dietary need which exist by reason of age includingbut not limited to the ages of infancy and childbirth, and also uses for supplementing and forfortifying the ordinary or unusual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other dietary property for useof a food. Any particular use of a food is a special dietary use regardless of the nutritionalpurposes.
(u) "Immediate precursor" means a substance which the Attorney General of the UnitedStates has found to be, and by regulation designated as being, the principal compound used orproduced primarily for use in the manufacture of a controlled substance, or which is animmediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlledsubstance, the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail, or limit the manufacture of thecontrolled substance.
(v) "Indian" means a member of an Indian tribe.
(w) "Indian religion" means any religion:
(i) the origin and interpretation of which is from within a traditional Indian culture orcommunity; and
(ii) which is practiced by Indians.
(x) "Indian tribe" means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group orcommunity of Indians, including any Alaska Native village, which is legally recognized aseligible for and is consistent with the special programs, services, and entitlements provided bythe United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
(y) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, orprocessing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances ofnatural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination ofextraction and chemical synthesis.
(z) "Manufacturer" includes any person who packages, repackages, or labels anycontainer of any controlled substance, except pharmacists who dispense or compoundprescription orders for delivery to the ultimate consumer.
(aa) "Marijuana" means all species of the genus cannabis and all parts of the genus,whether growing or not; the seeds of it; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and everycompound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. The term does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil orcake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative,mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted from them, fiber, oil orcake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. Any syntheticequivalents of the substances contained in the plant cannabis sativa or any other species of thegenus cannabis which are chemically indistinguishable and pharmacologically active are alsoincluded.
(bb) "Money" means officially issued coin and currency of the United States or anyforeign country.
(cc) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectlyby extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemicalsynthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
(i) opium, coca leaves, and opiates;
(ii) a compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, coca leaves, oropiates;
(iii) opium poppy and poppy straw; or
(iv) a substance, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of thesubstance, which is chemically identical with any of the substances referred to in Subsection(1)(cc)(i), (ii), or (iii), except narcotic drug does not include decocainized coca leaves or extractsof coca leaves which do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.
(dd) "Negotiable instrument" means documents, containing an unconditional promise topay a sum of money, which are legally transferable to another party by endorsement or delivery.
(ee) "Opiate" means any drug or other substance having an addiction-forming oraddiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drughaving addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability.
(ff) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species papaver somniferum L., except theseeds of the plant.
(gg) "Person" means any corporation, association, partnership, trust, other institution orentity or one or more individuals.
(hh) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing.
(ii) "Possession" or "use" means the joint or individual ownership, control, occupancy,holding, retaining, belonging, maintaining, or the application, inhalation, swallowing, injection,or consumption, as distinguished from distribution, of controlled substances and includesindividual, joint, or group possession or use of controlled substances. For a person to be apossessor or user of a controlled substance, it is not required that the person be shown to haveindividually possessed, used, or controlled the substance, but it is sufficient if it is shown that theperson jointly participated with one or more persons in the use, possession, or control of anysubstances with knowledge that the activity was occurring, or the controlled substance is found ina place or under circumstances indicating that the person had the ability and the intent to exercisedominion and control over it.
(jj) "Practitioner" means a physician, dentist, naturopathic physician, veterinarian,pharmacist, scientific investigator, pharmacy, hospital, or other person licensed, registered, orotherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, administer, or use inteaching or chemical analysis a controlled substance in the course of professional practice orresearch in this state.
(kk) "Prescribe" means to issue a prescription:
(i) orally or in writing; or
(ii) by telephone, facsimile transmission, computer, or other electronic means ofcommunication as defined by division rule.
(ll) "Prescription" means an order issued:
(i) by a licensed practitioner, in the course of that practitioner's professional practice orby collaborative pharmacy practice agreement; and
(ii) for a controlled substance or other prescription drug or device for use by a patient oran animal.
(mm) "Production" means the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvestingof a controlled substance.
(nn) "Securities" means any stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidences of debt or ofproperty.
(oo) "State" means the state of Utah.
(pp) "Ultimate user" means any person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance forthe person's own use, for the use of a member of the person's household, or for administration toan animal owned by the person or a member of the person's household.
(2) If a term used in this chapter is not defined, the definition and terms of Title 76, UtahCriminal Code, shall apply.
Amended by Chapter 64, 2010 General Session
Amended by Chapter 101, 2010 General Session