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Utah Code § 4-41a-501

Cannabis cultivation facility -- Operating requirements

Amended by Chapter 483, 2026 General Session

(1) A cannabis cultivation facility shall ensure that any cannabis growing at the cannabis cultivation facility is not visible from the ground level of the cannabis cultivation facility perimeter.

(2) A cannabis cultivation facility shall use a unique identifier that is connected to the facility's inventory control system to identify:

(a) beginning at the time a cannabis plant is eight inches tall and has a root ball, each cannabis plant;

(b) each unique harvest of cannabis plants;

(c) each batch of cannabis the facility transfers to a medical cannabis pharmacy, a cannabis processing facility, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory; and

(d) any excess, contaminated, or deteriorated cannabis of which the cannabis cultivation facility disposes.

(3) A cannabis cultivation facility shall identify cannabis biomass as cannabis byproduct or cannabis plant product before transferring the cannabis biomass from the facility.

(4) A cannabis cultivation facility shall either:

(a) ensure that a cannabis processing facility chemically or physically processes cannabis cultivation byproduct to produce a cannabis concentrate for incorporation into cannabis derivative products; or

(b) destroy cannabis cultivation byproduct in accordance with Section 4-41a-405.

(5)

(a) A cannabis cultivation facility may, for quality assurance or remediation purposes, use methods and equipment as approved by the department through rule.

(b) The department shall allow the use of radiation-based methods and equipment in rules created under Subsection (5)(a).

(6) The department shall make rules establishing:

(a) the records a cannabis cultivation facility shall keep regarding each batch, amount of product treated, and the methods used; and

(b) disclosure requirements to a cannabis processor receiving the material subject to the radiation including the methods and equipment used.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.