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Utah Code § 76-8-311.8

Prohibited substance in correctional or mental health facility

Enacted by Chapter 96, 2024 General Session

(1)

(a) As used in this section:

(i) "Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.

(ii) "Medicine" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.

(iii) "Mental health facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.

(iv) "Offender" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.

(v) "Prohibited substance" means:

(A) spirituous or fermented liquor;

(B) medicine, whether or not lawfully prescribed for an offender or a detainee; or

(C) poison in any quantity.

(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.

(2) An actor commits prohibited substance in a correctional or mental health facility if the actor:

(a) without the permission of the authority operating the correctional facility or secure area of a mental health facility:

(i) knowingly transports a prohibited substance to or within a correctional facility or into a secure area of a mental health facility; or

(ii) fails to declare or knowingly possesses a prohibited substance at a correctional facility or in a secure area of a mental health facility;

(b) knowingly violates correctional or mental health facility policy or rule by providing or selling a prohibited substance to an offender at a correctional facility or a detainee within a secure area of a mental health facility; or

(c)

(i) is a detainee in a mental health facility or an offender; and

(ii) in violation of correctional or mental health facility policy or rule, possesses at a correctional facility or in a secure area of a mental health facility a prohibited substance other than medicine provided by the facility's health care providers in compliance with facility policy.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a violation of Subsection (2)(a)(i), (2)(b), or (2)(c) is a third degree felony.

(b) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a violation of Subsection (2)(a)(ii) is a class A misdemeanor.

(4) The defenses provided in Section 76-8-311.3 apply to this section.

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