Title 26B, Utah Health and Human Services Code

26B-4-1005. Staffing -- Reporting. (1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), the department shall contract with psychiatrists to ensure that all correctional psychiatric positions are filled. (b) If all correctional psychiatric positions are filled by internal staff for six…

26B-4-1006. Substance use disorder screening. (1) Within 30 days after an inmate is committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, the division shall use an evidence-based screening tool to screen the inmate for substance use disorders. (2) If the screening described …

26B-4-1007. Mental health and substance use disorder screening tools. 26B-4-1103(1) As used in this section: (a) "Commission" means the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 75E-3-102. (b) "Screening tool" means the evidence-based screening tool to screen…

26B-4-1008. Mental health and substance use disorder disclosure -- Standard form --Consent -- Sharing. 26B-4-1104(1) As used in this section: (a) "Board of Pardons and Parole" means the Board of Pardons and Parole created in Section 77-27-2. (b) "Commission" means the Commission …

26B-4-201. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Active tetrahydrocannabinol" means THC, any THC analog, and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid. (2) "Administration of criminal justice" means the performance of detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, …

26B-4-201.1. Transition of duties. (1) As used in this section, "transition period" means the period of time beginning on May 6, 2026, and ending on January 1, 2027. (2) During the transition period: (a) the department may request: (i) the Department of Health and Human Services …

26B-4-202. Electronic verification system. (1) The department, the Department of Public Safety, and the Division of Technology Services shall: (a) enter into a memorandum of understanding in order to determine the function and operation of the state electronic verification system…

26B-4-203. Qualifying condition. (1) By designating a particular condition under Subsection (2) for which the use of medical cannabis to treat symptoms is decriminalized, the Legislature does not conclusively state that: (a) current scientific evidence clearly supports the effica…

26B-4-204. Treatment recommendation. (1)(a)(i) A recommending medical provider may recommend medical cannabis. (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a)(i), a recommending medical provider who is a podiatrist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 5a, Podiatric Physician Licensing Act, ma…

26B-4-205. Standard of care -- Physicians and pharmacists not liable -- No private right of action. (1) An individual described in Subsection (2) is not subject to the following solely for violating a federal law or regulation that would otherwise prohibit recommending, prescribi…

26B-4-207. Nondiscrimination for medical care or government employment -- Notice to prospective and current public employees -- No effect on private employers. (1) For purposes of medical care, including an organ or tissue transplant, a patient's use, in accordance with this part…

26B-4-208. No insurance requirement. Nothing in this part requires an insurer, a third-party administrator, or an employer to pay or reimburse for cannabis, a cannabis product, or a medical cannabis device.

26B-4-209. No effect on use of hemp extract -- Cannabidiol -- Approved drugs. (1) Nothing in this part prohibits an individual from purchasing, selling, possessing, or using a cannabinoid product in accordance with Section 4-41-402. (2) Nothing in this part restricts or otherwise…

26B-4-210. Severability clause. (1) If any provision of this title or Laws of Utah 2018, Third Special Session, Chapter 1 or the application of any provision of this title or Laws of Utah 2018, Third Special Session, Chapter 1 to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a fi…

26B-4-211. Analogous to prescribed controlled substances. When an employee, officer, or agent of the state or a political subdivision makes a finding, determination, or otherwise considers an individual's possession or use of cannabis, a cannabis product, or a medical cannabis de…

26B-4-212. Institutional review board -- Approved study of cannabis, a cannabinoid product, or an expanded cannabinoid product. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Approved study" means a medical research study: (i) the purpose of which is to investigate the medical benefits and ri…

26B-4-213. Medical cannabis patient card -- Medical cannabis guardian card -- Conditional medical cannabis card -- Application -- Fees -- Studies. (1)(a) Subject to Section 26B-4-246, within 15 days after the day on which an individual who satisfies the eligibility criteria in th…

26B-4-214. Medical cannabis caregiver card -- Registration -- Renewal -- Revocation. (1)(a) A medical cannabis patient cardholder or medical cannabis guardian cardholder may designate up to two individuals, or an individual and a facility in accordance with Subsection (1)(b), to …

26B-4-216. Medical cannabis card -- Patient and designated caregiver requirements -- Rebuttable presumption. (1)(a) A medical cannabis cardholder who possesses medical cannabis that the cardholder purchased under this part: (i) shall carry: (A) at all times the cardholder's medic…

26B-4-219. Pharmacy medical providers -- Registration -- Continuing education. (1)(a) A medical cannabis pharmacy: (i) shall employ a pharmacist who is licensed under Title 58, Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act, as a pharmacy medical provider; (ii) may employ a physician who has…

26B-4-220. Enforcement -- Misdemeanor. (1) Except as provided in Title 4, Chapter 41a, Cannabis Production Establishments and Pharmacies, it is unlawful for a medical cannabis cardholder to sell or otherwise give to another medical cannabis cardholder cannabis in a medicinal dosa…

26B-4-222. Report. (1) By the November interim meeting each year, the department shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on: (a) the number of applications and renewal applications filed for medical cannabis cards; (b) the number of qualifying patients and…

26B-4-231. Partial filling -- Pharmacy medical provider directions of use. (1) As used in this section, "partially fill" means to provide less than the full amount of cannabis or cannabis product that the recommending medical provider recommends, if the recommending medical provi…

26B-4-243. Guidance for treatment with medical cannabis. The department, in consultation with the Center for Medical Cannabis Research created in Section 53H-4-206, shall: (1) develop evidence-based guidance for treatment with medical cannabis based on the latest medical research…

26B-4-244. Government issued photo identification. A government issued photo identification is valid for purposes of this chapter if the identification: (1) is unexpired; (2) expired within the previous six months; or (3) is expired and belongs to an individual who: (a) as report…

26B-4-245. Purchasing and use limitations. (1) An individual with a medical cannabis card: (a) may purchase, in any one 28-day period, up to the legal dosage limit of: (i) unprocessed cannabis in a medicinal dosage form; and (ii) a cannabis product in a medicinal dosage form; (b)…

26B-4-246. Denial or revocation of guardian card or caregiver card. The department may deny or revoke a medical cannabis guardian card or a medical cannabis caregiver card if the applicant or cardholder: (1) violates the requirements of this chapter; or (2) unless the individual …

26B-4-247. Department coordination. The department shall: (1) provide draft rules made under this chapter to the advisory board for the advisory board's review; (2) consult with the advisory board regarding: (a) patient education; and (b) fees set by the department that pertain t…

26B-4-248. Funds for patient vouchers. (1) The department shall contract with a nonprofit entity that provides assistance to medical cannabis cardholders for purchasing medical cannabis or a medical cannabis device. (2) Subject to available funds, the contracted nonprofit entity …

26B-4-301. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section 53-2d-102. (2) "Committee" means the Primary Care Grant Committee described in Section 26B-1-410. (3) "Community based organization": (a) means a private e…

26B-4-310. Department to award primary care grants -- Applications. (1) Within appropriations specified by the Legislature for this purpose, the department may, in accordance with the recommendation of the committee, award a grant to a public or nonprofit entity to provide primar…

26B-4-311. Content of primary care grant applications. An applicant for a grant under Section 26B-4-310 shall include, in an application: (1) a statement of specific, measurable objectives, and the methods the applicant will use to assess the achievement of those objectives; (2) …

26B-4-312. Process and criteria for awarding primary care grants. (1) The department shall review and rank applications based on the criteria in this section and transmit the applications to the committee for review. (2) The committee shall, after reviewing the applications trans…

26B-4-313. Community education and outreach contracts. (1) The department may, as funding permits, contract with community based organizations for the purpose of developing culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and services for low income and medically underserved po…

26B-4-314. Assistance to rural communities by department. The department shall assist rural communities in dealing with primary health care needs relating to recruiting health professionals, planning, and technical assistance. The department shall assist the communities, at their…

26B-4-315. Responsibility of department for coordinating rural health programs. The department shall be the lead agency responsible for coordinating rural health programs and shall ensure that resources available for rural health are efficiently and effectively used.

26B-4-316. Rural health development initiatives. (1)(a) University of Utah Health shall use any appropriations it receives for developing area health education centers to establish and maintain an area health education center program in accordance with this section. (b) Implement…

26B-4-317. Rural County Health Care Special Service District Retirement Grant Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Participating employer" means an employer that was required to participate in the Utah State Retirement System under Section 49-12-201, 49-12-202, 49-13-201, o…

26B-4-318. Maternal and child health provided by department. The department shall, as funding permits, provide for maternal and child health services and services for children with a disability if the individual needs the services and the individual cannot reasonably obtain the s…

26B-4-319. Testing of newborn infants. (1)(a) Except in the case where parents object on the grounds that they are members of a specified, well-recognized religious organization whose teachings are contrary to the tests required by this section, a newborn infant shall be tested f…

26B-4-320. Dental health programs -- Appointment of director. The department shall establish and promote programs to protect and improve the dental health of the public. The executive director shall appoint a director of the dental health program who shall be a dentist licensed i…

26B-4-321. Immunizations -- Consent of minor to treatment. (1) This section: (a) is not intended to interfere with the integrity of the family or to minimize the rights of parents or children; and (b) applies to a minor, who at the time care is sought is: (i) married or has been …

26B-4-323. Reporting results of a test for hearing loss. (1) As used in this section, "health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a health care provider shall report results of a test for hearing lo…

26B-4-324. Department to award grants for assistance to persons with bleeding disorders. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Hemophilia services" means a program for medical care, including the costs of blood transfusions, and the use of blood derivatives and blood clotting factors…

26B-4-326. Pregnancy support services. The department shall, as funding permits and either directly or through one or more third parties, provide pregnancy support services, which may include: (1) medical care and information, including pregnancy tests, sexually transmitted infec…

26B-4-327. Vitamin K newborn administration. (1) As used in this section "health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403. (2) A health care provider that provides care to a mother during the birth of a child shall provide a full and clear explan…