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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PRECURSOR

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AMENDMENTS

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: A. Lamont Tyler

             6      AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND PROFESSIONAL
             7      LICENSURE; PROVIDING THAT AN IODINE SOLUTION CONTAINING A SPECIFIED
             8      PERCENTAGE OF IODINE OR GREATER IS SUBJECT TO REGULATION AS A
             9      PRECURSOR; DESIGNATING RED PHOSPHORUS AS A PRECURSOR, AND EXEMPTING
             10      CERTAIN MANUFACTURING AND ACADEMIC PURPOSES THAT USE RED
             11      PHOSPHORUS; AND DESIGNATING ANHYDROUS AMMONIA AS A PRECURSOR, WITH
             12      SPECIFIED EXCEPTIONS.
             13      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             14      AMENDS:
             15          58-37c-3, as last amended by Chapter 100, Laws of Utah 1998
             16          58-37d-3, as last amended by Chapter 64, Laws of Utah 1997
             17      ENACTS:
             18          58-37c-19.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             19          58-37c-19.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             20          58-37c-19.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             21      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             22          Section 1. Section 58-37c-3 is amended to read:
             23           58-37c-3. Definitions.
             24          In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102 , as used in this chapter:
             25          (1) "Board" means the Controlled Substance Precursor Advisory Board created in Section
             26      58-37c-4 .
             27          (2) "Controlled substance precursor" includes a chemical reagent and means any of the


             28      following:
             29          (a) Phenyl-2-propanone;
             30          (b) Methylamine;
             31          (c) Ethylamine;
             32          (d) D-lysergic acid;
             33          (e) Ergotamine and its salts;
             34          (f) Diethyl malonate;
             35          (g) Malonic acid;
             36          (h) Ethyl malonate;
             37          (i) Barbituric acid;
             38          (j) Piperidine and its salts;
             39          (k) N-acetylanthranilic acid and its salts;
             40          (l) Pyrrolidine;
             41          (m) Phenylacetic acid and its salts;
             42          (n) Anthranilic acid and its salts;
             43          (o) Morpholine;
             44          (p) Ephedrine;
             45          (q) Pseudoephedrine;
             46          (r) Norpseudoephedrine;
             47          (s) Phenylpropanolamine;
             48          (t) Benzyl cyanide;
             49          (u) Ergonovine and its salts;
             50          (v) 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone;
             51          (w) propionic anhydride;
             52          (x) Insosafrole;
             53          (y) Safrole;
             54          (z) Piperonal;
             55          (aa) N-Methylephedrine;
             56          (bb) N-ethylephedrine;
             57          (cc) N-methylpseudoephedrine;
             58          (dd) N-ethylpseudoephedrine;


             59          (ee) Hydriotic acid;
             60          (ff) any salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer of the chemicals listed in Subsections (2)(a)
             61      through (ee) [of this section];
             62          (gg) Crystal iodine;
             63          (hh) Iodine at concentrations greater than 1.5% by weight in a solution or matrix;
             64          (ii) Red phosphorous, except as provided in Section 58-37c-19.7 ;
             65          (jj) anhydrous ammonia, except as provided in Section 58-37c-19.9 ;
             66          [(hh)] (kk) any controlled substance precursor listed under the provisions of the Federal
             67      Controlled Substances Act which is designated by the director under the emergency listing
             68      provisions set forth in Section 58-37c-14 ; and
             69          [(ii)] (ll) any chemical which is designated by the director under the emergency listing
             70      provisions set forth in Section 58-37c-14 .
             71          (3) "Deliver," "delivery," "transfer," or "furnish" means the actual, constructive, or
             72      attempted transfer of a controlled substance precursor.
             73          (4) "Matrix" means something, as a substance, in which something else originates,
             74      develops, or is contained.
             75          (5) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, proprietorship, partnership, joint
             76      venture, corporation, or organization of any type or kind.
             77          (6) "Practitioner" means a physician, dentist, podiatric physician, veterinarian, pharmacist,
             78      scientific investigator, pharmacy, hospital, pharmaceutical manufacturer, or other person licensed,
             79      registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to,
             80      administer, or use in teaching, or chemical analysis a controlled substance in the course of
             81      professional practice or research in this state.
             82          (7) (a) "Regulated distributor" means a person within the state who provides, sells,
             83      furnishes, transfers, or otherwise supplies a listed controlled substance precursor chemical in a
             84      regulated transaction.
             85          (b) "Regulated distributor" does not include any person excluded from regulation under
             86      this chapter.
             87          (8) (a) "Regulated purchaser" means any person within the state who receives a listed
             88      controlled substance precursor chemical in a regulated transaction.
             89          (b) "Regulated purchaser" does not include any person excluded from regulation under this


             90      chapter.
             91          (9) "Regulated transaction" means any actual, constructive or attempted:
             92          (a) transfer, distribution, delivery, or furnishing by a person within the state to another
             93      person within or outside of the state of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical; or
             94          (b) purchase or acquisition by any means by a person within the state from another person
             95      within or outside the state of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical.
             96          (10) "Retail distributor" means a grocery store, general merchandise store, drug store, or
             97      other entity or person whose activities as a distributor are limited almost exclusively to sales for
             98      personal use:
             99          (a) in both number of sales and volume of sales; and
             100          (b) either directly to walk-in customers or in face-to-face transactions by direct sales.
             101          (11) "Threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical" means any amount of a controlled
             102      substance precursor or a specified amount of a controlled substance precursor in a matrix;
             103      however, the division may exempt from the provisions of this chapter a specific controlled
             104      substance precursor in a specific amount and in certain types of transactions which provisions for
             105      exemption shall be defined by the division by rule adopted pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
             106      Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             107          (12) "Unlawful conduct" as defined in Section 58-1-501 includes knowingly and
             108      intentionally:
             109          (a) engaging in a regulated transaction without first being appropriately licensed or
             110      exempted from licensure under this chapter;
             111          (b) acting as a regulated distributor and selling, transferring, or in any other way conveying
             112      a controlled substance precursor to a person within the state who is not appropriately licensed or
             113      exempted from licensure as a regulated purchaser, or selling, transferring, or otherwise conveying
             114      a controlled substance precursor to a person outside of the state and failing to report the transaction
             115      as required;
             116          (c) acting as a regulated purchaser and purchasing or in any other way obtaining a
             117      controlled substance precursor from a person within the state who is not a licensed regulated
             118      distributor, or purchasing or otherwise obtaining a controlled substance precursor from a person
             119      outside of the state and failing to report the transaction as required;
             120          (d) engaging in a regulated transaction and failing to submit reports and keep required


             121      records of inventories required under the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to
             122      this chapter;
             123          (e) making any false statement in any application for license, in any record to be kept, or
             124      on any report submitted as required under this chapter;
             125          (f) with the intent of causing the evasion of the recordkeeping or reporting requirements
             126      of this chapter and rules related to this chapter, receiving or distributing any listed controlled
             127      substance precursor chemical in any manner designed so that the making of records or filing of
             128      reports required under this chapter is not required;
             129          (g) failing to take immediate steps to comply with licensure, reporting, or recordkeeping
             130      requirements of this chapter because of lack of knowledge of those requirements, upon becoming
             131      informed of the requirements;
             132          (h) presenting false or fraudulent identification where or when receiving or purchasing a
             133      listed controlled substance precursor chemical;
             134          (i) creating a chemical mixture for the purpose of evading any licensure, reporting or
             135      recordkeeping requirement of this chapter or rules related to this chapter, or receiving a chemical
             136      mixture created for that purpose;
             137          (j) if the person is at least 18 years of age, employing, hiring, using, persuading, inducing,
             138      enticing, or coercing another person under 18 years of age to violate any provision of this chapter,
             139      or assisting in avoiding detection or apprehension for any violation of this chapter by any federal,
             140      state, or local law enforcement official; and
             141          (k) obtaining or attempting to obtain or to possess any controlled substance precursor or
             142      any combination of controlled substance precursors knowing or having a reasonable cause to
             143      believe that the controlled substance precursor is intended to be used in the unlawful manufacture
             144      of any controlled substance.
             145          (13) "Unprofessional conduct" as defined in Section 58-1-102 and as may be further
             146      defined by rule includes the following:
             147          (a) violation of any provision of this chapter, the Controlled Substance Act of this state
             148      or any other state, or the Federal Controlled Substance Act; and
             149          (b) refusing to allow agents or representatives of the division or authorized law
             150      enforcement personnel to inspect inventories or controlled substance precursors or records or
             151      reports relating to purchases and sales or distribution of controlled substance precursors as such


             152      records and reports are required under this chapter.
             153          Section 2. Section 58-37c-19.5 is enacted to read:
             154          58-37c-19.5. Iodine solution greater than 1.5% -- Prescription or permit required --
             155      Penalties.
             156          (1) As used in this section, "iodine matrix" means iodine at concentrations greater than
             157      1.5% by weight in a matrix or solution.
             158          (2) A person may offer to sell, sell, or distribute an iodine matrix only:
             159          (a) as a prescription drug, pursuant to a prescription issued by a veterinarian or physician
             160      licensed within the state; or
             161          (b) upon presentation of a current permit or certificate to produce milk issued under
             162      Section 4-3-8 .
             163          (3) Prescriptions issued under this section:
             164          (a) shall provide for a specified number of refills;
             165          (b) may be issued by electronic means, in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 17a,
             166      Pharmacy Practice Act; and
             167          (c) may be filled by a person other than the veterinarian or physician issuing the
             168      prescription.
             169          (4) A person engaging in a regulated transaction under Subsection (2) is guilty of a class
             170      B misdemeanor if the person, under circumstances not amounting to a violation of Subsection
             171      58-37d-4 (1)(c), offers to sell, sells, or distributes an iodine matrix to a person who:
             172          (a) does not present either a prescription or a dairy permit or certificate as required under
             173      Subsection (2); or
             174          (b) is not excepted under Subsection (6).
             175          (5) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor who, under circumstances not amounting
             176      to a violation of Subsection 58-37c-3 (12)(k) or 58-37d-4 (1)(a):
             177          (a) possesses an iodine matrix without proof of obtaining the solution in compliance with
             178      Subsection (2); or
             179          (b) offers to sell, sells, or distributes an iodine matrix in violation of Subsection (2).
             180          (6) Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to:
             181          (a) a chemistry or chemistry-related laboratory maintained by:
             182          (i) a public or private regularly established secondary school; or


             183          (ii) a public or private institution of higher education that is accredited by a regional or
             184      national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education;
             185          (b) a veterinarian licensed to practice under Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act;
             186          (c) a general acute hospital; or
             187          (d) a veterinarian, physician, pharmacist, retail distributor, wholesaler, manufacturer,
             188      warehouseman, or common carrier, or an agent of any of these persons who possesses an iodine
             189      matrix in the regular course of lawful business activities.
             190          Section 3. Section 58-37c-19.7 is enacted to read:
             191          58-37c-19.7. Red phosphorus is a precursor -- Affirmative defense.
             192          (1) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor who is not licensed to engage in a
             193      regulated transaction and is not excepted from licensure who, under circumstances not amounting
             194      to a violation of Subsection 58-37c-3 (12)(k) or 58-37d-4 (1)(a), possesses any amount of red
             195      phosphorus.
             196          (2) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under Subsection (1) that the person in
             197      possession of red phosphorus:
             198          (a) is conducting a licensed business which includes the manufacture of any of the
             199      following and that red phosphorus is used in the manufacturing process:
             200          (i) the striking surface used for lighting matches, which is sometimes referred to as the
             201      striker plate;
             202          (ii) flame retardant in polymers; or
             203          (iii) fireworks, for which the person or entity possesses a federal license to manufacture
             204      explosives as required under 27 CFR Chapter 1, Part 55, Commerce in Explosives; or
             205          (b) (i) is a wholesaler, manufacturer, warehouseman, or common carrier handling red
             206      phosphorus, or is an agent of any of these persons; and
             207          (ii) possesses the substances in the regular course of lawful business activities.
             208          (3) (a) The defendant shall provide written notice of intent to claim an affirmative defense
             209      under this section as soon as practicable, but not later than ten days prior to trial. The court may
             210      waive the notice requirement in the interest of justice for good cause shown, if the prosecutor is
             211      not unfairly prejudiced by the lack of timely notice.
             212          (b) The notice shall include the specifics of the asserted defense.
             213          (c) The defendant shall establish the affirmative defense by a preponderance of the


             214      evidence. If the defense is established, it is a complete defense to the charges.
             215          (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
             216          (a) a chemistry or chemistry-related laboratory maintained by:
             217          (i) a public or private regularly established secondary school; or
             218          (ii) a public or private institution of higher education that is accredited by a regional or
             219      national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or
             220          (b) a retail distributor, wholesaler, manufacturer, warehouseman, or common carrier, or
             221      an agent of any of these persons who possesses red phosphorus in the regular course of lawful
             222      business activities.
             223          Section 4. Section 58-37c-19.9 is enacted to read:
             224          58-37c-19.9. Anhydrous ammonia -- Requirements regarding purposes and
             225      containers.
             226          (1) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor who is not licensed to engage in a
             227      regulated transaction and is not excepted from licensure or exempted under Subsection (2), and
             228      who possesses any amount of anhydrous ammonia under circumstances not amounting to a
             229      violation of Subsection 58-37c-3 (12)(k) or 58-37d-4 (1)(a).
             230          (2) A person who possesses anhydrous ammonia is exempt from Subsection (1) if:
             231          (a) the person is:
             232          (i) directly involved in or actively operating a lawful agricultural activity; or
             233          (ii) a retail distributor, wholesaler, manufacturer, warehouseman, or common carrier, or
             234      an agent of any of these persons, who possesses anhydrous ammonia in the regular course of lawful
             235      business activities; and
             236          (b) the anhydrous ammonia is stored in a container that is in compliance with federal 29
             237      CFR 1910.111, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
             238          Section 5. Section 58-37d-3 is amended to read:
             239           58-37d-3. Definitions.
             240          (1) As used in this chapter:
             241          (a) "Booby trap" means any concealed or camouflaged device designed to cause bodily
             242      injury when triggered by any action of a person making contact with the device. This term
             243      includes guns, ammunition, or explosive devices attached to trip wires or other triggering
             244      mechanisms, sharpened stakes, nails, spikes, electrical devices, lines or wires with hooks attached,


             245      and devices for the production of toxic fumes or gases.
             246          (b) "Clandestine laboratory operation" means the:
             247          (i) purchase or procurement of chemicals, supplies, equipment, or laboratory location for
             248      the illegal manufacture of the above specified controlled substances specified in this act;
             249          (ii) transportation or arranging for the transportation of chemicals, supplies, or equipment
             250      for the illegal manufacture of specified controlled substances specified in this act;
             251          (iii) setting up of equipment or supplies in preparation for the illegal manufacture of the
             252      above specified controlled substances specified in this act;
             253          (iv) illegal manufacture of the above specified controlled substances specified in this act;
             254      or
             255          (v) distribution or disposal of chemicals, equipment, supplies, or products used in or
             256      produced by the illegal manufacture of specified controlled substances specified in this act.
             257          (c) "Controlled substance precursor" means those chemicals designated in Title 58,
             258      Chapter 37c, Controlled [Substances] Substance Precursor Act, except those substances designated
             259      in Subsections 58-37c-3 (2)[(gg)](kk) and [(2) (hh)] (ll).
             260          (d) "Disposal" means the abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling,
             261      leaking, or placing of any hazardous or dangerous material into or on any property, land or water
             262      so that the material may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or discharged into any
             263      waters, including groundwater.
             264          (e) "Hazardous or dangerous material" means any substance which because of its quantity,
             265      concentration, physical characteristics, or chemical characteristics may cause or significantly
             266      contribute to an increase in mortality, an increase in serious illness, or may pose a substantial
             267      present or potential future hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated,
             268      stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise improperly managed.
             269          (f) "Illegal manufacture of specified controlled substances" means in violation of Title 58,
             270      Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, the:
             271          (i) compounding, synthesis, concentration, purification, separation, extraction, or other
             272      physical or chemical processing for the purpose of producing methamphetamine, other
             273      amphetamine compounds as listed in Schedule I of the Utah Controlled Substances Act,
             274      phencyclidine, narcotic analgesic analogs as listed in Schedule I of the Utah Controlled Substances
             275      Act, lysergic acid diethylamide, mescaline;


             276          (ii) conversion of cocaine or methamphetamine to their base forms; or
             277          (iii) extraction, concentration, or synthesis of marijuana as that drug is defined in Section
             278      58-37-2 .
             279          (2) Unless otherwise specified, the definitions in Section 58-37-2 also apply to this
             280      chapter.




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