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COUNTERFEIT SUBSTANCE AMENDMENTS

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2010 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Paul Ray

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Senate Sponsor: Jon J. Greiner

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies definitions regarding imitation and counterfeit controlled substances.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    amends the definition of "counterfeit controlled substance," including adding a
             13      reasonable person standard; and
             14          .    amends the definition of "imitation controlled substance," including providing that
             15      an imitation controlled substance resembles any legally or illegally manufactured
             16      controlled substance.
             17      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          This bill provides an immediate effective date.
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23          58-37-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 42
             24          58-37-8, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 214
             25          58-37b-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 64
             26      REPEALS:
             27          58-37b-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1987, Chapter 190
             28     
             29      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:


             30          Section 1. Section 58-37-2 is amended to read:
             31           58-37-2. Definitions.
             32          (1) As used in this chapter:
             33          (a) "Administer" means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by
             34      injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject
             35      by:
             36          (i) a practitioner or, in the practitioner's presence, by the practitioner's authorized
             37      agent; or
             38          (ii) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the
             39      practitioner.
             40          (b) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a
             41      manufacturer, distributor, or practitioner but does not include a motor carrier, public
             42      warehouseman, or employee of any of them.
             43          (c) "Consumption" means ingesting or having any measurable amount of a controlled
             44      substance in a person's body, but this Subsection (1)(c) does not include the metabolite of a
             45      controlled substance.
             46          (d) "Continuing criminal enterprise" means any individual, sole proprietorship,
             47      partnership, corporation, business trust, association, or other legal entity, and any union or
             48      groups of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity, and includes illicit as well
             49      as licit entities created or maintained for the purpose of engaging in conduct which constitutes
             50      the commission of episodes of activity made unlawful by Title 58, [Chapters] Chapter 37,
             51      Utah Controlled Substances Act, Chapter 37a, Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act, Chapter 37b,
             52      Imitation Controlled Substances Act, Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act,
             53      or Chapter 37d, Clandestine Drug Lab Act, which episodes are not isolated, but have the same
             54      or similar purposes, results, participants, victims, methods of commission, or otherwise are
             55      interrelated by distinguishing characteristics. Taken together, the episodes shall demonstrate
             56      continuing unlawful conduct and be related either to each other or to the enterprise.
             57          (e) "Control" means to add, remove, or change the placement of a drug, substance, or


             58      immediate precursor under Section 58-37-3 .
             59          (f) (i) "Controlled substance" means a drug or substance included in Schedules I, II,
             60      III, IV, or V of Section 58-37-4 , and also includes a drug or substance included in Schedules I,
             61      II, III, IV, or V of the federal Controlled Substances Act, Title II, P.L. 91-513, or any
             62      controlled substance analog.
             63          (ii) "Controlled substance" does not include:
             64          (A) distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages, as those terms are defined or used in Title
             65      32A, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, regarding tobacco or food;
             66          (B) any drug intended for lawful use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or
             67      prevention of disease in man or other animals, which contains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine,
             68      norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine if the drug is lawfully purchased, sold,
             69      transferred, or furnished as an over-the-counter medication without prescription; or
             70          (C) dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other similar substances
             71      including concentrates or extracts, which are not otherwise regulated by law, which may
             72      contain naturally occurring amounts of chemical or substances listed in this chapter, or in rules
             73      adopted pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             74          (g) (i) "Controlled substance analog" means a substance the chemical structure of
             75      which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in
             76      Schedules I and II of Section 58-37-4 , or in Schedules I and II of the federal Controlled
             77      Substances Act, Title II, P.L. 91-513:
             78          (A) which has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous
             79      system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central
             80      nervous system of controlled substances in the schedules set forth in Subsection (1)(f); or
             81          (B) which, with respect to a particular individual, is represented or intended to have a
             82      stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially
             83      similar to the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of
             84      controlled substances in the schedules set forth in this Subsection (1).
             85          (ii) "Controlled substance analog" does not include:


             86          (A) a controlled substance currently scheduled in Schedules I through V of Section
             87      58-37-4 ;
             88          (B) a substance for which there is an approved new drug application;
             89          (C) a substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for investigational use
             90      by a particular person under Section 505 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 355,
             91      to the extent the conduct with respect to the substance is permitted by the exemption;
             92          (D) any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption before an
             93      exemption takes effect with respect to the substance;
             94          (E) any drug intended for lawful use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or
             95      prevention of disease in man or other animals, which contains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine,
             96      norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine if the drug is lawfully purchased, sold,
             97      transferred, or furnished as an over-the-counter medication without prescription; or
             98          (F) dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other similar substances
             99      including concentrates or extracts, which are not otherwise regulated by law, which may
             100      contain naturally occurring amounts of chemical or substances listed in this chapter, or in rules
             101      adopted pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             102          (h) "Conviction" means a determination of guilt by verdict, whether jury or bench, or
             103      plea, whether guilty or no contest, for any offense proscribed by Title 58, Chapters 37, 37a,
             104      37b, 37c, or 37d, or for any offense under the laws of the United States and any other state
             105      which, if committed in this state, would be an offense under Title 58, Chapters 37, 37a, 37b,
             106      37c, or 37d.
             107          (i) "Counterfeit substance" means:
             108          (i) any controlled substance or container or labeling of any controlled substance that:
             109          (A) without authorization bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark,
             110      imprint, number, device, or any likeness of them, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser
             111      other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed the
             112      substance which falsely purports to be a controlled substance distributed by[,] any other
             113      manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser; [or] and


             114          (B) a reasonable person would believe to be a controlled substance distributed by an
             115      authorized manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser based on the appearance of the substance as
             116      described under Subsection (1)(i)(i)(A) or the appearance of the container of that controlled
             117      substance; or
             118          (ii) any substance other than under Subsection (1)(i)(i) that:
             119          (A) is falsely represented to be [a] any legally or illegally manufactured controlled
             120      substance[.]; and
             121          (B) a reasonable person would believe to be a legal or illegal controlled substance.
             122          (j) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of a
             123      controlled substance or a listed chemical, whether or not an agency relationship exists.
             124          (k) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.
             125          (l) "Depressant or stimulant substance" means:
             126          (i) a drug which contains any quantity of barbituric acid or any of the salts of
             127      barbituric acid;
             128          (ii) a drug which contains any quantity of:
             129          (A) amphetamine or any of its optical isomers;
             130          (B) any salt of amphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine; or
             131          (C) any substance which the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Attorney
             132      General of the United States after investigation has found and by regulation designated
             133      habit-forming because of its stimulant effect on the central nervous system;
             134          (iii) lysergic acid diethylamide; or
             135          (iv) any drug which contains any quantity of a substance which the Secretary of
             136      Health and Human Services or the Attorney General of the United States after investigation
             137      has found to have, and by regulation designated as having, a potential for abuse because of its
             138      depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect.
             139          (m) "Dispense" means the delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacist to an
             140      ultimate user pursuant to the lawful order or prescription of a practitioner, and includes
             141      distributing to, leaving with, giving away, or disposing of that substance as well as the


             142      packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for delivery.
             143          (n) "Dispenser" means a pharmacist who dispenses a controlled substance.
             144          (o) "Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a
             145      controlled substance or a listed chemical.
             146          (p) "Distributor" means a person who distributes controlled substances.
             147          (q) "Division" means the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing created
             148      in Section 58-1-103 .
             149          (r) "Drug" means:
             150          (i) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official
             151      Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or Official National Formulary, or any
             152      supplement to any of them;
             153          (ii) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention
             154      of disease in man or other animals;
             155          (iii) articles, other than food, intended to affect the structure or function of man or
             156      other animals; and
             157          (iv) articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in Subsection
             158      (1)(r)(i), (ii), or (iii); but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories.
             159          (s) "Drug dependent person" means any individual who unlawfully and habitually uses
             160      any controlled substance to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so
             161      dependent upon the use of controlled substances as to have lost the power of self-control with
             162      reference to the individual's dependency.
             163          (t) "Food" means:
             164          (i) any nutrient or substance of plant, mineral, or animal origin other than a drug as
             165      specified in this chapter, and normally ingested by human beings; and
             166          (ii) foods for special dietary uses as exist by reason of a physical, physiological,
             167      pathological, or other condition including but not limited to the conditions of disease,
             168      convalescence, pregnancy, lactation, allergy, hypersensitivity to food, underweight, and
             169      overweight; uses for supplying a particular dietary need which exist by reason of age including


             170      but not limited to the ages of infancy and childbirth, and also uses for supplementing and for
             171      fortifying the ordinary or unusual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other dietary property for
             172      use of a food. Any particular use of a food is a special dietary use regardless of the nutritional
             173      purposes.
             174          (u) "Immediate precursor" means a substance which the Attorney General of the
             175      United States has found to be, and by regulation designated as being, the principal compound
             176      used or produced primarily for use in the manufacture of a controlled substance, or which is an
             177      immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlled
             178      substance, the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail, or limit the manufacture of the
             179      controlled substance.
             180          (v) "Indian" means a member of an Indian tribe.
             181          (w) "Indian religion" means any religion:
             182          (i) the origin and interpretation of which is from within a traditional Indian culture or
             183      community; and
             184          (ii) which is practiced by Indians.
             185          (x) "Indian tribe" means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or
             186      community of Indians, including any Alaska Native village, which is legally recognized as
             187      eligible for and is consistent with the special programs, services, and entitlements provided by
             188      the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
             189          (y) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, or
             190      processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances
             191      of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of
             192      extraction and chemical synthesis.
             193          (z) "Manufacturer" includes any person who packages, repackages, or labels any
             194      container of any controlled substance, except pharmacists who dispense or compound
             195      prescription orders for delivery to the ultimate consumer.
             196          (aa) "Marijuana" means all species of the genus cannabis and all parts of the genus,
             197      whether growing or not; the seeds of it; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and


             198      every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds,
             199      or resin. The term does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the
             200      stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt,
             201      derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted from them,
             202      fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. Any
             203      synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant cannabis sativa or any other
             204      species of the genus cannabis which are chemically indistinguishable and pharmacologically
             205      active are also included.
             206          (bb) "Money" means officially issued coin and currency of the United States or any
             207      foreign country.
             208          (cc) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether produced directly or
             209      indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of
             210      chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
             211          (i) opium, coca leaves, and opiates;
             212          (ii) a compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, coca leaves, or
             213      opiates;
             214          (iii) opium poppy and poppy straw; or
             215          (iv) a substance, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of
             216      the substance, which is chemically identical with any of the substances referred to in
             217      Subsection (1)(cc)(i), (ii), or (iii), except narcotic drug does not include decocainized coca
             218      leaves or extracts of coca leaves which do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.
             219          (dd) "Negotiable instrument" means documents, containing an unconditional promise
             220      to pay a sum of money, which are legally transferable to another party by endorsement or
             221      delivery.
             222          (ee) "Opiate" means any drug or other substance having an addiction-forming or
             223      addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug
             224      having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability.
             225          (ff) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species papaver somniferum L., except the


             226      seeds of the plant.
             227          (gg) "Person" means any corporation, association, partnership, trust, other institution
             228      or entity or one or more individuals.
             229          (hh) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after
             230      mowing.
             231          (ii) "Possession" or "use" means the joint or individual ownership, control, occupancy,
             232      holding, retaining, belonging, maintaining, or the application, inhalation, swallowing,
             233      injection, or consumption, as distinguished from distribution, of controlled substances and
             234      includes individual, joint, or group possession or use of controlled substances. For a person to
             235      be a possessor or user of a controlled substance, it is not required that the person be shown to
             236      have individually possessed, used, or controlled the substance, but it is sufficient if it is shown
             237      that the person jointly participated with one or more persons in the use, possession, or control
             238      of any substances with knowledge that the activity was occurring, or the controlled substance
             239      is found in a place or under circumstances indicating that the person had the ability and the
             240      intent to exercise dominion and control over it.
             241          (jj) "Practitioner" means a physician, dentist, naturopathic physician, veterinarian,
             242      pharmacist, scientific investigator, pharmacy, hospital, or other person licensed, registered, or
             243      otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, administer, or
             244      use in teaching or chemical analysis a controlled substance in the course of professional
             245      practice or research in this state.
             246          (kk) "Prescribe" means to issue a prescription orally or in writing.
             247          (ll) "Prescription" means an order issued by a licensed practitioner, in the course of
             248      that practitioner's professional practice, for a controlled substance, other drug, or device which
             249      it dispenses or administers for use by a patient or an animal. The order may be issued by word
             250      of mouth, written document, telephone, facsimile transmission, computer, or other electronic
             251      means of communication as defined by rule.
             252          (mm) "Production" means the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or
             253      harvesting of a controlled substance.


             254          (nn) "Securities" means any stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidences of debt or of
             255      property.
             256          (oo) "State" means the state of Utah.
             257          (pp) "Ultimate user" means any person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance
             258      for the person's own use, for the use of a member of the person's household, or for
             259      administration to an animal owned by the person or a member of the person's household.
             260          (2) If a term used in this chapter is not defined, the definition and terms of Title 76,
             261      Utah Criminal Code, shall apply.
             262          Section 2. Section 58-37-8 is amended to read:
             263           58-37-8. Prohibited acts -- Penalties.
             264          (1) Prohibited acts A -- Penalties:
             265          (a) Except as authorized by this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to knowingly
             266      and intentionally:
             267          (i) produce, manufacture, or dispense, or to possess with intent to produce,
             268      manufacture, or dispense, a controlled or counterfeit substance;
             269          (ii) distribute a controlled or counterfeit substance, or to agree, consent, offer, or
             270      arrange to distribute a controlled or counterfeit substance;
             271          (iii) possess a controlled or counterfeit substance with intent to distribute; or
             272          (iv) engage in a continuing criminal enterprise where:
             273          (A) the person participates, directs, or engages in conduct which results in any
             274      violation of any provision of Title 58, Chapters 37, 37a, 37b, 37c, or 37d that is a felony; and
             275          (B) the violation is a part of a continuing series of two or more violations of Title 58,
             276      Chapters 37, 37a, 37b, 37c, or 37d on separate occasions that are undertaken in concert with
             277      five or more persons with respect to whom the person occupies a position of organizer,
             278      supervisor, or any other position of management.
             279          (b) Any person convicted of violating Subsection (1)(a) with respect to:
             280          (i) a substance or a counterfeit of a substance classified in Schedule I or II, a
             281      controlled substance analog, or gammahydroxybutyric acid as listed in Schedule III is guilty of


             282      a second degree felony and upon a second or subsequent conviction is guilty of a first degree
             283      felony;
             284          (ii) a substance or a counterfeit of a substance classified in Schedule III or IV, or
             285      marijuana, is guilty of a third degree felony, and upon a second or subsequent conviction is
             286      guilty of a second degree felony; or
             287          (iii) a substance or a counterfeit of a substance classified in Schedule V is guilty of a
             288      class A misdemeanor and upon a second or subsequent conviction is guilty of a third degree
             289      felony.
             290          (c) Any person who has been convicted of a violation of Subsection (1)(a)(ii) or (iii)
             291      may be sentenced to imprisonment for an indeterminate term as provided by law, but if the
             292      trier of fact finds a firearm as defined in Section 76-10-501 was used, carried, or possessed on
             293      his person or in his immediate possession during the commission or in furtherance of the
             294      offense, the court shall additionally sentence the person convicted for a term of one year to run
             295      consecutively and not concurrently; and the court may additionally sentence the person
             296      convicted for an indeterminate term not to exceed five years to run consecutively and not
             297      concurrently.
             298          (d) Any person convicted of violating Subsection (1)(a)(iv) is guilty of a first degree
             299      felony punishable by imprisonment for an indeterminate term of not less than seven years and
             300      which may be for life. Imposition or execution of the sentence may not be suspended, and the
             301      person is not eligible for probation.
             302          (2) Prohibited acts B -- Penalties:
             303          (a) It is unlawful:
             304          (i) for any person knowingly and intentionally to possess or use a controlled substance
             305      analog or a controlled substance, unless it was obtained under a valid prescription or order,
             306      directly from a practitioner while acting in the course of [his] the person's professional
             307      practice, or as otherwise authorized by this chapter;
             308          (ii) for any owner, tenant, licensee, or person in control of any building, room,
             309      tenement, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or other place knowingly and intentionally to permit them to


             310      be occupied by persons unlawfully possessing, using, or distributing controlled substances in
             311      any of those locations; or
             312          (iii) for any person knowingly and intentionally to possess an altered or forged
             313      prescription or written order for a controlled substance.
             314          (b) Any person convicted of violating Subsection (2)(a)(i) with respect to:
             315          (i) marijuana, if the amount is 100 pounds or more, is guilty of a second degree felony;
             316          (ii) a substance classified in Schedule I or II, marijuana, if the amount is more than 16
             317      ounces, but less than 100 pounds, or a controlled substance analog, is guilty of a third degree
             318      felony; or
             319          (iii) marijuana, if the marijuana is not in the form of an extracted resin from any part
             320      of the plant, and the amount is more than one ounce but less than 16 ounces, is guilty of a
             321      class A misdemeanor.
             322          (c) Upon a person's conviction of a violation of this Subsection (2) subsequent to a
             323      conviction under Subsection (1)(a), that person shall be sentenced to a one degree greater
             324      penalty than provided in this Subsection (2).
             325          (d) Any person who violates Subsection (2)(a)(i) with respect to all other controlled
             326      substances not included in Subsection (2)(b)(i), (ii), or (iii), including less than one ounce of
             327      marijuana, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Upon a second conviction the person is guilty
             328      of a class A misdemeanor, and upon a third or subsequent conviction the person is guilty of a
             329      third degree felony.
             330          (e) Any person convicted of violating Subsection (2)(a)(i) while inside the exterior
             331      boundaries of property occupied by any correctional facility as defined in Section 64-13-1 or
             332      any public jail or other place of confinement shall be sentenced to a penalty one degree greater
             333      than provided in Subsection (2)(b), and if the conviction is with respect to controlled
             334      substances as listed in:
             335          (i) Subsection (2)(b), the person may be sentenced to imprisonment for an
             336      indeterminate term as provided by law, and:
             337          (A) the court shall additionally sentence the person convicted to a term of one year to


             338      run consecutively and not concurrently; and
             339          (B) the court may additionally sentence the person convicted for an indeterminate term
             340      not to exceed five years to run consecutively and not concurrently; and
             341          (ii) Subsection (2)(d), the person may be sentenced to imprisonment for an
             342      indeterminate term as provided by law, and the court shall additionally sentence the person
             343      convicted to a term of six months to run consecutively and not concurrently.
             344          (f) Any person convicted of violating Subsection (2)(a)(ii) or (2)(a)(iii) is:
             345          (i) on a first conviction, guilty of a class B misdemeanor;
             346          (ii) on a second conviction, guilty of a class A misdemeanor; and
             347          (iii) on a third or subsequent conviction, guilty of a third degree felony.
             348          (g) A person is subject to the penalties under Subsection (2)(h) who, in an offense not
             349      amounting to a violation of Section 76-5-207 :
             350          (i) violates Subsection (2)(a)(i) by knowingly and intentionally having in [his] the
             351      person's body any measurable amount of a controlled substance; and
             352          (ii) operates a motor vehicle as defined in Section 76-5-207 in a negligent manner,
             353      causing serious bodily injury as defined in Section 76-1-601 or the death of another.
             354          (h) A person who violates Subsection (2)(g) by having in [his] the person's body:
             355          (i) a controlled substance classified under Schedule I, other than those described in
             356      Subsection (2)(h)(ii), or a controlled substance classified under Schedule II is guilty of a
             357      second degree felony;
             358          (ii) marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinols, or equivalents described in Subsection
             359      58-37-4 (2)(a)(iii)(S) or (AA) is guilty of a third degree felony; or
             360          (iii) any controlled substance classified under Schedules III, IV, or V is guilty of a
             361      class A misdemeanor.
             362          (i) A person is guilty of a separate offense for each victim suffering serious bodily
             363      injury or death as a result of the person's negligent driving in violation of Subsection
             364      58-37-8 (2)(g) whether or not the injuries arise from the same episode of driving.
             365          (3) Prohibited acts C -- Penalties:


             366          (a) It is unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally:
             367          (i) to use in the course of the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance a
             368      license number which is fictitious, revoked, suspended, or issued to another person or, for the
             369      purpose of obtaining a controlled substance, to assume the title of, or represent [himself]
             370      oneself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other
             371      authorized person;
             372          (ii) to acquire or obtain possession of, to procure or attempt to procure the
             373      administration of, to obtain a prescription for, to prescribe or dispense to any person known to
             374      be attempting to acquire or obtain possession of, or to procure the administration of any
             375      controlled substance by misrepresentation or failure by the person to disclose [his] receiving
             376      any controlled substance from another source, fraud, forgery, deception, subterfuge, alteration
             377      of a prescription or written order for a controlled substance, or the use of a false name or
             378      address;
             379          (iii) to make any false or forged prescription or written order for a controlled
             380      substance, or to utter the same, or to alter any prescription or written order issued or written
             381      under the terms of this chapter; or
             382          (iv) to make, distribute, or possess any punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing designed
             383      to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint,
             384      or device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any drug or container or
             385      labeling so as to render any drug a counterfeit controlled substance.
             386          (b) Any person convicted of violating Subsection (3)(a) is guilty of a third degree
             387      felony.
             388          (4) Prohibited acts D -- Penalties:
             389          (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, a person not authorized under this
             390      chapter who commits any act declared to be unlawful under this section, Title 58, Chapter 37a,
             391      Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act, or under Title 58, Chapter 37b, Imitation Controlled Substances
             392      Act, is upon conviction subject to the penalties and classifications under this Subsection (4) if
             393      the trier of fact finds the act is committed:


             394          (i) in a public or private elementary or secondary school or on the grounds of any of
             395      those schools;
             396          (ii) in a public or private vocational school or postsecondary institution or on the
             397      grounds of any of those schools or institutions;
             398          (iii) in those portions of any building, park, stadium, or other structure or grounds
             399      which are, at the time of the act, being used for an activity sponsored by or through a school or
             400      institution under Subsections (4)(a)(i) and (ii);
             401          (iv) in or on the grounds of a preschool or child-care facility;
             402          (v) in a public park, amusement park, arcade, or recreation center;
             403          (vi) in or on the grounds of a house of worship as defined in Section 76-10-501 ;
             404          (vii) in a shopping mall, sports facility, stadium, arena, theater, movie house,
             405      playhouse, or parking lot or structure adjacent thereto;
             406          (viii) in or on the grounds of a library;
             407          (ix) within any area that is within 1,000 feet of any structure, facility, or grounds
             408      included in Subsections (4)(a)(i), (ii), (iv), (vi), and (vii);
             409          (x) in the presence of a person younger than 18 years of age, regardless of where the
             410      act occurs; or
             411          (xi) for the purpose of facilitating, arranging, or causing the transport, delivery, or
             412      distribution of a substance in violation of this section to an inmate or on the grounds of any
             413      correctional facility as defined in Section 76-8-311.3 .
             414          (b) (i) A person convicted under this Subsection (4) is guilty of a first degree felony
             415      and shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than five years if the penalty that would
             416      otherwise have been established but for this Subsection (4) would have been a first degree
             417      felony.
             418          (ii) Imposition or execution of the sentence may not be suspended, and the person is
             419      not eligible for probation.
             420          (c) If the classification that would otherwise have been established would have been
             421      less than a first degree felony but for this Subsection (4), a person convicted under this


             422      Subsection (4) is guilty of one degree more than the maximum penalty prescribed for that
             423      offense. This Subsection (4)(c) does not apply to a violation of Subsection (2)(g).
             424          (d) (i) If the violation is of Subsection (4)(a)(xi):
             425          (A) the person may be sentenced to imprisonment for an indeterminate term as
             426      provided by law, and the court shall additionally sentence the person convicted for a term of
             427      one year to run consecutively and not concurrently; and
             428          (B) the court may additionally sentence the person convicted for an indeterminate term
             429      not to exceed five years to run consecutively and not concurrently; and
             430          (ii) the penalties under this Subsection (4)(d) apply also to any person who, acting
             431      with the mental state required for the commission of an offense, directly or indirectly solicits,
             432      requests, commands, coerces, encourages, or intentionally aids another person to commit a
             433      violation of Subsection (4)(a)(xi).
             434          (e) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this Subsection (4) that the actor
             435      mistakenly believed the individual to be 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense or
             436      was unaware of the individual's true age; nor that the actor mistakenly believed that the
             437      location where the act occurred was not as described in Subsection (4)(a) or was unaware that
             438      the location where the act occurred was as described in Subsection (4)(a).
             439          (5) Any violation of this chapter for which no penalty is specified is a class B
             440      misdemeanor.
             441          (6) For purposes of penalty enhancement under Subsections (1)(b) and (2)(c), a plea of
             442      guilty or no contest to a violation of this section which is held in abeyance under Title 77,
             443      Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance, is the equivalent of a conviction, even if the charge has been
             444      subsequently reduced or dismissed in accordance with the plea in abeyance agreement.
             445          (7) A person may be charged and sentenced for a violation of this section,
             446      notwithstanding a charge and sentence for a violation of any other section of this chapter.
             447          (8) (a) Any penalty imposed for violation of this section is in addition to, and not in
             448      lieu of, any civil or administrative penalty or sanction authorized by law.
             449          (b) Where violation of this chapter violates a federal law or the law of another state,


             450      conviction or acquittal under federal law or the law of another state for the same act is a bar to
             451      prosecution in this state.
             452          (9) In any prosecution for a violation of this chapter, evidence or proof which shows a
             453      person or persons produced, manufactured, possessed, distributed, or dispensed a controlled
             454      substance or substances, is prima facie evidence that the person or persons did so with
             455      knowledge of the character of the substance or substances.
             456          (10) This section does not prohibit a veterinarian, in good faith and in the course of
             457      [his] the veterinarian's professional practice only and not for humans, from prescribing,
             458      dispensing, or administering controlled substances or from causing the substances to be
             459      administered by an assistant or orderly under [his] the veterinarian's direction and supervision.
             460          (11) Civil or criminal liability may not be imposed under this section on:
             461          (a) any person registered under this chapter who manufactures, distributes, or
             462      possesses an imitation controlled substance for use as a placebo or investigational new drug by
             463      a registered practitioner in the ordinary course of professional practice or research; or
             464          (b) any law enforcement officer acting in the course and legitimate scope of [his] the
             465      officer's employment.
             466          (12) (a) Civil or criminal liability may not be imposed under this section on any
             467      Indian, as defined in Subsection 58-37-2 (1)(v), who uses, possesses, or transports peyote for
             468      bona fide traditional ceremonial purposes in connection with the practice of a traditional
             469      Indian religion as defined in Subsection 58-37-2 (1)(w).
             470          (b) In a prosecution alleging violation of this section regarding peyote as defined in
             471      Subsection 58-37-4 (2)(a)(iii)(V), it is an affirmative defense that the peyote was used,
             472      possessed, or transported by an Indian for bona fide traditional ceremonial purposes in
             473      connection with the practice of a traditional Indian religion.
             474          (c) (i) The defendant shall provide written notice of intent to claim an affirmative
             475      defense under this Subsection (12) as soon as practicable, but not later than 10 days prior to
             476      trial.
             477          (ii) The notice shall include the specific claims of the affirmative defense.


             478          (iii) The court may waive the notice requirement in the interest of justice for good
             479      cause shown, if the prosecutor is not unfairly prejudiced by the lack of timely notice.
             480          (d) The defendant shall establish the affirmative defense under this Subsection (12) by
             481      a preponderance of the evidence. If the defense is established, it is a complete defense to the
             482      charges.
             483          (13) If any provision of this chapter, or the application of any provision to any person
             484      or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter shall be given effect without
             485      the invalid provision or application.
             486          Section 3. Section 58-37b-2 is amended to read:
             487           58-37b-2. Definitions.
             488          As used in this chapter:
             489          (1) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as provided in Section 58-37-2 .
             490          (2) "Distribute" means the actual, constructive, or attempted sale, transfer, delivery, or
             491      dispensing to another of an imitation controlled substance.
             492          (3) "Imitation controlled substance" means a substance [that is not a controlled
             493      substance or counterfeit controlled substance, and which by overall dosage unit substantially
             494      resembles a specific controlled substance in appearance, including its color, shape, or size.]
             495      designed or packaged to substantially resemble any legally or illegally manufactured controlled
             496      substance, but that is not:
             497          (a) a controlled substance; or
             498          (b) represented to be any legally or illegally manufactured controlled substance under
             499      Subsection 58-37-2 (1)(i)(ii).
             500          (4) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, compounding, processing,
             501      encapsulating, tableting, packaging or repackaging, labeling or relabeling, of an imitation
             502      controlled substance.
             503          Section 4. Repealer.
             504          This bill repeals:
             505          Section 58-37b-3, Considerations in determining whether substance is imitation


             506      controlled substance.
             507          Section 5. Effective date.
             508          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
             509      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             510      Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
             511      the date of veto override.


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