32B-4-403. Unlawful sale, offer for sale, or furnishing to minor.
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Effective 6/1/2022
32B-4-403. Unlawful sale, offer for sale, or furnishing to minor.
(1)A person may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product to a minor.
(i)Except as provided in Subsection
(3), a person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person who violates Subsection
(1)negligently or recklessly fails to determine whether the recipient of the alcoholic product is a minor.
(ii)As used in this Subsection (2)(a) , "negligently" means with simple negligence.
(b)Except as provided in Subsection
(3), a person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person who violates Subsection
(1)knows the recipient of the alcoholic product is a minor.
(3)This section does not apply to the furnishing of an alcoholic product to a minor in accordance with this title:
(a)for medicinal purposes by:
(i)the parent or guardian of the minor; or
(ii)the health care practitioner of the minor, if the health care practitioner is authorized by law to write a prescription; or
(b)as part of a religious organization's religious services.
Amended by Chapter 447 , 2022 General Session