4-41a-501. Cannabis cultivation facility -- Operating requirements.
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Effective 5/6/2026
4-41a-501. Cannabis cultivation facility -- Operating requirements.
(1)A cannabis cultivation facility shall ensure that any cannabis growing at the cannabis cultivation facility is not visible from the ground level of the cannabis cultivation facility perimeter.
(2)A cannabis cultivation facility shall use a unique identifier that is connected to the facility's inventory control system to identify:
(a)beginning at the time a cannabis plant is eight inches tall and has a root ball, each cannabis plant;
(b)each unique harvest of cannabis plants;
(c)each batch of cannabis the facility transfers to a medical cannabis pharmacy, a cannabis processing facility, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory; and
(d)any excess, contaminated, or deteriorated cannabis of which the cannabis cultivation facility disposes.
(3)A cannabis cultivation facility shall identify cannabis biomass as cannabis byproduct or cannabis plant product before transferring the cannabis biomass from the facility.
(4)A cannabis cultivation facility shall either:
(a)ensure that a cannabis processing facility chemically or physically processes cannabis cultivation byproduct to produce a cannabis concentrate for incorporation into cannabis derivative products; or
(b)destroy cannabis cultivation byproduct in accordance with Section 4-41a-405 .
(a)A cannabis cultivation facility may, for quality assurance or remediation purposes, use methods and equipment as approved by the department through rule.
(b)The department shall allow the use of radiation-based methods and equipment in rules created under Subsection (5)(a) .
(6)The department shall make rules establishing:
(a)the records a cannabis cultivation facility shall keep regarding each batch, amount of product treated, and the methods used; and
(b)disclosure requirements to a cannabis processor receiving the material subject to the radiation including the methods and equipment used.
Amended by Chapter 483 , 2026 General Session