Utah Admin. Code R383-1-2 - Definitions
(1) The definitions in Section
26B-4-201 apply to this rule. In
addition, the following applies to this rule.
(2) "Card" means any type of medical cannabis
card or registration card, whichever applies, authorized under Title 26B,
Chapter 4, Part 2 Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis.
(3) "Department" means the Utah Department of
Health and Human Services.
(4)
"EVS" means the electronic verification system.
(5) "Fundamentals of medical cannabis
coursework" means a course, or combination of courses, with content that
addresses the following subjects:
(a) the
endocannabinoid system and phytocannabinoids;
(b) general guidance and recommendations for
medical cannabis; and
(c) history
of cannabis, dosing forms, considerations, drug interactions, adverse
reactions, contraindications, such as breastfeeding and pregnancy, and
toxicology.
(6) "General
medical cannabis coursework" means a course or combination of courses with
content that addresses medical cannabis, which may include medical cannabis law
or fundamentals of medical cannabis coursework.
(7) "ICS" means the inventory control
system.
(8) "Institutional review
board" or "IRB" means the same term as defined in Subsection
26B-4-212(1)(f).
(9) "Law enforcement personnel" means law
enforcement personnel with access to UCJIS.
(10) "Mail" means to send through mail
services, email, or hand-delivery.
(11) "Medical cannabis law coursework" means
a course, or combination of courses, with content that addresses Title 26B,
Chapter 4, Part 2 Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis and other state and
federal laws relating to medical cannabis; that includes, at a minimum, a
review of the following:
(a) qualifying health
conditions for which a patient may lawfully use medical cannabis for medicinal
purposes in Utah;
(b) forms of
medical cannabis that are allowed and prohibited under Utah law;
(c) limits of the quantities of unprocessed
cannabis and cannabis products in a medicinal form that may be dispensed in
Utah;
(d) requirements to initially
register, and renew a registration, as a QMP;
(e) limits to the number of active medical
cannabis recommendations that an RMP can make at any given time;
(f) description of what an RMP must document
in a patient's record before recommending medical cannabis;
(g) information required from an RMP when
writing a medical cannabis recommendation, and the option to make a
recommendation without specifying a dosage form and dosing
guidelines;
(h) a PMP's role in
determining the appropriate medical cannabis dosage form and dosing guidelines
when an RMP chooses to recommend without specifying a dosage form and dosing
guidelines;
(i) limits on
advertising by an RMP;
(j) types of
medical cannabis cards;
(k)
regulations controlling the distribution of products by medical cannabis
pharmacies;
(l) partial fill
orders;
(m) the role of the
Compassionate Use Board;
(n) that
all medical cannabis purchased at medical cannabis pharmacies in Utah shall be
cultivated at cannabis cultivation facilities, processed at cannabis processing
facilities, and that samples be tested at independent cannabis testing
laboratories; that is licensed in Utah and operate within Utah's medical
cannabis system;
(o) the conditions
of legal possession of medical cannabis under Utah law;
(p) the legal status of medical and
recreational marijuana in states surrounding Utah and under federal
law;
(q) authority to change dosing
guidelines in a medical cannabis recommendation;
(r) home delivery of medical cannabis;
and
(s) purpose of the state
central patient portal.
(12) "Pharmacy agent" means a medical
cannabis pharmacy agent.
(13) "PMP"
means a medical cannabis pharmacy medical provider.
(14) "QMP" means a qualified medical
provider.
(15) "QMP Proxy" or
"Qualified Medical Provider Proxy" means an individual that has been given
authority to enter certifications and recommendations for a QMP as described in
Subsection
26B-4-202(3).
(16) "RMP" means a recommending medical
provider.
(17) "Safeguard" means to
maintain the confidentiality of the information accessed and not use, release,
publish, disclose, or otherwise make available to any other person not
authorized to access the information; for any purpose other than those
specifically authorized or permitted by applicable law.
(18) "State agency employee" means an
employee of the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Utah Department
of Agriculture and Food, Division of Technology Services, and the Utah
Department of Commerce, Division of Professional Licensing.
(19) "Substantial evidence" or "substantial
clinical data" means evidence that two or more clinical studies support. The
clinical studies shall meet the following criteria:
(a) were conducted under a study approved by
an IRB;
(b) were conducted or
approved by the federal government;
(c) are cited by the Department in
educational materials posted on its website; or
(d) are of reasonable scientific rigor as
determined by the Department.
(20) "UCJIS" means the Utah Criminal Justice
Information System.
(21) "UDAF"
means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.
(22) "Utah resident" means an individual who
has established a domicile in Utah.
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