Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-25 - Industrial Hemp Program-Cannabinoid Product Processors
Section R68-25-16 - Violation

(1) It is a violation to process industrial hemp or industrial hemp material on a site not approved by the department.

(2) It is a violation to process industrial hemp or industrial hemp material on a site within 1,000 feet of a community location.

(3) It is a violation to process industrial hemp or industrial hemp material from a source that is not approved by the department.

(4) A licensee shall not allow unsupervised public access to hemp processing facilities.

(5) It is a violation to employ a person under the age of 18 in the processing or handling of industrial hemp or cannabinoid products.

(6) It is a violation to sell a cannabinoid product to the general public or another licensee in violation of this section or state laws governing the final product.

(7) It is a violation to process raw concentrate without the appropriate industrial hemp processor license.

(8) It is a violation to fail to keep records required by this rule or to fail to adhere to the notification requirements of this rule.

(9) It is a violation to use artificially derived cannabinoids in cannabinoid products without notifying the department.

(10) It is a violation for a licensee to allow an employee that has been convicted of a drug-related felony or its equivalent access to industrial hemp material or cannabinoid product that contains over 0.3% THC or has the potential to contain over 0.3% THC.

(11) It is a violation to have cannabinoid concentrate without a cannabinoid product processing license.

(12) It is a violation to store cannabinoid concentrate with greater than 0.3% THC concentration without following the requirements of Subsection R68-25-12(2).

(13) It is a violation to store industrial hemp material without a processor license from the department or a cultivator license from the USDA.

(14) It is a violation to have non-compliant material.

(15) It is a violation for a licensee to engage in practices outside of the scope of their license.

(16) It is a violation to use an extraction method that is not authorized by Section R68-25-6.

(17) It is a violation to employ a key participant without a background check for longer than 30 days.

(18) It is a violation to operate a facility that does not meet current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements.

(19) For holders of industrial hemp and medical cannabis processing licenses, it is a violation to operate a facility that does not adhere to the separation requirements of Section R68-28-5.

(20) It is a violation to sell a cannabinoid product that has not been tested as required by Section R68-25-10.

(21) It is a violation to deny the department the ability to take a sample of a cannabinoid product during an inspection or as part of an investigation.

(22) It is a violation to deny the department access to a cannabinoid product processing facility or cannabinoid product processing facility records during regular business hours.