Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R652 - Forestry, Fire and State Lands
Rule R652-150 - Utah Bioprospecting Act
Section R652-150-600 - Reservation of Economic Interest

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 652-150-600

Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024

1. The right of a person to engage in an act of bioprospecting is subject to the State's reservation of any right the State may have to an economic benefit derived from:

(a) the act of bioprospecting;

(b) a microorganism, plant, or fungus removed from a natural environment in the state; or

(c) information concerning a microorganism's, plant's, or fungus' physical or genetic properties removed from a natural environment in the state.

2. A person may not engage in an act of bioprospecting in this state if the person, as part of the registration required under Section 65A-14-201, does not agree in writing to negotiate in good faith with the State if the State asserts an economic interest described in R652-150-600 -1.

3. Registrants shall record GPS coordinates of the sites where samples are gathered and provide those coordinates to the Division and include those coordinates in any publications resulting from the bioprospecting.

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