Utah legal term
Prescription in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Prescription” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Utah criminal code.
What does “Prescription” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Prescription" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-101. (Utah Code Ann. § 41-6a-517)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Prescription requirements
- Surreptitious administration of certain substances
- Unlawful conduct to obtain a controlled substance
- Unlawful delivery of drug paraphernalia
- Unlawful possession of an altered or forged prescription or order for a controlled substance
- Unlawfully making, forging, altering, or uttering a prescription or a written order
- Unlawfully possessing or using a controlled substance or controlled substance analog
- Unlawfully prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance to a person known to be using unlawful means
- Carrying a dangerous weapon while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Drugs known to be used for abortion
- Possession of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine
- Unlawful failure to use original controlled substance container
Related terms in the same statutes
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