Utah legal term
Screening in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Screening” 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 “Screening” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Screening" means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-6a-501. (Utah Code Ann. § 41-6a-401.8)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Unlawful conduct to obtain a controlled substance
- Unlawful delivery of drug paraphernalia
- Unlawful misrepresentation as an authorized person to obtain a controlled substance
- Unlawful possession of an altered or forged prescription or order for a controlled substance
- Unlawful use of a license number in the course of manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance
- Unlawfully making, forging, altering, or uttering a prescription or a written order
- Unlawfully prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance to a person known to be using unlawful means
- Possession, sale, or use of an adulterant or synthetic urine
- Public intoxication
- Unlawful advertisement of an imitation controlled substance
- Unlawful advertisement of drug paraphernalia
- Unlawful distribution or possession with intent to distribute an imitation controlled substance
Related terms in the same statutes
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