Utah legal term
Substance use disorder treatment in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Substance use disorder treatment” 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 “Substance use disorder treatment” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Substance use disorder treatment" means treatment obtained through a substance use disorder program that is licensed by the Office of Licensing within the Department of Health and Human Services. (Utah Code Ann. § 77-18-102)
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 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
- Unlawful advertisement of an imitation controlled substance
- Unlawful advertisement of drug paraphernalia
- Unlawful distribution or possession with intent to distribute an imitation controlled substance
- Unlawful manufacture of an imitation controlled substance
- Unlawful materials to create a counterfeit controlled substance
- Unlawful use of an imitation controlled substance
Related terms in the same statutes
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