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- Utah patient guidance and 2026 controlled-substance code were directly read; medical cards do not authorize personal cultivation. No penalty is stated in the guide.
- Statutory medical sales-tax exemption, enacted HB 389, and current UDAF fiscal 2027 schedule were directly read. Schedule lists a $3 uniform transaction fee; final checkout amount can vary with products and devices.
Possession and use
Medical cardholders' limits are set by their provider in the state's verification system. Utah's published maximum is 113 grams of unprocessed flower and 20 grams of THC across other products; an individual recommendation may be lower. Medical cannabis must be in permitted dosage forms. Public use and smoking are barred, while vaping is allowed within program rules.
Medical access
Residents with qualifying conditions apply for a Utah medical cannabis card through the state system. A visiting patient may seek a non-Utah-resident card if they hold a home-state medical card for one of Utah's eligible conditions. Utah says a nonresident card lasts 21 days and permits at most two such cards in a calendar year.
Home cultivation
A Utah medical cannabis card does not authorize growing cannabis at home. The patient guidance requires medical cannabis to come from a licensed Utah pharmacy, while state controlled-substance law treats unauthorized marijuana production as an offense. Commercial cultivation follows a separate state licensing system. There is no patient plant allowance in the medical program.
Buying cannabis
Cardholders may buy at any licensed Utah medical cannabis pharmacy and show their Utah card and ID. A visitor must complete the nonresident application, meet a medical cannabis pharmacist before the first purchase, and then may buy within the 21-day card window. The state says bringing cannabis bought elsewhere into Utah is illegal even for cardholders.
Taxes
Utah Code section 59-12-104.10 exempts medicinal dosage-form cannabis sold by a licensed medical cannabis pharmacy from the sales and use taxes in that chapter; medical cannabis devices do not receive the same exemption. The enacted 2026 HB 389 authorizes a separate uniform fee per pharmacy transaction. Utah's Department of Agriculture and Food lists that fee at $3 in its fiscal 2027 schedule, updated July 1, 2026. It is a fee, not a cannabis sales tax.
Visitors and travel
Utah explicitly says cannabis bought in another state cannot be brought into Utah, even if the traveler has a medical card. Its nonresident card instead gives eligible visitors a route to buy locally from licensed pharmacies. That card does not authorize carrying the Utah purchase into another state.
Sources and remaining checks
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- Patients, Utah Center for Medical Cannabis. Directly opened October 23, 2026; pharmacy-only purchase, maximum supply, dosage and travel.
- Apply for a non-Utah resident card, Utah Center for Medical Cannabis. Search result read October 23, 2026; source crawler metadata June 2026; 21-day card, two per year, pharmacist visit.
- Medical cannabis pharmacy education, Utah DHHS. 2024 training document; 113-gram and 20-gram statutory maxima, corroborated by current patient page.
- Utah Code section 59-12-104.10, exemption from sales tax for cannabis. Directly opened October 23, 2026; page 104, subsection (2) exemption and subsection (3) device exception; version superseded January 1, 2027.
- Utah Code Title 76, Chapter 18, controlled-substance offenses. Directly read October 23, 2026; section 76-18-208 addresses unauthorized marijuana production.
- Utah 2026 HB 389 enrolled act. Enrolled law directly read October 23, 2026; effective May 6, 2026; section 4-41a-104.1(6) authorizes a uniform medical pharmacy transaction fee. Official bill browse records Governor Signed.
- Fiscal 2027 medical cannabis fee schedule, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Directly read October 23, 2026; updated July 1, 2026; lists $3 Uniform Transaction Fee.
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