{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-76-8-311.8","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 76-8-311.8","heading":"Prohibited substance in correctional or mental health facility.","body":"(1)\n(a) As used in this section:\n(i) \"Correctional facility\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.\n(ii) \"Medicine\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.\n(iii) \"Mental health facility\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.\n(iv) \"Offender\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-311.3.\n(v) \"Prohibited substance\" means:\n(A) spirituous or fermented liquor;\n(B) medicine, whether or not lawfully prescribed for an offender or a detainee; or\n(C) poison in any quantity.\n(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.\n(2) An actor commits prohibited substance in a correctional or mental health facility if the actor:\n(a) without the permission of the authority operating the correctional facility or secure area of a mental health facility:\n(i) knowingly transports a prohibited substance to or within a correctional facility or into a secure area of a mental health facility; or\n(ii) fails to declare or knowingly possesses a prohibited substance at a correctional facility or in a secure area of a mental health facility;\n(b) knowingly violates correctional or mental health facility policy or rule by providing or selling a prohibited substance to an offender at a correctional facility or a detainee within a secure area of a mental health facility; or\n(c)\n(i) is a detainee in a mental health facility or an offender; and\n(ii) in violation of correctional or mental health facility policy or rule, possesses at a correctional facility or in a secure area of a mental health facility a prohibited substance other than medicine provided by the facility's health care providers in compliance with facility policy.\n(3)\n(a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a violation of Subsection (2)(a)(i), (2)(b), or (2)(c) is a third degree felony.\n(b) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a violation of Subsection (2)(a)(ii) is a class A misdemeanor.\n(4) The defenses provided in Section 76-8-311.3 apply to this section.","path":["Title 76 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 76-8 Offenses Against the Administration of Government","Part 76-8-3 Obstructing Governmental Operations"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter8/76-8-S311.8.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"2150eb6e374c01905751eeac9486412a9d945c44748f84d6eca0eff7dabab3d8","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-76-8-311.7","next":"us-ut/utah-code-76-8-311.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}